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Commodity Manager

TekWissen LLC

North Reading, MA

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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$42.97–$42.97
SKILLS
Administrative Management, Agile Programming Methodologies, Analysis Skills, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Benchmarking, Best Practices, Business Support, Calendar Management, Cloud Computing, Commodity Management, Community Support, Configuration Management, Cost Analysis, Cost Control, Cross-Functional, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Management, Database Administration, Detail Oriented, Diversity, Documentation, Documentation Standards, Expense Analysis, Expense Reports, Higher Education, Industry Standards, Manufacturing, Mathematics, Meeting Minutes, Mentoring, Metrics, Microsoft Excel, Negotiation Skills, Onboarding, Operations, Order Delivery, Organizational Skills, Performance Analysis, Performance Metrics, Pivot Chart, Pivot Tables, Pricing, Problem Solving Skills, Product Development, Purchase Orders, Purchasing/Procurement, Quality Metrics, Reporting Skills, Request for Proposals (RFP), SQL (Structured Query Language), Scorecarding, Spreadsheets, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Streaming Technology, Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), Supply Chain, Supply Chain Operations, Systems Administration/Management, Technical Leadership, Time Management, Transportation Engineering, Vendor/Supplier Evaluation, Vendor/Supplier Management, Vendor/Supplier Planning, Vendor/Supplier Relations, Vendor/Supplier Selection, Workforce Management, eCommerce
LOCATION
North Reading, MA
POSTED
3 days ago
Overview
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is a global technology leader that is transforming the way people shop, consume content, and interact with digital services. With a strong presence across e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence, the company is known for its customer-centric approach, innovation-driven culture, and large-scale global impact. It continues to invest in building products and services that improve everyday life while supporting businesses, communities, and economies worldwide.
Position:Commodity Manager
Location:North Reading, MA 01864
Duration: 6 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Onsite
Job Description:
  • An entry-level Commodity Manager for this role serves as a foundational member of the procurement team, supporting the execution of daily supply chain operations while developing core competencies in supplier management, data analysis, and cross-functional collaboration.
  • This position provides hands-on exposure to the full procurement lifecycle-from supplier research and quote management through purchase order execution and performance tracking-under the mentorship of experienced commodity managers.
  • Success in this role requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, proficiency with Excel and procurement systems, and a genuine commitment to learning industry best practices.
  • The intern or junior commodity manager will build a solid foundation in supplier relationship management, cost analysis, and supply chain problem-solving that prepares them for advancement into more strategic commodity management responsibilities.
  • Primary focus of this resource will be GA/ Sustaining and KTLO Programs and Agile/ ECO management.
Administrative & Data Management:
  • Maintain and update supplier contact databases and procurement records
  • Create and organize purchase requisitions in procurement systems
  • Track purchase order status and update internal tracking spreadsheets
  • File and organize supplier documentation (certifications, agreements, quotes)
  • Prepare basic reports and presentations for team meetings
  • Schedule meetings between suppliers and internal stakeholders
Supplier Communication & Coordination:
  • Send routine emails to suppliers requesting quotes, delivery updates, or documentation
  • Follow up on outstanding purchase orders and delivery confirmations
  • Coordinate sample requests and shipments between suppliers and engineering teams
  • Assist in scheduling supplier calls and take meeting notes
  • Respond to basic supplier inquiries under supervision
Data Analysis & Reporting (Basic):
  • Use Excel to create simple pivot tables and charts for spend analysis
  • Track and report on-time delivery metrics by supplier
  • Compile supplier performance data for monthly reviews
  • Help maintain pricing databases and cost comparison spreadsheets
  • Generate basic spend reports by category or supplier
Research & Market Intelligence:
  • Research potential new suppliers online and compile contact information
  • Gather industry pricing benchmarks from public sources
  • Create comparison matrices for supplier capabilities
  • Research material specifications and industry standards
  • Compile competitive intelligence on commodity trends
Process Support:
  • Shadow senior commodity managers during supplier negotiations
  • Participate in cross-functional team meetings as a note-taker
  • Help document standard operating procedures
  • Assist with RFQ (Request for Quote) package preparation
  • Support supplier onboarding activities by collecting required documentation
Quality & Compliance Support:
  • Track supplier quality metrics and flag issues to senior team members
  • Help organize supplier audit schedules and documentation
  • Maintain compliance checklists for supplier certifications
  • Assist in collecting corrective action responses from suppliers
  • Update quality scorecards with data provided by quality teams
Project Assistance:
  • Support cost reduction initiatives by gathering data and quotes
  • Assist with supplier consolidation projects
  • Help track savings opportunities identified by the team
  • Participate in cross-functional project meetings
  • Create simple project status trackers in Excel
Learning & Development:
  • Complete internal training on procurement systems and policies
  • Learn company-specific commodity strategies and supplier base
  • Attend supplier visits and manufacturing site tours
  • Participate in professional development workshops
  • Build knowledge of technical specifications for assigned commodities
Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Transportation/Supply Chain/Operations discipline
  • Strong Math, Logical, Problem Solving skills
  • Strong analytical abilities, and high proficiency creating and managing advanced models using SQL and Microsoft Excel
  • Analyst work background, or focus in higher education
  • Conceptual understanding of systems, and configuration management
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Transportation/Supply Chain/Operations discipline
  • Strong Math, Logical, Problem Solving skills
  • Strong analytical abilities, and high proficiency creating and managing advanced models using SQL and Microsoft Excel
  • Analyst work background, or focus in higher education
  • Conceptual understanding of systems, and configuration management
KPI:
  • On-time delivery on the portfolio level on the products they are managing

Leadership Principles:

  • Deliver Results
  • Invent & Simplify
  • Ownership
  • Deep Dive
Top 3 must-have hard skills:
  • Excel Experience
  • ERP Skills/Oracle Experience
  • Business Data/Analytics Experience
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.

About the Company

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TekWissen LLC

WE THE TEKWISSEN PEOPLE

TekWissen offers you a broader portfolio of services, industry-leading solutions, and the meaningful innovations that give you greater flexibility and speed to respond to market dynamics, reduced costs and risk to improve enterprise performance, and increased productivity to enable growth.

To keep pace with global market demands, TekWissen keeps its finger on the pulse of change. Our organized approach to guiding a project from its inception to closure. Managing projects is becoming more and more important as we enter the digital era. To cope with the pace that this transition demands, a method is required to manage projects so they can yield quality work, while incorporating efficient use of time and resources.

Project involves identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them.

It is important to perform quality planning during the Planning Process and should be done alongside the other project planning processes because changes in the quality will likely require changes in the other planning processes, or the desired product quality may require a detailed risk analysis of an identified problem. It is important to remember that quality should be planned, designed, then built in, not added on after the fact.

Capabilities and accomplishments in one TekWissen business enhance the opportunity for success in the others. Put simply, TekWissen's unique combination of attributes promotes success.



COMPANY SIZE
100 to 499 employees
INDUSTRY
Computer/IT Services
FOUNDED
2009
WEBSITE
http://www.tekwissen.com/

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