Electronics Commodity Manager

Parker Hannifin Corporation; Cambridge Springs (Crawford County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Parker Hannifin is seeking a Commodity Manager to lead strategic sourcing within the Electronics commodity. You will manage critical supplier agreements, drive supplier performance, and develop long-term strategies aligned with key stakeholders.

You will collaborate with procurement and engineering across global operations to optimize cost, quality, and supply continuity, while building a robust supplier base and researching market trends.

Qualifications

• 4-year college degree in Supply Chain management or relevant discipline.
• Minimum of 4 years in Purchasing, Supply Chain or related field.
• Experience with supply chain concepts and methodologies preferably in the manufacturing industry.
• Ability to manage multiple, fluid priorities and proactively address business demands in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong organizational and planning skills and the demonstrated ability to lead and manage projects.
• Ability to prioritize and allocate resources to align with department and company goals.
• Proven track record to deliver results and achieve goals.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to create strong working relationships.
• Must be flexible to work extended hours to support the requirements of the business.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office
• Fluent in English both written and verbal

Responsibilities

• Overall accountability for strategic sourcing and commodity strategy management to support the business partner goals and objectives
• Analyze commodity spend management opportunities and deploy appropriate strategic plans
• Collaborates with key stakeholders to understand business initiatives and Supply Chain's role in the success of each initiative to meet company objectives
• Accountable for managing critical supplier agreements including new sources within given commodities, critical renewals, negotiation of terms, issue identification, tracking and resolution
• Negotiate high-level complex contracts while delivering world-class results
• Develops successful partnerships with key suppliers to achieve desired results
• Conducts research to understand the supply market and commodity trends
• Collaborates with Procurement Managers to ensure alignment and execution of commodity strategy
• Drives strategic sourcing and commodity plans to achieve savings and performance targets
• Continuously identifies and implements strategies and improvement initiatives to reduce cost, improve quality and result in a lower total cost of ownership
• Continuously evaluates supplier performance and creates and leads teams to improve supplier performance as necessary
• Understand business impacts and align with stakeholders to effectively assess risk levels, manage supply continuity, develop contingency plans and establish risk management strategies to mitigate risk.

Skills

Fluent in English

Strong organizational

Ability to manage priorities

Excellent written and verbal

Proficient with Microsoft Office

Flexible to extended hours

Education

4-year college degree in Supply Chain management or relevant discipline

MBA

Electronics Engineering degree

Tools

SAP experience

Job description

Position Summary

Job Summary

The Parker Lord Commodity Manager is responsible for Strategic Sourcing, Critical Supplier Management and Stakeholder Management within the Electronics Commodity. The Commodity Manager will develop long-term business strategies aligned with key stakeholders. The individual will also be accountable for managing critical supplier agreements, strategic sourcing, monitoring, and evaluating and improving supplier performance, developing the supplier base and conducting research to support the commodity strategy. The Commodity Manager will lead all strategic sourcing initiatives for the assigned commodities.

Responsibilities

• Overall accountability for strategic sourcing and commodity strategy management to support the business partner goals and objectives
• Analyze commodity spend management opportunities and deploy appropriate strategic plans
• Collaborates with key stakeholders to understand business initiatives and Supply Chain's role in the success of each initiative to meet company objectives
• Accountable for managing critical supplier agreements including new sources within given commodities, critical renewals, negotiation of terms, issue identification, tracking and resolution
• Negotiate high-level complex contracts while delivering world-class results
• Develops successful partnerships with key suppliers to achieve desired results
• Conducts research to understand the supply market and commodity trends
• Collaborates with Procurement Managers to ensure alignment and execution of commodity strategy
• Drives strategic sourcing and commodity plans to achieve savings and performance targets
• Continuously identifies and implements strategies and improvement initiatives to reduce cost, improve quality and result in a lower total cost of ownership
• Continuously evaluates supplier performance and creates and leads teams to improve supplier performance as necessary
• Understand business impacts and align with stakeholders to effectively assess risk levels, manage supply continuity, develop contingency plans and establish risk management strategies to mitigate risk.

Qualifications

• 4-year college degree Supply Chain management or relevant discipline

• Minimum of 4 years in Purchasing, Supply Chain or related field

• Experience with supply chain concepts and methodologies preferably in the manufacturing industry

• Ability to manage multiple, fluid priorities and proactively address business demands in a fast-paced environment

• Strong organizational and planning skills and the demonstrated ability to lead and manage projects

• Ability to prioritize and allocate resources to align with department and company goals

• Proven track record to deliver results and achieve goals

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to create strong working relationships

• Must be flexible to work extended hours to support the requirements of the business

• Proficient with Microsoft Office

• Fluent in English both written and verbal

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA

• Electronics Engineering degree

• CPSM

• SAP experience

Conditions of Employment

This position is subject to meeting U.S. export compliance and/or U.S. Government contracting citizenship eligibility requirements.

Parker Hannifin

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we've enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.

With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.

Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.

Our Purpose - Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow - comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged. This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology and beyond.

By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in markets that demand performance, reliability, and sustainability.

As we look to the future, Parker is advancing initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability while developing the next generation of talent and leaders to engineer a better tomorrow.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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In accordance with Parker's policies and applicable state laws, Parker provides for a drug-free workplace. Therefore, all applicants seeking employment with Parker will be subject to drug testing as a condition of employment.