Associate Commodity Manager

: Creating Peace of Mind by Pioneering Safety and Security At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 12,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Additionally, in 2024 we were awarded the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, which recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world. Associate Commodity Manager This position is responsible for supporting value generation, sourcing, and profitability improvement initiatives to optimize indirect and corporate spend. Close interaction and coordination with internal partners and external suppliers is required. Success will be measured on spend addressed, savings achieved, and working capital impact. The central challenge of the position is to capture value from indirect spend categories while meeting key business objectives such as service, quality, timing, security of supply and overall risk to Allegion. Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. The company does not intend to provide sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B, TN, etc.) for this employment position. What You Will Do:

• Category ownership & planning : Partner with corporate team, business units, and regional stakeholders to support the management of an evolving portfolio of high-value suppliers and spend categories.
• Leverage market trends and intelligence to drive value and provide guidance to stakeholders and businesses.
• Lead the aggregation, normalization, and analysis of spend data to identify potential value opportunities across managed categories.
• Sourcing & Contracting : Serve as a full partner to the business in evaluating the existing supply base and advising changes to improve business value and reduce enterprise risk.
• Support sourcing projects emerging from annual category planning, incorporating evolving business requirements from stakeholders and market analysis.
• Manage the planning and launch of RFx events, leveraging eSourcing tools as appropriate.
• Ensure appropriate cross-functional partnering on process improvement projects.
• Quantify and report both identified and implemented sourcing project results.
• When applicable, partner with other functions across company to replicate projects with positive results.
• Develop and negotiate regional contracts that are commercially sound and provide optimum protection of company assets. Develop comprehensive implementation with stakeholders and end users.
• Coordinate and lead negotiations; help stakeholders understand trade-offs and benefits of negotiation strategies/outcomes.
• Supplier Relationship Management: Foster relationships with suppliers to create short-term and long-term value for the company.
• Lead business reviews with strategic suppliers to ensure performance against contracted obligations and business unit expectations.
• Anticipate and minimize performance issues via use of key performance indicators (KPIs) and scorecards.
• When performance issues emerge, assist with identifying root causes and drive for efficient resolution of issues at hand by working across both internal and external stakeholders.
• Support indirect category team in new supplier onboarding processes and annual risk and performance evaluations of existing supply base

What You Need to Succeed:

• Ability to travel up to 25% including international
• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering or related field
• 2 to 4 years procurement / global sourcing experience, project management, engineering, operations, consulting, quality, and/or analyst experience
• Proficient in the use of all Microsoft Office products, particularly MS Excel (e.g., excel pivot tables, macros, etc.) and PowerPoint
• Demonstrated competence in negotiating skills and assessing supplier capability
• Candidate must have demonstrated experience coordinating, facilitating discussions, consultation and conflict resolution skills with a variety of stakeholders
• Professional communication; both verbal and written are required
• Experience with IT Hardware, software and SaaS category management
• Strong problem-solving skills and methods
• Strong project management and data analytics skills
• Experience with supply chain tools, ERP, GEP, etc.

Why Work for Us? Allegion is a Great Place to Grow your Career if:

• You're seeking a rewarding opportunity that allows you to truly help others. With thousands of employees and customers around the world, there's plenty of room to make an impact. As our values state, “this is your business, run with it”.
• You're looking for a company that will invest in your professional development. As we grow, we want you to grow with us.
• You want a culture that promotes work-life balance. Our employees enjoy generous paid time off, because at Allegion we recognize that you have a full life outside of work!
• You want to work for an award-winning company that invests in its people. Allegion is proud to be a recipient of the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award for the second year in a row, recognizing our commitment to employee engagement, strengths-based development, and unlocking human potential

What You'll Get from Us:

• Health, dental and vision insurance coverage, helping you “be safe, be healthy”.
• A commitment to your future with a 401K plan, offering a 6% company match and no vesting period
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Unlimited PTO
• Employee Discounts through Perks at Work
• Community involvement and opportunities to give back so you can “serve others, not yourself”
• Opportunities to leverage your unique strengths through CliftonStrengths testing and coaching

Apply Today! Join our team of experts today and help us make tomorrow's world a safer place! Not sure if your experience perfectly aligns with the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification and every single preferred qualification of a job posting. At Allegion, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. So, if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every item in the , we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role. We Celebrate Who We Are! Allegion is committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace. Together, we embrace all differences and similarities among colleagues, as well as the differences and similarities within the relationships that we foster with customers, suppliers and the communities where we live and work. Whatever your background, experience, race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, disability status, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law, we will make sure that you have every opportunity to impress us in your application and the opportunity to give your best at work, not because we're required to, but because it's the right thing to do. We are also committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If for any reason you cannot apply through our career site and require an accommodation or assistance, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team .© Allegion plc, 2023 | Block D, Iveagh Court, Harcourt Road, Dublin 2, Co. Dublin, Ireland REGISTERED IN IRELAND WITH LIMITED LIABILITY REGISTERED NUMBER 527370 Allegion is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer