Commodity Manager

• Position – Commodity Manager
• Qualification – Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Materials Management or Logistics; MBA preferred
• Location - Gurgaon
• Reporting – Director Indirect Procurement
• Experience - 10-15 years’ relevant experience

Job Responsibilities

1. Provide leadership and utilize expertise to shape processes and supply directions / strategies throughout the organization.
2. Act as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) of indirect material and services.
3. Track the various commodity trends and developments strategies the levers to maximize the market opportunities and reduce the risk due to commodity fluctuations
4. Oversee the Tenneco India Enterprise level indirect spend and manage opportunities in coordination with plants, distribution centers and BUs along the spend areas from opportunity detection through project development to implementation.
5. Actively participate and take the lead in further improvements of purchasing tools, processes and guidelines from an Indirect Purchasing perspective.
6. Actively work with their team and other stakeholders and buyers on improving the supply base setup, spend security, spend leverage, spend costs, and payment terms.
7. Manage cross-functional teams where applicable.
8. Leadership, expertise and direction to buyers in negotiation strategy and during negotiations.
9. Experience in managing the commodities like tooling, dies, MRO, Facility Management and services etc
10. Monitor and execute purchasing business plan for the commodities he manages
11. Ensure purchasing Audit compliance (system and process)
12. Execute supplier contracts at enterprise level