Commodity Purchasing Lead

Overview

In this role you lead the Commodity Purchasing team to secure materials, components and tooling for new product introductions and series production. You’ll shape sourcing strategies, drive supplier performance and build resilient supply chains in partnership with cross-functional teams. You will manage XP/Experiment,Prototype and Production sourcing, ensuring cost efficiency and robust supplier readiness. This is a chance to influence automotive-scale purchasing at a fast-growing, mission-driven tech leader.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop the Commodity Purchasing team with clear objectives
• Align strategies with business goals and drive continuous improvement
• Oversee supplier management: performance, development, and new supplier onboarding
• Lead strategic sourcing activities: RFQs, supplier selection, negotiations, contracts
• Ensure sourcing decisions optimize total cost of ownership, quality, delivery and sustainability
• Deliver cost targets and manage inflation, raw materials, logistics, and currency exposure
• Support New Product Introduction with supplier readiness, APQP/PPAP timing and launch support
• Monitor supplier performance and mitigate supply chain risks
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Engineering, Finance, Logistics, Legal) for decision making
• Ensure procurement governance, ethical sourcing and CBAM compliance

Key requirements

• Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business or equivalent
• Significant strategic procurement experience in manufacturing or automotive
• Proven leadership experience
• Strong commercial negotiation skills
• Experience in supplier relationship management
• Strong analytical capability
• Experience supporting New Product Introduction
• Excellent stakeholder management
• Experience in team management

• leadership
• stakeholder management
• cross-functional collaboration
• strategic sourcing
• supplier relationship management
• contract negotiations

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