Commodity Manager - Metals

Job description

Zodiac Aerospace is a global leader in aircraft equipments and embedded systems offering solutions for Commercial, Regional and Business Aircrafts, as well as Helicopters. Zodiac Aerospace also is a major actor in aircraft safety. Located in more than 18 countries worldwide, the group count up 35,000 employees spread on a hundred sites worldwide, contributing to a \$5 billion. Zodiac Aerospace offers a wide range of technologies throughout 3 different activities: Zodiac Aerosystems, Zodiac Cabin and Zodiac Seats.

Zodiac Seats US , a segment of Zodiac Aerospace, is one of the world's top manufacturers of commercial aircraft seats for airlines and major aircraft manufacturers today. Our primary manufacturing facility is location on a half-million-square foot campus in Gainesville, Texas (approximately 60 miles north of Dallas/Fort Worth). Visit www.zodiacaerospace.com to learn more.

Job Summary:

The person in this position will be responsible for the Commodity Strategy that will be or will have been established for assigned commodities in the Branch and will oversee a group of strategic suppliers that constitute the Seats Zodiac supply Base.

The Commodity Manager defines, deploys and governs, in full alignment with the Branch Strategic Purchasing vision & strategy, the strategic supplier base primarily referenced 'Preferred or Essential' according to the Supplier Status management Group Procedure ZA-SC-4003, working closely with the needs of the Purchasing managers from the Branch Business Units.

He or she shall settle and conclude the Negotiation Terms, Performance and Long Term Agreement on behalf of the Branch Legal entities.

He or she shall build and lead the Suppliers Performance Review and Commodity Strategy Reviews and reports on a regular basis in the dedicated Strategic Procurement Committee. In the frame of the mission entrusted to him, the Commodity Manager reports directly to the Branch Strategic Procurement Director.

Summary of Duties :

Among others, the responsibilities include:

Responsible for the Commodity Strategy

· For a defined list of commodities, establishes the Commodity strategy with the full involvement of the other BUs of the Branch
· Defines the sourcing and supplier base strategy (Make or Buy, consolidation, reduction, development of new source).
· Reports, communicates on a regular basis the strategy progress and outputs at the Branch and Divisions CEO/COO levels
· Consolidates all data related to this commodity from the BUs. He or she stays abreast of all innovations and technical evolutions with the view to integrate into a supplier management and contractual relationship
· Builds the planning, KPIs assessment related to the strategy
· Ensures follow-up of the strategy commodity implementation within the BU level
· For his or her commodities, he or she is the referent externally and internally

Consolidation of data related to the common Suppliers

· Drives market analysis, outlooks and competition analysis; Turn-Over evolution and dependency ratios from the different Business Units and for the Branch
· Gathers and updates the supplier data according to the guide ZA-Q-1006, ZA-Q-1030 compliance.
· Operational Performance at each BU:
· On Time Deliveries (SOTD including VLD) according to ZA-Q-1021
· Quality of the deliveries (SNCR) according to ZA-Q-1021

· Consolidates the annual Purchasing Performance achieved related to his commodity and builds the visibility on 3 out years
· Leads with the support of Supplier Development team the risks analysis according to ZA-SC-4004 - including follow-up of the mitigation plan
· Provides a consolidated picture updated before each Performance Review

Management of the SuppliersContractual Relationship

· Prepares and process Global RFQ : includes the needs and volumes of the concerned BUs in the commodity
· Negotiates the LTA and defines the acceptable Terms and Conditions applicable with support from Branch Contracts
· Prepares and gets the approval for the sourcing decision
· Gets the contract signed by all the Legal entities
· Checks the provisions of the contract are applied and respected by the BUs
· Twice per year, consolidates the forecast volumes and checks compliance with the allocated volumes. Leads an annual capacity survey towards the suppliers on at least a 12 months forecast with the consolidated Branch BUs volumes forecast
· Triggers requests on quality/capacity/process audits and dedicated countermeasures
· Supports projects/tactical buyers when issues arise with the suppliers
· Manages the non-performance penalties application with the different BUs
· Communicates and reports monthly to the Branch Strategic Purchasing Directors

Management of the SuppliersPerformance

· Reviews non-conformance reports written against his or her suppliers and relays information to them
· Organizes, defines frequency and prepares the Supplier Performance Review Meeting. In this context, he or she ensures coordination with the Business Units, Purchasing Quality, Supplier Development Team, Engineering and Program when relevant
· Leads the Performance Review and shall follow up on actions.
· With the Support of the Supplier Development team and the Supplier Quality team he or she promotes and activates the implementation of Operational Excellence at the supplier (SOTD, VLD, SNCR)
· Collaborates for innovation: in the development of supplier‘s offers on a technological aspect according to Program/new projects needs

Measurement of the Performance:

· Efficiency of the mission
· Evolution of the Operational performance of the suppliers and for all the Business Units concerned in the Branch : SOTD, VLD,SNCR
· Implementation of Agreements with Suppliers
· Annual Cost reduction with the suppliers
· All the above elements to be in line with the Branch targets
· Monthly reports at the Purchasing Committee
· Develops the relationship with the Supplier as a partner

Competencies / Personal skills:

· Very good to excellent knowledge of the Purchasing Process and Supplier Quality Assurance
· Very good to excellent knowledge of the technologies and process of the suppliers in his or her commodities
· Negotiation skills and capability to adapt
· Good understanding of ERP systems principles
· Notions of Legal principles
· Management of business relationship for the internal network: openness, listening skills, understand specificities but oriented on global optimization of the results
· Fluent communication in English, another European language a plus

Working conditions:

· Employment Status is full-time
· Travelling will be required.
· Irregular hours may be required.
· Relocation in another BU may be required
· Location of Role to be discussed

Experience needed:

The Commodity Manager needs to have accumulated experience of at least 5 years in the position of Strategic Buyer or Manager, or related function. He or she must know the market linked to the Commodity and understand its technical and technological aspects; as such being a referent in his domain.

The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required doing the job; rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job.