Electro-Mechanical Commodity Manager

About Us

Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corporation, a family owned business for over 75 years, takes pride in powering progress in health, security and quality of life. We are key partners with the world’s leading medical devices, semiconductor, scientific analytics and industrial systems manufacturers. When they want to push the limits of what’s possible with high voltage applications, they turn to us to make it happen.

While Spellman is not a household name, our products are used to make and often power many of the most advanced technologies that make modern life possible. With design and manufacturing sites in North America, Europe and Asia, we have become the preferred provider of high voltage power solutions for OEMs pushing the boundaries of technology around the world by designing and producing the products they need to power progress.

Electro-Mechanical Commodity Manager (High Voltage Background Preferred)

Department

Supply Chain / Strategic Sourcing / Procurement

Reports To

Director, Strategic Sourcing / Global Commodity Leader / Supply Chain Manager

Location

Flexible (site-based, hybrid, or remote). Travel required as needed for supplier visits, audits, and business reviews.

Position Summary

The Electro-Mechanical Commodity Manager is responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies, supplier performance management, and cost/risk roadmaps for electro-mechanical commodities supporting production and new product introduction (NPI). Typical scope may include connectors, cable assemblies, wire harnesses, electromechanical assemblies, sensors, relays/contactors, switches, thermal components (fans, heatsinks), insulation materials, and selected power/electrical subassemblies (based on business needs).

This role partners closely with Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Planning, and Finance to ensure supply continuity, competitive total cost, and robust quality. High-voltage product experience (e.g., insulation systems, creepage/clearance considerations, dielectric testing, HV interconnect, safety/regulatory constraints) is strongly preferred but not mandatory.

Key Responsibilities

Category Strategy & Sourcing Execution

• Develop and execute commodity strategies aligned with business objectives for cost, quality, delivery, and risk.
• Lead RFI/RFQ/RFP events, supplier selection, and sourcing recommendations using structured decision models.
• Negotiate commercial terms including pricing, lead time, MOQ/MPQ, tooling, payment terms, NCNR exposure, warranties, and liability.
• Establish and manage Long-Term Agreements (LTAs) and supplier pricing governance (indexing/escalators where appropriate).

Supplier Relationship & Performance Management

• Own supplier scorecards and business reviews (OTD, quality/PPM, responsiveness, cost, and continuous improvement).
• Partner with Quality and Engineering to drive corrective actions (8D/CAPA), audit closure, and process capability improvements.
• Proactively manage supplier risk: capacity constraints, financial stability, single-source exposure, geopolitical/logistics risk, and BCP readiness.

Engineering Collaboration & Technical Alignment

• Partner with Engineering to drive standardization, modularity, and approved alternates (AVL/AML), including documentation governance.
• Support NPI by ensuring supplier readiness, DFM/DFT feedback, prototype-to-production transitions, and qualification timing.
• Drive specification alignment and “design to supply” practices (availability, manufacturability, and lifecycle stability).

Cost, Value Engineering (VE), and TCO Improvement

• Deliver year-over-year cost improvement through VA/VE, should-cost analysis, supplier consolidation, redesign suggestions, and process improvements.
• Optimize total cost of ownership including logistics, packaging, yield, warranty, and change management costs.

Lifecycle & Change Control

• Manage supplier-driven changes (PCN/ECO), obsolescence, and end-of-life transitions, including last-time-buys and redesign triggers.
• Ensure controlled qualification of alternates and substitutions while protecting quality and compliance.

Planning/Execution Support (as needed by org design)

• Work with Planning and Operations to align supplier capacity to demand, reduce shortages, and improve lead time reliability.
• Support escalation management for critical shortages and line-down risks with structured recovery plans.

Compliance & Governance

• Ensure compliance with procur