The Commodity Manager will be responsible for sourcing and management of Suppliers for Mechanical commodities. The person will be responsible for creating and maintaining a supply chain strategy for multiple different suppliers and commodities. The Commodity Manager must also follow established purchasing policies and procedures and optimize price, delivery and terms through excellent relationship management of suppliers to ensure best value and continuous and reliable supply of goods and services to Christie.

Responsibilities Include:

• Negotiate prices and make contract commitments with established and new suppliers.

• Evaluate current and anticipated requirements, determine potential sources, obtain quotes, and support programs to meet business needs.

• Support all up-front Engineering activities to ensure early supplier involvement.

• Perform regular contract review with key suppliers relating to drawings, specifications and overall ways of working.

• Perform supplier audits to create and manage gap lists and to identify opportunities and threats.

• Hold regular business review sessions with key suppliers.

• Negotiate and implement supply agreements with key suppliers, where appropriate, through knowledge of contracts and global contract law with involvement of Christie legal counsel.

• Work closely with Global Supplier Quality and Engineering to ensure that the suppliers selected are of high calibre and able to support Christie strategic objectives.

• Work closely with Inbound Logisticians to ensure Christie maintains an effective supply chain and ensure timely delivery of materials to the factory.

• Work closely with NPI team to ensure successful launch of new projects.

• Understand and proactively communicates the Suppliers’ capabilities, products and technologies.

• Ability and willingness to travel both nationally and internationally, as required.  Establish quarterly travel plans and submit for approval in collaboration with key stakeholders.

• Consistently administer day-to-day activities and parameters required of the Christie ERP and PLM systems including, Purchase Orders, ECOs and system updates and maintenance.

• Other assigned duties as required from time to time.

General Requirements

• Bachelor degree or above equivalent experience in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Purchasing

• Fluent in English (reading, writing and speaking)

• Strong negotiating skills

• Strong leadership and people management skills (objective setting, coaching, conflict resolution, motivating, facilitating, delegating, mentoring, etc.)

• Display a professional manner at all times when dealing with suppliers.

• Knowledge and use of JDE, or SAP/ERP system desired.

• Proven proficiency in supplier management.

• Demonstrated experience measuring and improving supplier performance.

• Knowledge of common business software applications (ERP/MRP, Word, Excel, Document Management, Microsoft Project, PowerPoint etc.).