Senior Manager Commodity & Sourcing
4 days ago
Glenrothes
Robert Half has partnered with a defence and aerospace technology business to recruit for a Senior Manager Commodity & Sourcing. ROLE OVERVIEW Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Manager Commodity & Sourcing to lead a Commodities and Sourcing team and drive sourcing, negotiation, and supplier management activities across key spend categories. You will lead Commodity Managers across multiple business areas and programmes, reporting to the Associate Director of Supply Chain. • Lead and develop a team of Commodity Managers, driving performance excellence on on-time delivery and cost avoidance targets, • Execute strategic sourcing plans and drive synergy savings across the wider enterprise, • Develop, execute, and optimise short and long-term sourcing strategies for multiple commodities, • Participate in key agreement negotiations and resolve significant relationship and contractual issues, • Drive cost savings projects and commodity strategies to achieve financial targets, • Influence multi-disciplinary teams and develop strong partnerships with suppliers, • Ensure supply chain resilience against geopolitical and lower-tier disruptions, • Leverage contractual terms and business agreements to drive organisational value, • Develop long-term strategic relationships with suppliers' leadership teams, • Drive continuous improvement initiatives and ensure complianc...