Director, Global Commodity Management

CONMED Corporation • Largo, FL

23h • Remote

About The Position

The Director, Global Commodity Management is accountable for setting and executing enterprise‑level global commodity strategies across critical materials, components, and services supporting CONMED’s product portfolio and global manufacturing footprint. Operating with broad discretion and minimal oversight, this role translates corporate and functional strategy into multi‑year sourcing roadmaps that ensure assured supply, sustainable total cost advantage, quality excellence, regulatory compliance, supply‑chain resilience, and supplier‑enabled innovation. As a senior leader within Global Sourcing, the Director partners closely with Operations, Quality, Engineering/R&D, IBP/S&OP, Finance, Regulatory, and ESG leadership, shapes enterprise sourcing policies and governance, leads and develops management‑level talent, and represents CONMED in executive‑level supplier and external engagements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field.
• 12+ years progressive experience in strategic sourcing, commodity management, or supply chain leadership within regulated manufacturing.
• 5+ years experience managing and leading others within supply chain.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or advanced degree.
• Medical device industry experience.
• Proven success leading managers and managers‑of‑managers with accountability for global strategy, budgets, and enterprise outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to define and execute enterprise‑scale sourcing strategies with significant financial, operational, and risk impact.
• Deep technical experience in tooling, materials, and manufacturing processes within assigned commodity domains, with the ability to translate technical detail into executive‑level commercial and risk decisions.
• Strong knowledge of regulated NPI, APQP/PPAP, supplier qualification, and change control.
• Advanced financial and analytical acumen (TCO, clean sheet, indexation, FX, NPV).
• Executive presence and strong influencing skills across Operations, Quality, Engineering, Finance, and external partners.
• CPSM/CSCP/CPIM, Lean/6σ, or equivalent certifications a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define and own 3–5 year global commodity strategies across multiple categories or a highly complex global portfolio, incorporating market intelligence, should‑cost/clean‑sheet models, make/buy decisions, regionalization, capacity and continuity planning, and inflation mitigation.
• Translate enterprise and divisional objectives into annual and multi-year financial commitments, including PPV/TCV, cost avoidance, working capital, service levels (OTIF), and supplier quality outcomes.
• Establish enterprise category governance and standard playbooks (sourcing wave plans, negotiation frameworks, indexation models, risk thresholds) and ensure consistent global adoption.
• Sponsor and approve long‑term commercial strategies and agreements, including global MSAs/LTAs, index‑linked pricing mechanisms, and multi‑year value‑creation roadmaps.
• Architect and lead a segmented global supplier ecosystem, defining strategic, preferred, and transactional supplier roles aligned to technology, risk, and value creation priorities.
• Serve as executive sponsor for critical supplier relationships; lead executive‑level QBRs and resolve escalated commercial, quality, and continuity‑of‑supply issues.
• Direct supplier development at scale, including lean/OPEX deployment, yield improvement, cost reduction, capacity investment, and recovery plans for distressed suppliers.
• Drive supplier roadmaps that support technology advancement, innovation, and long‑term competitiveness.
• Partner with R&D and Engineering leadership to embed sourcing strategy into portfolio planning, platform development, and major technology programs.
• Ensure early sourcing engagement drives design for cost, manufacturability, reliability, and sustainability (DfX) at the architecture and platform level.
• Own and govern enterprise sourcing gate deliverables for NPI and major transfers, ensuring supplier readiness, tooling strategy, qualification timing, and launch commitments are met.
• Establish and govern enterprise supply‑risk management frameworks across commodities, including dual sourcing, geographic diversification, and business continuity planning for critical materials and technologies.
• Ensure supplier compliance with medical device regulations and quality systems (ISO 13485, FDA QSR / 21 CFR 820, EU MDR), in partnership with QA/RA.
• Integrate ESG expectations into sourcing strategy, embedding responsible sourcing, regulatory compliance (RoHS/REACH, conflict minerals), and Scope 3 transparency into supplier selection and contracts.
• Lead executive escalation and response for major supplier disruptions or compliance events.
• Lead and approve high‑complexity global negotiations involving price mechanisms, indexation, rebates, liability, IP/tooling ownership, service levels, and long‑term cost structures.
• Partner with Finance to shape commodity‑level financial strategies, including TCO, NPV trade‑offs, FX exposure, and capital considerations.
• Sponsor development of executive analytics and dashboards to monitor performance, risk exposure, and value realization.
• Lead, develop, and scale a global sourcing organization of Managers and Senior Managers, establishing operating rhythms, capability standards, and succession plans.
• Chair executive‑level commodity councils and represent Global Sourcing in IBP/S&OP, portfolio reviews, and enterprise governance forums.
• Act as an influential thought partner to senior leadership, shaping sourcing policies, operating models, and transformation initiatives.
• The Director brings deep technical commodity expertise and applies it at an enterprise and executive decision‑making level, ensuring sourcing strategies are grounded in manufacturing reality and long‑term scalability.
• Demonstrated technical depth in one or more commodity domains, such as: Metals & Precision Machining: CNC machining, casting, forging, stamping, GD&T, special processes (heat treat, plating/coating), Cp/Cpk, raw material indexation (e.g., LME, surcharges), and scrap economics.
• Plastics / Resins & Molding: Polymer families and performance trade‑offs, resin index linkages, injection/extrusion molding, mold and tooling ownership strategies, cavitation and cycle‑time optimization, and capacity modeling.
• Electronics / PCBA: Semiconductor and passive component markets, lifecycle and obsolescence/LTB management, EMS business models, DFM/DFT, IPC standards, test strategies, and capacity constraints.
• Sterilization / Services (if applicable): Validation cycles, regulatory requirements, capacity planning, and cost drivers.
• Applies APQP/PPAP, supplier process validation, tooling qualification, and change control to ensure robust product launches, transfers, and lifecycle management.
• Leads and reviews should‑cost / clean‑sheet analyses driven by materials, labor, overhead, tooling amortization, yield, and learning‑curve assumptions.
• Serves as a technical escalation point for complex quality, manufacturability, and supplier capability issues.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Excellent healthcare including medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage
• Short & long term disability plus life insurance -- cost paid fully by CONMED
• Retirement Savings Plan (401K) -- CONMED matches your contributions dollar for dollar, with the potential for up to 7% per pay period
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan -- allows stock purchases at discounted price
• Tuition assistance for undergraduate and graduate level courses

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees