Global Commodity Manager Power Supplies

Hewlett Packard Enterprise • Aguadilla, PR

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

Responsible for creating and executing worldwide commodity strategies and carrying out company procurement strategies, policies, and tactics. The role leads supplier sourcing activities in close collaboration with HPE engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and business units to optimize technology, quality, cost, and delivery. It requires recognized authority in the subject area, innovative problem-solving, independent judgment, and the ability to set functional strategy and direction. The role leads large cross-division teams or projects, contributes to long-term organizational objectives, and provides mentoring and guidance, but does not manage employees as its primary job function.

The position oversees power-supply commodity work, including sustaining business, value engineering, and geographic diversification. It manages commercial and program activities such as statements of work, contracts, second-source qualifications, and value-engineering projects. The role develops supplier strategies, supports supplier selection and preferred-supplier-list management, negotiates agreements and pricing, monitors supplier performance and market conditions, and coordinates global and regional experts to deliver strategies.

This is a hybrid role requiring an average of two days per week in an HPE office.

Requirements

• First-level university degree or equivalent experience; an advanced university degree is preferred.
• At least 10 years of sourcing, manufacturing, or engineering experience.
• Global procurement experience.
• Experience working across multiple programs, products, teams, and commodities.
• Mastery of English and the local language.
• Direct sourcing or manufacturing experience in mechanical commodities.
• Experience managing suppliers or sourcing power supplies in networking or similar industries.
• Advanced analytical and technical aptitude.
• Strong business application skills.
• Advanced communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to drive and close cross-functional project initiatives.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced university degree.
• Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, and/or an MBA, along with 10+ years of power commodity management experience.
• Manufacturing or management experience in the telecom/networking space.
• Experience creating and managing contracts.
• Strong knowledge of power solutions as applied to networking equipment.

Responsibilities

• Create and execute worldwide commodity strategies and implement procurement strategies, policies, and tactics.
• Provide expertise across power commodities by understanding internal business divisions and external industry and technology trends, aligning internal objectives with external conditions.
• Manage sustaining business for power supplies, value engineering, and geographic diversification projects.
• Execute commercial and program-management activities, including statements of work, contracts, second-source qualifications, and value-engineering projects.
• Monitor and analyze commodities, suppliers, delivery solutions, processes, technology linkages, and key metrics to drive strategies, improve efficiencies, and achieve strategic objectives.
• Align with technology sourcing managers to define supplier strategies and selection criteria, select the supply base, and develop preferred supplier lists and AVL management.
• Negotiate and execute NDAs, master purchase agreements, statements of work, and/or joint development agreements.
• Score suppliers and lead business reviews with HPE and supplier executives.
• Lead annual negotiations, including executive participation as needed, to achieve annual cost reductions.
• Identify sourcing opportunities and negotiate pricing and terms.
• Define cost drivers, develop cost models, and establish should-cost estimates.
• Drive value-engineering and design-for-value activities with cross-functional teams.
• Monitor market pricing and competitive dynamics and share market intelligence with stakeholders.
• Coordinate global and regional experts to deliver strategies.
• Lead large cross-division functional teams or projects and provide mentoring and guidance to lower-level employees.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits supporting physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.
• Career-development programs to help employees pursue career goals and build expertise or move to another division.
• Flexibility to manage work and personal needs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior