Eos Energy Storage
Global Commodity Manager
Eos Energy Storage, Phila, Pennsylvania, United States,
At Eos, we believe in great chemistry. The combination of core elements into an amazing product and the mixture of skills into a unified team. We seek the best talent to join us in our mission to bring affordable, sustainable, clean energy to all. Come change the world with us.Responsibilities
Manage the overall relationship with Suppliers & develop road map with strategic suppliers.Negotiate & Implement Long term agreement with strategic suppliers.Monitor agreements and expectations.Partner closely with legal department in working contract language.Drive and ensure suppliers are held accountable for meeting continuous improvement initiatives both from a strategic and tactical perspective including lead time reduction, flexibility to schedules, quality improvement, inventory reduction (entire supply chain) and cost reduction on year over year basis.Develop cost baseline for commodity & inflation forecasts for the Indirect materials, MRO, Logistics, and Expensed items commodity.Ensure Supplier strategy has the capacity to enable continuity of supply and ability to provide required technical capability.Management of pricing and discounts/rebates of assigned commodity and suppliers.Rationalize/optimize the commodities’ supply base balancing between cost and risk.Develop and implement the procurement strategy of Indirect materials, MRO, Logistics, and Expensed items from suppliers, specific to reducing cost and finding synergies among the Divisions commodity group and to meet operations requirements. Seek to implement “pull” systems and vendor managed inventory as much as possible.Develop appropriate supplier strategies to leverage global volume on families of “like” items to consolidate spend.Understand and monitor current commodity market conditions/trends, developing technologies, supply chain capacity/capability, product knowledge, customer requirements and supply/demand challenges.Establish a strong network and foster collaboration with customers, suppliers, key stakeholders, and category team members.Communicate and work as a team with the BW Packaging Platform Supply Chain Leadership, Divisional Procurement teams and other Leadership as needed.Key metrics include: Annual cost savings (PPV and TCO – includes cost of poor quality), supplier OTD (project and production), DPPM, Supplier lead time.Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Knowledge of direct and indirect materials, MRO, Logistics, and Expensed items and suppliers.Ability to influence product design standards, implement process control, and quality systems. Understands product requirements and offers innovative solutions.Sourcing/purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment with some MRP knowledge and inventory replenishment strategies.Lean Manufacturing, DMF, and/or Six Sigma desired specifically regarding the purchasing, material and manufacturing areas.Need to communicate effectively with suppliers, engineering, quality, manufacturing personnel and peers in a dynamic team environment. Strong influencer.Demonstrated project management skills especially in an operations environment.Highly organized – demonstrates strong organizational and follow up skills.Takes leadership role in problem solving, cost reductions, and process improvement initiatives.Demonstrated success with cost reductions.Ability to read technical drawings.High ethical standards.Excellent written, verbal, analytical, negotiating and interpersonal skills.Education and Experience
Bachelor’s Degree or related experience required.Minimum of 5 years' experience in commercial commodities management.Travel
Local and overnight travel within North America required between 10-25% of time.Working Conditions
Office Environment - Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time and occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc. Required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.May be required to exert up to 25 pounds of force occasionally to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
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Manage the overall relationship with Suppliers & develop road map with strategic suppliers.Negotiate & Implement Long term agreement with strategic suppliers.Monitor agreements and expectations.Partner closely with legal department in working contract language.Drive and ensure suppliers are held accountable for meeting continuous improvement initiatives both from a strategic and tactical perspective including lead time reduction, flexibility to schedules, quality improvement, inventory reduction (entire supply chain) and cost reduction on year over year basis.Develop cost baseline for commodity & inflation forecasts for the Indirect materials, MRO, Logistics, and Expensed items commodity.Ensure Supplier strategy has the capacity to enable continuity of supply and ability to provide required technical capability.Management of pricing and discounts/rebates of assigned commodity and suppliers.Rationalize/optimize the commodities’ supply base balancing between cost and risk.Develop and implement the procurement strategy of Indirect materials, MRO, Logistics, and Expensed items from suppliers, specific to reducing cost and finding synergies among the Divisions commodity group and to meet operations requirements. Seek to implement “pull” systems and vendor managed inventory as much as possible.Develop appropriate supplier strategies to leverage global volume on families of “like” items to consolidate spend.Understand and monitor current commodity market conditions/trends, developing technologies, supply chain capacity/capability, product knowledge, customer requirements and supply/demand challenges.Establish a strong network and foster collaboration with customers, suppliers, key stakeholders, and category team members.Communicate and work as a team with the BW Packaging Platform Supply Chain Leadership, Divisional Procurement teams and other Leadership as needed.Key metrics include: Annual cost savings (PPV and TCO – includes cost of poor quality), supplier OTD (project and production), DPPM, Supplier lead time.Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Knowledge of direct and indirect materials, MRO, Logistics, and Expensed items and suppliers.Ability to influence product design standards, implement process control, and quality systems. Understands product requirements and offers innovative solutions.Sourcing/purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment with some MRP knowledge and inventory replenishment strategies.Lean Manufacturing, DMF, and/or Six Sigma desired specifically regarding the purchasing, material and manufacturing areas.Need to communicate effectively with suppliers, engineering, quality, manufacturing personnel and peers in a dynamic team environment. Strong influencer.Demonstrated project management skills especially in an operations environment.Highly organized – demonstrates strong organizational and follow up skills.Takes leadership role in problem solving, cost reductions, and process improvement initiatives.Demonstrated success with cost reductions.Ability to read technical drawings.High ethical standards.Excellent written, verbal, analytical, negotiating and interpersonal skills.Education and Experience
Bachelor’s Degree or related experience required.Minimum of 5 years' experience in commercial commodities management.Travel
Local and overnight travel within North America required between 10-25% of time.Working Conditions
Office Environment - Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time and occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc. Required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.May be required to exert up to 25 pounds of force occasionally to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
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