Commodity Leader - America's Engineered Systems
About The Position
The Commodity Leader for America's Engineered Systems is responsible for owning the Engineered Systems commodity strategy, supplier management activities, and commercial agreements. The role works with global and regional supply chain teams, engineering, project sourcing, operations, and strategic suppliers to align sourcing with business objectives, cost targets, quality standards, and delivery requirements. The position defines and executes strategies to improve supplier performance, mitigate risk, optimize costs, and support operational excellence. It uses market intelligence, sourcing expertise, and supplier relationship management to maintain a competitive and resilient supply base for ongoing production and project-based business needs. The role may be remote or based in Erie, Pennsylvania; Fort Worth, Texas; or Grove City, Pennsylvania, and requires travel up to 25% as needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college, or at least eight years of experience in sourcing, procurement, program management, or supply chain.
- At least five years of strategic sourcing experience.
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 25%.
- Strong financial, quantitative, and data analysis capabilities.
- Familiarity with sourcing and procurement systems.
- Ability to communicate complex and straightforward concepts concisely and logically.
- Strong organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail.
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Nice To Haves
- Mechanical engineering or a similar technical degree.
Responsibilities
- Establish and execute the Engineered Systems commodity sourcing strategy, including make-versus-buy decisions.
- Develop technical and regional supplier market intelligence to support sourcing decisions.
- Build, qualify, develop, rationalize, and manage the supplier base.
- Define and implement supplier risk management strategies, including sole-source, single-source, and dual-source plans.
- Lead supplier performance reviews and improvement initiatives.
- Develop and maintain commodity raw material strategies.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for key regional suppliers and develop strategic supplier relationships.
- Lead and monitor supplier selection and qualification activities for new suppliers.
- Develop annual commodity budgets and forecasts; monitor PPI trends and savings opportunities; and drive plans to achieve budget and cost-reduction objectives.
- Lead RFQs, proposal evaluations, negotiations, and supplier selection activities.
- Manage frame agreements, off-cycle contracts, and serial-life contracts; optimize purchase order payment terms; and support supplier payment process automation.
- Lead contract amendments and renegotiations as business needs evolve.
- Provide approved supplier lists and sourcing guidance to project buyers.
- Lead contracting activities for new suppliers supporting assigned sites and support final supplier negotiations to leverage enterprise-wide purchasing power.
- Participate in Project Sourcing Committee reviews and validate supplier selections.
- Drive sourcing competitiveness for existing and standard parts and manage re-sourcing throughout product serial life.
- Resolve escalated supplier performance, quality, delivery, and commercial issues.
- Identify and implement continuous improvement, cost savings, and supply chain optimization opportunities.
- Participate in supplier meetings virtually and onsite.
Benefits
- Health, welfare, and retirement benefits are available; details are provided at mywabtecbenefits.com.
- Annual bonus, if eligible.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
