Corporate Commodity Manager

Cleaver Brooks is looking for a Corporate Commodity Manager to join our team in Thomasville, GA. The Corporate Commodity Manager is responsible for commodities or assignments requiring application of purchasing principles, theories, and concepts. This position will be the subject matter expert for a specific category of Direct Material Procurement Agreements and Contracts. The Commodity Manager ensures timely acquisitions of product or service from known sources of supply and will lead or participate in the RFQ/RFP process. Additionally, the Commodity Manager may resolve issues in the areas of shipment accuracy and completeness, on-time delivery, or supplier payment functioning in a matrix environment. Position reports directly to the Vice President of Strategic Sourcing and is an individual contributor role.

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Job Location: Thomasville, GA

Essential functions:

• Identifies and recommends suppliers by investigating potential suppliers, researching parts, equipment, machinery, services, and materials availability.
• Will conduct supplier site visits and evaluations as to production capability, performance, delivery, and other key business criteria.
• Will complete supplier certification as part of a technical and/or quality team.
• Develops a scorecard of Key Performance Indicators.
• Prepare Request for Quotations (RFQ) or Proposals (RFP) collaborating with key stakeholders.
• Evaluates bids for standard and non-standard items.
• Selects suppliers for lower cost items or items of limited scope and complexity and negotiates price, delivery, quality, and service.
• Manage agreements that accurately reflect price, schedule, terms, and conditions as negotiated with suppliers.
• Develops alternate sources of supply by identifying and researching prospective suppliers.
• Monitors and evaluates supplier performance.
• Advises appropriate personnel of impending supplier failure to fulfill contractual agreements that may delay production or delivery.
• Facilitates the resolution of issues by arranging and participating or leading conferences between suppliers and company personnel.
• Prepares reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
• Participates in continuous improvement activities and provides suggestions for cost reduction and improved efficiency.

Requirements:

Education:

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree; preferably in a Business, Manufacturing Operations, or Engineering

Experience:

• Four (4) years' experience (2+ years in Electronics) as a Tactical Buyer or Sourcing Agent.
• Familiar with Supply Chain concepts and methodologies in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability and willingness to travel both domestic and international as required; capable of obtaining a passport.
• Strong organization skills with attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills for effective interface with all internal and external contacts.
• Must be able to express the difference between Total Landed Cost and Total Cost of Ownership in detail.
• Possess analytical and technical skills required to understand business practices and recommend proper automation opportunities.
• Experience with Microsoft Outlook (PowerPoint, Word, Excel).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional certifications from APICS, ISM, or CIPS is a plus.
• Exposure to LEAN Manufacturing, problem solving methodology (8D, A3, Fishbone, 5-Why).
• Possess analytical and technical skills required to understand business practices and recommend proper automation opportunities.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills for effective interface with all internal and external contacts.
• 5+ years relevant work experience.

Physical Skill & Effort: Limited manual dexterity required. Work requires infrequent physical effort.

Working Conditions and Hazards: Normal plant, shop, field or office conditions. From time to time, slightly disagreeable features. Negligible/little or no exposure to hazardous conditions.

Benefits of Being a Cleaver-Brooks Employee:

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, maternity support program, discounted virtual physician visits, voluntary medical benefits (Critical Illness, Hospital Care, and Accidental Injury), FSA, HSA, life insurance, short term and long-term disability
• Cash matching 401(k) plan
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Pet insurance
• Employee discount program
• Tuition assistance
• Paid time off and 11 paid holidays

Who is Cleaver-Brooks:

Cleaver-Brooks is the market leader in providing fully integrated boiler and burner systems. We lead the boiler/burner industry due to our unmatched distribution network's ability to deliver the knowledge, service, training, and support that are essential to long-term performance. Our customers will tell you that we are the only equipment provider that manufactures boilers, burners, controls, and a full array of ancillary and aftermarket products. They will also mention that our unique single-source capability means that we can deliver fully integrated boiler room solutions that reduce overall costs and optimize space. It is our focus on products that deliver the most efficient, reliable, safe, and environmentally sustainable solutions that differentiate us in the marketplace. Cleaver-Brooks continues a 90+ year legacy of providing the customers we serve with extraordinary products designed to deliver unsurpassed performance through the power of commitment.

This description indicates the general nature of the tasks and responsibilities required of positions given this classification. It is not intended as a complete list of specific duties and responsibilities. Nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of management to assign, direct, and control the specific duties of individuals performing this function. The Company reserves the right to change, modify, amend, add to or delete from any section of this document as it deems, in its judgement, to be proper.

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