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Trilliant · 10 hours ago

Commodity Manager

Cary, NC

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

Trilliant is a company that offers a universal communications platform at the intersection of smart grid, smart city, and IIoT applications. They are seeking a Commodity Manager to oversee logistics related to procurement, manage product lifecycles, and foster relationships with stakeholders to enhance supply chain effectiveness.

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Responsibilities

Develop and maintain collaborative partnerships with business units to ensure alignment with their objectives and sourcing strategy

Consult with stakeholders to create the best contractual outcome, including strong legal and business terms and meaningful performance indicators and/or service levels

Negotiate, finalize, and advise on the contract documents with support from risk management, legal, finance, and other key internal stakeholders

Develop strong supplier relationships to drive effectiveness and value in line with the planned strategies

Facilitate supplier reviews and generate continuous improvement plans

Develops and implements cost-saving opportunities, efficiencies, and process improvements

Track performance within each applicable spending category and define budgetary impact

Partner with appropriate teams to identify sourcing needs, determine vendor and demand management strategies, execute sourcing events, and drive organizational processes and compliance

Develop and utilize project KPIs to drive results to meet annual goals and objectives

Create and regularly update cost-value analysis for main suppliers

Drive cost, technology, and value improvements with suppliers across the supply chain

Develop and implement sourcing strategies for the utilities spend category

Create strategies, approaches, and deployment for supplier quality programs and initiatives

Perform Periodic business reviews with strategic suppliers, monitoring their adherence to quality, delivery, value, and innovation performance metrics

Lead cross-functional teams including engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, human resources, and suppliers through the full project life cycle from design, development, pilot, through production, with financial tracking and close-out

Manage, organize, and monitor project development from requirements definition to production launch

Produce project schedules, budgets, resource management, dashboards, and other communications and management documents

Inform people at different levels of management of the progress of projects on a regular basis and on request

Monitor project performance indicators

Apply change, risk, and resource management

Lead continuous improvement projects

Work in a dynamic and fast-growing environment to develop rigorous technical standards and high-quality products

Provide sufficient technical leadership to identify technical risks, improve quality, and improve predictability of development

Qualification

Category managementStrategic sourcingContract negotiationData analysisFinancial acumenSupplier relationship managementProject managementChange managementCommunicationTeam collaboration

Required

10+ years of category management or strategic sourcing required

Strong business and financial acumen

Participates in developing policies and procedures to achieve specific goals

Ensures employees operate within guidelines and Trilliant Procurement policy

Interacts with peers, internal stakeholders, and suppliers at all levels of management

The ideal candidate will be highly accountable, action-oriented, and able to work collaboratively with multi-faceted teams

Broad knowledge of current and emerging technologies, technology directions, and strategic application to business needs

Excellent oral and written communication skills, including explaining technology solutions in business terms, establishing rapport, and persuading others

Strong analytical and interpretive skills to recognize and comprehend complex issues

Knowledge and understanding of sourcing methodologies

Perform data analysis and utilize financial acumen to identify opportunities to leverage scale and drive cost savings

Develop expertise in core categories, including product knowledge, industry dynamics, and market trends

Establish a collaborative environment with key suppliers and business partners to manage supplier performance and support long-term strategy

Develop expertise in contract requirements to negotiate the most favorable pricing, contract terms, and conditions

Strong project and process management in order to execute the sourcing strategy with cross-functional teams