Global Commodity Manager
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- Logistics Supply Chain
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- 2400286 Requisition #
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- Mar 21, 2024 Post Date
Trinity Industries is hiring a Global Commodity Manager for our Dallas, TX HQ! This role will matrix manage Trinity’s procurement team for the standard components category which includes mainly undercar components such as wheels, couplers, axles, bearings, and yokes along with brakes and several other miscellaneous components. The standard components category is comprised of components that are used across all rail car types and is one of the largest and most critical spend categories for Trinity.
What You'll Do:
- Develop category strategies that balance cost minimization, supply assurance, supply flexibility, quality, and risk
- Managing a global supply base and shifting spend among portfolio of suppliers based on market conditions
- Negotiate corresponding supply agreements
- Working cross-functionally to develop new suppliers and manage them through the supplier and part approval processes
- Drive improvement in the category performance in the areas of cost, delivery, and quality
- Communicate improvement plans and results regularly to business leaders
- Coordinate with Purchasing to assure execution is aligned with strategy
- Support Purchasing with supply assurance and other performance related issues
- Monitor market conditions and industry supply chain status
- Summarize and communicate relevant information to Trinity business leaders
- Work with supplier quality and others to audit suppliers compliance to required processes and procedures
- Understand inbound supply chain and work with Logistics and others to assure costs are minimized while maintaining supply assurance
- Understand the portfolio of Trinity supply agreements in your category and manage the market share commitments to both match contractual obligations and maximize competitiveness for Trinity
What You'll Need:
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited University or College preferably with degree in business or engineering. An M.B.A. is preferred.
- Minimum 12-years experience in procurement including purchasing and/or strategic sourcing
- Minimum 2+ years experience in strategic sourcing and knowledge of strategic sourcing processes
- Ability to travel 20% of the time
- Strongly prefer steel industry knowledge and experience
- Experience in manufacturing
- Knowledge of material requirements planning (MRP)
- Prior rail industry experience is a plus
- Procurement certifications such as CPSM are a plus
- Ability to speak Spanish is a plus
EOE
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