Commodity Buyer

What You'll Do

• Manage procurement activities and sourcing strategies for assigned commodities, including direct materials, equipment, spare parts, and consumables.
• Lead supplier selection, qualification, RFQs/RFPs, commercial negotiations, and contract management.
• Develop and maintain strong supplier relationships to ensure quality, delivery, cost, and service expectations are consistently achieved.
• Drive cost reduction, cost avoidance, value engineering, and productivity improvement initiatives.
• Monitor supplier performance, market trends, capacity constraints, lead times, and supply chain risks, and implement appropriate mitigation plans.
• Support inventory optimization while ensuring uninterrupted material supply to meet production and customer requirements.
• Analyze spend, savings, and operational data, and prepare reports, forecasts, and management presentations.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Planning, Quality, Logistics, and Finance teams to support new product introductions, capacity expansion, and continuous improvement projects.
• Qualifications Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field. 2–5 years of procurement, sourcing, or commodity management experience in semiconductor, electronics, EMS, wafer fabrication, assembly & test, or high-tech manufacturing environments.
• Experience managing direct materials, technical commodities, equipment, or spare parts is preferred.
• Knowledge of SAP or other ERP systems.
• Strong negotiation, analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.
• Self-motivated, results-oriented, and capable of managing multiple priorities in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrates a continuous improvement mindset, strong business acumen, and a collaborative, global perspective. #LI-DNI