Commodity Manager

Hayward Holdings, Inc.•North Kingstown, RI

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

Hayward Holdings Inc. is the largest manufacturer of residential swimming pool equipment globally, with a growing presence in the commercial pool market. The company designs, manufactures, and markets a comprehensive range of pool and spa equipment. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Hayward operates facilities across the US, Canada, Spain, France, Australia, and China. The Commodities Manager will be responsible for managing worldwide total acquisition costs, supplier relationships, and logistics for Electrical and Electronics commodities, reporting to the Global Supply Chain Manager. This role involves developing and implementing business strategies in collaboration with global sourcing, engineering, quality, and transportation teams to achieve supply chain consolidation, cost reduction, and quality improvement. The manager will oversee all procurement activities from intent to purchase through delivery.

Requirements

Working knowledge of electronics and PCBA manufacturing.
Undergraduate bachelor degree required.
Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
Data-based, quantitative approach to analysis and problem-solving for issues surrounding product cost, value chain, logistics, and risk.
Ability to work collaboratively to accomplish objectives as both a team member and team leader.
Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Ability to generate and work with Excel models while simultaneously implementing new business enterprise systems.
Excellent project management skills and understanding of Microsoft Project.
A minimum of 3 years’ experience with proven knowledge of commodity management activities and appropriate supplier selection, development, and management skills, including management of sub-contracting resources.
Working understanding of current ISO/QS quality standards.
Experience collaborating with design engineering, manufacturing, and suppliers in new product introductions.
Good engineering practices including documentation (appropriate geometric design and tolerance), change control, reporting, and cost/benefit analysis.
Working understanding of the application of Statistical tools used for development, qualification, and maintenance of processes.

Nice To Haves

MBA preferred.

Responsibilities

Maintain extensive product, production processes, and commodity knowledge for the responsible supply segment, including competitive market conditions, risk assessment, technical acumen, global opportunities, future developments, obsolescence, and strategic opportunities.
Understand, track, and forecast key cost drivers and market factors for assigned commodities.
Develop forecasts and budgets for assigned commodities.
Leverage supply of materials by consolidating purchasing to key supplier partners to reduce the worldwide number of suppliers and optimize cost and service.
Negotiate supply contracts that include terms, pricing, volume agreements, inventory strategies, competitive benchmarks, performance, regulatory compliance, and annual cost reductions, supporting Hayward Lean initiatives.
Monitor manufacturing site level contracts and services based on long-term volume planning.
Elevate issues to the corporate supply chain organization as needed to ensure contract consistency.
Participate in the development of 1 to 3-year commodity-specific strategies, including spend analysis, market and geographic considerations, and strategic importance.
Establish goals and implementation action plans to support divisional and business level vision (e.g., technology, make/buy, supply base consolidation, strategic supplier direction, quality goals, e-commerce, domestic versus international sourcing, supplier-owned material competitive intelligence, market/industry analysis).
Identify, implement, and track key areas of opportunity to drive aggregate cost and quality improvements to improve PPV and reduce total cost of quality.
Support new product introduction planning and associated supplied product obsolescence and change activities.
Advise management of issues that will impact production and drive coordination of appropriate corrective action when necessary.
Participate in long-term process and ERP system upgrades to improve planning, supplier management, and execution of orders while minimizing plant inventory.
Support transition to a lean manufacturing environment, supply chain pull systems, and Six Sigma initiatives.
Participate in creating and driving supplier corrective action related to site-based quality and delivery issues.
Qualify new suppliers and associated start-up activities, including first articles qualification (PPAP), production ramp, packaging definition, quality definition, print quality, test systems, and EOL procedures.
Drive quarterly scorecard activities for all assigned suppliers to ensure continuous improvement of supplier performance.