Commodity Manager

Reports To: Director of Purchasing

Location: Gemini Group - Corporate / 175 Thompson Road, Bad Axe, Michigan

Status: Full Time, Salary

Job Requirements: Bachelor's degree in supply chain, engineering, finance, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience. Progressive experience in strategic sourcing, commodity management, supplier negotiations, or purchasing. Demonstrated ability to develop sourcing strategies and lead cross-functional initiatives. Strong understanding of cost drivers, cost modeling, contract terms, supplier risk, and market-index management. Ability to influence decisions across multiple plants and functions without direct reporting authority. Strong negotiation, analytical, communication, and supplier-relationship skills. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Job Summary: The Commodity Manager is responsible for developing and executing company-wide sourcing strategies for assigned commodities. The role uses consolidated spend, market intelligence, supplier capabilities, cost models, and risk analysis to reduce total cost, strengthen the supply base, improve commercial controls, and support long-term business requirements. The Commodity Manager works across plants and functions to move purchasing from reactive, location-based activity to a coordinated commodity-management approach.

Essential Job Functions: Develop and maintain a documented sourcing strategy for each assigned commodity. Lead major competitive sourcing initiatives involving multiple locations, significant spend, or elevated business risk. Lead supplier selection and award recommendations through the sourcing-board and supplier-award processes. Develop and maintain cost models for assigned commodities and monitor market indices, raw-material trends, and other major cost drivers. Establish strategic account-management plans for critical suppliers and lead regularly scheduled supplier business reviews, including Quarterly / Semi-Annual / Annual Business Reviews where appropriate. Establish and lead significant cost-reduction, cost-avoidance, and value-improvement initiatives and maintain a pipeline of actionable savings opportunities. Identify and develop mitigation plans for single-source, capacity, financial, geographic, quality, and continuity risks.