Senior Manager, Commodities

Hubbell Incorporated • Shelton, CT

9d • $126,100 - $159,000

About The Position

Hubbell Incorporated is seeking a strategic, results-driven Senior Commodity Manager to lead commodity management for the Wiring Systems Business Unit within its Electrical Products Supply Chain organization. The position owns end-to-end commodity strategy for the Wiring portfolio, drives material productivity, builds a resilient supply base, and ensures suppliers can support business growth. It leads and develops commodity specialists and works with Purchasing, Planning, Operations, Engineering, Finance, and Corporate Commodity Management to improve cost, lead time, quality, and supplier delivery performance.

The role develops and executes multi-year commodity strategies aligned with business-unit growth plans and the annual operating plan. It owns material productivity targets and savings pipelines, leads complex supplier negotiations and agreements, manages commodity-market exposure, and applies total-cost-of-ownership and should-cost analysis. It also protects continuity of supply, builds sourcing resilience, manages supplier performance, and improves data accuracy, KPIs, and sourcing processes.

The anticipated salary range is $126,100–$159,000. Final pay depends on the selected candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and work location. Travel of up to 25% to domestic and international supplier sites and plants is expected.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• At least 5 years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, commodity management, or procurement, ideally in electrical, industrial, or manufacturing environments.
• People leadership experience managing and developing professional teams.
• Demonstrated record of delivering material productivity and leading complex negotiations with strategic suppliers.
• Strong knowledge of commodity markets relevant to Wiring Systems, such as copper, steel, resins, and fabricated components.
• Proficiency in SAP (MM/PP), Excel, Power BI, and PowerPoint, with strong analytical and financial acumen.
• Experience with supplier qualification, dual sourcing, and global or nearshore supply bases.
• Excellent executive communication skills and ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% to supplier sites and plants, domestically and internationally.

Nice To Haves

• Lean, Six Sigma, or APICS/ISM certification.
• Bilingual English/Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Develop, own, and execute multi-year commodity strategies for the Wiring Systems portfolio, aligned with business-unit growth plans and the annual operating plan.
• Lead, coach, and develop commodity specialists and analysts; set goals, ensure accountability, and build team capabilities.
• Present commodity strategies, risks, and performance to business-unit and Supply Chain leadership in monthly business reviews.
• Partner with Corporate Commodity Managers to align enterprise initiatives, leverage combined spend, and incorporate business-unit opportunities into corporate strategy.
• Own the business unit’s material productivity target and manage a pipeline of savings projects, including negotiations, market tests, VA/VE, consolidation, and resourcing.
• Lead complex negotiations, long-term agreements, and contract renewals with strategic suppliers.
• Monitor commodity markets, forecast cost exposure, and develop mitigation strategies, including indexing, hedging support, and clawbacks.
• Apply total cost of ownership and should-cost analysis to sourcing decisions.
• Ensure uninterrupted supply to operations and lead escalation and recovery for critical constraints and past-due backlog.
• Lead supply-base rationalization, dual- and third-source qualification, and regional or nearshoring strategies to expand capacity and reduce risk.
• Assess supplier capacity against demand and address gaps before they affect customers.
• Resize and realign the supply chain as business needs change, including product transfers, new product introductions, and acquisitions.
• Lead supplier performance programs, including scorecards, key-supplier QBRs, and constraint reviews with critical suppliers.
• Improve supplier on-time delivery, quality, and responsiveness through structured corrective action and supplier development.
• Drive lead-time reduction and validate supplier lead times in SAP (PIR and material master) against demonstrated performance.
• Develop stocking programs such as VMI, consignment, and safety stock to improve customer availability.
• Ensure SAP master data and purchasing parameters are accurate for owned commodities.
• Set and monitor commodity and supply-chain KPIs, take corrective action, and support automation and improved reporting.
• Lead Lean and continuous-improvement efforts, including kaizens and A3 problem-solving, across sourcing and supplier processes.
• Conduct market research and supplier scouting to support cost competitiveness, innovation, and diversification.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, life, and disability insurance, plus supplemental benefits.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with a company-provided 4% automatic contribution and a company match of 50% on employee contributions up to 6%.
• 11 employer-paid holidays.
• Flexible vacation.
• 40 hours of sick time.
• 8 paid volunteer hours.

What This Job Offers

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