Commodity Manager

Collins Aerospace is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Commodity Manager, to lead and implement strategic sourcing initiatives for the castings commodity. This role will be responsible for developing and executing commodity strategies, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring alignment with business objectives.

• Supports the Castings Commodity

• Executes Supply Chain strategies across multiple sites.

• Develops a strategic plan for a commodity or a strategic supplier

• Responsible for overall relationship with one or multiple strategic accounts across a given commodity.

• Leads sourcing process from RFQ to contract signature.

• Manages projects or processes of various complexity

• Resolves escalated issues with vendors and Supply Chain Management

• Works autonomously with limited oversight from manager.

• Coaches and reviews the work of peers.

• Influences others regarding policies, practices and procedures.

• Sets negotiation terms for the procurement of direct materials.

• Establishes sourcing goals and acceptable service levels.

• Negotiates and administers contracts with suppliers, vendors, and other representatives.

• Analyzes data and information to determine reasonable prices.

• Evaluates supplier’s capability, quality, reliability, and price competitiveness.

Identifies and conducts research on suppliers to ensure that the organization’s standards of price, quality, timing, and reliability of supply are met.

• Ensures supplier or commodity is performing to the designed Collins requirements from delivery, quality and cost perspective

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 12 years of relevant experience

• 3+ years of prior supply chain experience

• 3+ years experience with data analysis and spreadsheets

• Must be willing and able to travel 10% of the time

• Prior experience in strategic sourcing or procurement

• Prior experience with contract negotiations

• APICS OR ISM certification(s)

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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