North Reading, MA, US
150 days ago
Sr. Global Commodity Manager – Complex Metal Fabrication (Robotic Workcells/Stations), Mechanical, Metals, Plastics and Hardware Global Commodity Team
The Sr. Commodity Manager has an important role in ensuring that their respective commodity and suppliers meet the technical and commercial specifications necessary for Robotics to satisfy its internal Manufacturing Operations, Supplier Quality, Supply Chain, and Hardware Engineering customers. This candidate will work with multiple business functions in a team environment.

Key job responsibilities
Managing overall supplier relationships including supplier performance, capability, capacity planning, contracting, risk mitigation, cost and quality improvements.

Working with technical operations, engineering, and program teams on new product introduction programs to define standard and custom product requirements ensuring sourcing strategies meet the technical capabilities, cost, and business goals.

Developing efficient and accurate mechanisms for communicating forecast and capacity requirements for sustaining and new products.

Guiding the purchasing and planning teams by monitoring supplier performance and addressing supply and/or quality issues.

Aligning supplier strategies to Robotics goals for sustaining production and new product.

Development and execution of global commodity strategies that align business requirements with supplier capabilities.

Maintaining monthly supplier scorecards and conducting quarterly executive business reviews.

A day in the life
The GCM will work with a cross functional team including representation from Manufacturing Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Advance Quality Engineering, Program Management, Finance and Legal.


The GCM in this role will own and cultivate relationships with a broad range of suppliers focused on metal fabricated components that comprise the robotic work cells and stations used in conjunction with robotic drive units to move packages efficiently within Amazon FC's.

About the team
The team consists of global sourcing professionals from various career and educational backgrounds including Automotive, Consumer Products, Technology and Aerospace. Educational background diversity consisting of Finance, Engineering and Supply Chain Management.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

North Reading, MA, USA
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