Description
The Commodity Director leads the worldwide commodity and supplier panel strategy across project and mass-production business. The role owns delivery of Annual Operating Plan and Strategic Plan results for the commodity, including productivity, cash, supplier performance, capacity and contractual compliance. The position leads and develops the commodity team, manages strategic supplier relationships and ensures sourcing decisions and corrective actions support business requirements, competitiveness and supply continuity.
Key Responsibilities :-
- TEAM LEADERSHIP AND SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
Lead, develop and engage commodity managers and buyers; ensure appropriate staffing, capability growth and transparent accountability across the designated commodity and supplier panels. Lead strategic supplier performance reviews and improvement plans, including supplier development with Quality and other functions. Own executive supplier relationships and the commercial management of designated suppliers.



Ensure compliance with contractual obligations including terms and conditions, long-term agreements, non-disclosure agreements, payment terms, consignment stock and approved supplier requirements. Support major operational escalations with the relevant business teams and drive timely corrective actions.
- COMMODITY STRATEGY AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
Define, maintain and execute the global commodity and supplier panel strategy, integrating current and future requirements from the business, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality and Sales. Own commodity Annual Operating Plan and Strategic Plan results. Deliver productivity through negotiation, value analysis/value engineering, resourcing and other approved levers. Generate and consolidate improvement opportunities, develop business cases where required, ensure accurate material-cost performance reporting and establish corrective action plans when performance deviates from objectives. Set annual negotiation objectives, c

📌 Commodity Director (Pune)
🏢 Garrett - Advancing Motion
📍 Pune