Global Supply Manager, Hardware & Consumables

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Develop and execute the global commodity strategy for fasteners, consumables, adhesives, and related OTS parts, balancing cost, quality, availability, risk, and scalability.
• Transform a transactional, highly fragmented OTS category into a strategic sourcing space through supplier consolidation, demand aggregation, and part standardization.
• Build a comprehensive view of category spend, SKU usage, supplier overlap, pricing, and demand to identify and prioritize cost-saving and operational consolidation opportunities.
• Partner with Engineering to rationalize and standardize fasteners and consumables across products and programs, reduce unnecessary part proliferation, and influence designs toward preferred components and suppliers.
• Lead supplier consolidation and sourcing initiatives that improve commercial leverage, reduce administrative complexity, streamline ordering and replenishment, and strengthen continuity of supply.
• Design, implement, and scale Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) programs with strategic suppliers, including min/max levels, replenishment triggers, point-of-use inventory, inventory ownership, service-level expectations,…
• Drive measurable total-cost savings through competitive bidding, pricing negotiations, volume aggregation, should-cost analysis, alternative sourcing, value engineering, and inventory optimization.
• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with suppliers to support production and development builds, serving as the primary point of contact for operational and commercial issues.