Corporate Supply Chain Commodity Manager
The Ducommun Supply Chain Commodity Manager is a key member of the Ducommun DCO corporate strategic supply chain management team and reports to the VP of Supply Chain Management. The Commodity Manager is key to lead and manage supplier performance and improvements in terms of on-time delivery, flawless quality, and aligned cost to support performance centers, operations, AOP, and customer service enterprise-wise.
Who are we?
Founded in 1849, Ducommun is the oldest company in California. Starting as a hardware supply store during the California Gold Rush and eventually assisted in the birth of the aerospace industry in Southern California by providing aircraft aluminum to early aerospace pioneers like Lindbergh, Douglas, and Lockheed. Today, Ducommun is a global provider of innovative manufacturing solutions for customers in the aerospace, defense, and industrial markets. We specialize in electronic and structural systems, producing complex products and components for commercial aircraft platforms, mission-critical military, and space programs, and sophisticated industrial applications.
Job Summary
Execute commodity savings year over year - drive material cost reduction - capture 'One Ducommun spend to support and exceed company AOP.
Lead and support commodity key negotiations and long-term agreements to build and improve commercial relationships and partnerships to support business growth and supply stability.
Support and lead to resolve key suppliers escalated performance issues to support operation requirements and customer service across performance centers.
Support and drive RCCA to hold and improve supplier performance accountability, including supplier on-time delivery, flawless quality, and cost alignment against material baseline and assigned BOM cost at program level.
Lead supplier consolidation and transition strategy and execution to align business requirements, supply risk mitigation, and business growth towards standardization and synergy.
Lead with recommendation and work with across functional teams for commodity strategy identification, development, and execution aligned to business goals and growth support key technology roadmaps to support products and services.
Own and lead key top spend suppliers development relationships and partnerships to drive strategy alignment and execution, such as quarterly scorecards review at executive level, grow-remain-exit strategy and actions across performance centers.
Provide and be proactive about commodity markets and provide timely communication to supply chain management teams with opportunities and risk mitigation actions to support business growth and operation requirements.
Promote and demonstrate the guiding principles, mission, vision, and values of Ducommun.
Promote and drive culture change to support buy-in and success of projects.
Responsibilities
Regular and acceptable attendance is an essential function of this job.