Principal Commodity Manager

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse’s mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.

 

This Principal Commodity Manager is the subject matter expert for the designated category, accountable for all sourcing strategies and implementation. Develops alternative sources, including low-cost countries, and leverages category spend globally, with a focus on cost efficiencies, product quality, innovation and the most effective supply chain models. Develops and implements new products, processes, standards or operational plans that will have an impact on the achievement of functional results.  

 

The position takes direction from the Supply Chain Manager and/or Sr. Supply Chain Manager, and works to improve total cost, quality, delivery, and reliability to reach organizational goals.  Strong relationship skills are required to manage internal and external suppliers to provide timely and innovative solutions to meet business needs.  We will consider a US Only Remote candidate for this role. 

 

Your Day to Day:

• Primary relationship owner for suppliers within assigned category
• Responsible for managing the segmentation of assigned spend into sub commodity groups to create levers to achieve operational excellence
• Develops and maintains an overall category strategy to meet organizational goals by improving Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) while securing supply continuity through identifying and mitigating current and potential risks and opportunities in the commodity playbook.
• Leads the execution of the category strategy through preferred supplier list (PSL), “right-sizing” non-preferred suppliers, and rewarding preferred partners with business awards tied to Long Term Agreements (LTA) with year over year improvements in cost, delivery, quality, service, and profitability.
• Reviews analysis from PowerBI and other tools to create insights into the drivers of assign commodity and implications to spend and cost projections to use as levers with current and future supply base.
• Conducts regular business reviews (SRM) with key and strategic suppliers with cross-functional teams and senior leadership.
• Creates presentations for supplier relationship management reviews, commodity playbooks, risk mitigation proposals, 4-Blockers, and supplier/commodity gap analysis. 
• Responsible for creating and executing a plan to deliver annual business results against metrics of payment terms, on-time delivery, productivity, inflation, and other metrics as determined by Procurement Leadership.
• Research, track, and communicate industry trends, best practices, applicable indices, and competitive offerings to identify opportunities for innovation, competitive advantage, and increased overall productivity
• Develop a productive working relationship with peers on other teams: Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Procurement

 

Who You Are:
BA/BS degree or equivalent experience required

5+ years experience required, 10-12 years typical

Experience managing contracts required

High Level of Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint.  Ideal Candidate will have proficiency in MS Access, Project, and Visio

MBA Preferred

 

 

Why Westinghouse?

Westinghouse offers competitive benefits to all our employees around the globe to keep them healthy and enhance their well-being.  In the U.S. the following are representative of what we offer:

• Competitive Salary
• Comprehensive Health, Wellness and Income Protection Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program: confidential coun