Strategic Commodity Manager 4

Strategic Commodity Manager

Location: Livermore, California (Hybrid) - 3 days onsite, 2 Remote

Employment Duration: 12+ months - potential to extend and/or convert FTE

Hourly Rate: 82-87/HR

Role Overview

This position requires a driven leader to architect and deliver strategic directions for the organization's supply chain. The initial focus will be to architect a commodity supply chain to support a growing global business with a high degree of complexity. This includes aligning resources, prioritizing strategies, establishing targets, and implementing growth and cost initiatives that support the broader business strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop a 3-year vision, strategy, and organizational structure for assigned commodities, focusing on availability, quality, and cost.
• Manage commodities that include OEM parts.
• Architect and deliver a complete end-to-end strategy, including supplier selection, consolidation, and managing supplier investments.
• Conduct commercial negotiations to achieve annual objectives for cost, quality, lead time, and flexibility.
• Lead sourcing negotiations and execute the strategic vision by gaining executive alignment.
• Drive business processes that enable effective prioritization and facilitate faster customer solutions.
• Build and maintain a strong supply chain to support ramping demand and manage supplier relationships.
• Develop collaborative relationships with internal product groups and make decisions under pressure.
• Develop and present impactful messages to leadership, the global supply chain, suppliers, and customers.

Required Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree or MBA in Supply Chain, Business Management, Operations, Engineering, or a related field.

Experience: 10 years of professional working experience. Experience working with global suppliers and in a matrix organization is required.

Technical Skills:

• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint proficiency.
• ERP systems experience, specifically with SAP.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Experience in negotiating various types of contractual agreements.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills for presenting to senior leadership and cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• 7+ years of working experience in the Semiconductor Equipment industry.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.

Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law.