Commodity Manager - Electrical

Description

• Lead the development of sourcing strategies for the North American region in coordination with global and regional stakeholders to ensure regional strategies are aligned with global sourcing roadmaps, product roadmaps, and footprint decisions. Maintain a strong understanding of market conditions, new developments, and manufacturing techniques for assigned commodities.
• Be a servant-leader for the commodity cluster, advocating for the region, function and your team of Strategic Sourcing Specialists.
• Ensure all sourcing activities comply with CNH policies and ethical standards.
• Own the financial budget for the commodity cluster. Manage opportunities, risk, and raw material in the GPP action plan tool (CNH Purchasing tool). Monitor monthly progress and changes, ensuring accurate roll-up of results into commodity, regional, and global forecasts for both the Agriculture (AG) and Construction Equipment (CE) segments.
• Effectively manage high-visibility suppliers, rapidly resolving issues and leading critical negotiations. Stay closely aligned to on-the-ground developments to brief and advise senior CNH leadership on executive-level topics, often on short notice.
• Professionally lead, develop and coach sourcing specialists, providing clear expectations, feedback, and mentoring to support their growth and performance.
• In partnership with Procurement and Supplier Quality, set expectations for and review supplier performance across quality, delivery, cost, and compliance metrics.
• In coordination with Procurement and Supplier Development, oversee the identification and mitigation of supply chain risks, including capacity constraints, geopolitical factors, and other potential disruptions.
• Set direction to significantly and meaningfully eliminate, avoid, or mitigate tariff expenses for both Tier 1 and Tier 2 tariffed parts.
• Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with key suppliers for the North American region and align with the Global team to ensure unified strategic direction.
• Oversee the implementation of the Strategic Sourcing Program (SSP), ensuring alignment with the financial plan and timely execution.
• Drive consistent year-over-year unit cost reductions in support of company strategic initiatives and competitively priced equipment in the marketplace.
• Lead the development and governance of cost-reduction strategies, leveraging tools such as benchmarking, supplier negotiations, platform alignment, VA/VE, market testing, resourcing, supplier rationalization, and make/buy analysis in partnership with cross-functional teams.
• Support, direct, and guide commodity Buyers in negotiating contracts, pricing, SSP implementation and commercial terms with suppliers to secure supply and to deliver cost savings for the company.

Requirements

• 8+ years in procurement or commodity management, preferably in off-road or heavy equipment manufacturing.
• Strong Knowledge of mechanical manufacturing processes and requirements.
• Analytical and problem-solving abilities, including proficiency with Excel, Microsoft software and data managing.
• Demonstrated experience representing and defending company interests with tough or strategic suppliers, using data-driven arguments and strong negotiation skills to resolve conflicts and secure competitive terms.
• Negotiation and contract management. Demonstrated experience in global sourcing, supplier development, and supply base management for mechanical components within a complex supply chain environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, or related field.

Benefits

• Adoption assistance
• Charitable contribution matching and Volunteer Time Off
• Parental leave
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Fertility & Family building support
• Flexible work arrangements
• Savings & Retirement benefits
• Tuition reimbursement

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance