Indirect Commodity Manager

Barnes Aerospace has an exciting and challenging career opportunity for a Commodity Manager role on our Indirect team, reporting to the Global Indirect Commodity Manager.

This individual will be responsible for the development and execution of assigned indirect commodity strategies.

If you are a self-motivated, effective, and collaborative professional seeking to put global management talents to use in a growing environment, please apply for further consideration.

This is a UK based, remote opportunity with 15-25% anticipated travel.

Core Responsibilities

• Develop and execute category strategies for assigned indirect commodities, aligning sourcing plans with business priorities, total cost of ownership, supply continuity, risk mitigation, and value creation.
• Drive cost savings, cost avoidance, working-capital improvements, demand-management opportunities, and process efficiencies while sustaining required service levels.
• Lead end-to-end strategic sourcing initiatives, including stakeholder requirements gathering, demand forecasting, market analysis, supplier identification, RFx events, bid evaluation, supplier selection, and business-case development.
• Negotiate, execute, and implement commercial agreements—including long-term agreements, non-disclosure agreements, statements of work, pricing, service-level agreements, and contract terms—in partnership with Legal, Finance, and other relevant functions.
• Support the Global Indirect Commodity Manager with complex negotiations, contract implementation, and strategic sourcing priorities, as needed.
• Manage supplier relationships and performance against established KPIs for quality, delivery, cost, responsiveness, innovation, compliance, and corrective-action execution.
• Analyze spend, supplier, and market data to identify opportunities for supplier consolidation, standardization, risk reduction, and broader category value creation.
• Maintain visibility of sourcing initiatives, supplier risks, action plans, and realized value; provide clear recommendations and regular updates to leadership and key stakeholders.
• Ensure all procurement activities comply with company policies, delegated authorities, ethical standards, and contracting requirements.
• Drive adoption and continuous improvement of procurement processes and systems, including sourcing, procure-to-pay, and contract-management tools.
• Build productive partnerships with internal stakeholders across IT, Operations, Engineering, Finance, Facilities, Quality, Legal, and other relevant functions.
• Collaborate with procurement colleagues on cross-category opportunities, special projects, supplier strategies, and market intelligence.
• Travel of approximately 15%–25% may be required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, supply chain, or a related commercial role, preferably with indirect spend exposure.
• Proven ability to lead strategic sourcing initiatives, evaluate supplier proposals, negotiate commercial terms, benchmark market opportunities, and manage supplier performance.
• Strong analytical and financial acumen, including spend analysis, total cost of ownership, business-case development, and a demonstrated record of delivering progressive cost savings.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders, build strong customer relationships, resolve issues constructively, and present recommendations to leadership.
• Sound judgment, attention to detail, and the ability to balance cost, risk, quality, service, and business requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities and projects in a fast-paced, global environment, including delegating work effectively when appropriate.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel (Pivot Tables and VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP), Word, Power Point, and Teams.
• Ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel (VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables) as well as Power Point, Teams.
• Familiarity with WAVE, COUPA, Power BI, AI a plus

Education Requirements

• Bachelors degree or a minimum of ten (10) years of relevant industry experience

This job position may include access to controlled information or technology subject to U.

S. export control laws.

If an applicant does not meet the definition of a “U.

Person” (which includes U.

S. citizens, U.

S. lawful permanent residents, and those granted U.

S. asylum or refugee status), the Company may be required to obtain an export control license.

If the position for which you applied involves access to controlled information or technology subject to U.

S. export control laws, then any offer is also contingent on verification of appropriate documentation for the Company to assess whether an export license will be required to employ you in that role, and if it is determined that an export license is required, the offer is also contingent on the Company’s determination, in its sole discretion, whether a license application and ongoing administration is prudent under the project’s contract parameters and whether an export license can be successfully obtained before you can start in that role.

Export license applications may take several weeks to be processed.