Global Commodity Manager in Christchurch

Location: Dorset, GB, BH23 6BU Poole, GB, BH17 7ER

Type of Employment: Full-time

Career Level: Professional

Job Family: SCM-Procurement / Supply Chain Logistics

Responsibilities:

• Define and lead the global Electronics category strategy, including sourcing priorities, supplier governance, commercial roadmap and risk mitigation across components, semiconductors, PCBAs, EMS partners and related technologies.
• Provide functional leadership across global and regional procurement teams, ensuring Regional Commodity Managers are aligned with the category strategy, supplier roadmap, sourcing priorities and contract coverage expectations.
• Establish clear ways of working with Regional Commodity Managers, including category alignment, decision paths, sourcing roles, escalation routes and follow-up on regional execution.
• Build and maintain a structured supplier strategy covering preferred supplier panels, single-source transparency, supplier performance, allocation exposure, lifecycle risk and business continuity requirements.
• Use market intelligence, supplier insight and component-level data to anticipate supply constraints, lead-time developments, technology roadmaps, end-of-life exposure and regional supply risks.
• Work closely with Engineering, R&D, Quality, Operations, Product Management, Finance and Legal to align sourcing decisions with technical, commercial and business requirements.
• Lead cross‑functional category governance for Electronics and align stakeholders on category strategy, supplier risks, sourcing decisions, cost actions and implementation priorities.
• Lead or steer strategic sourcing and supplier negotiations for key suppliers and major initiatives, including supply agreements, allocation management and high‑impact commercial decisions.
• Drive stronger contractual coverage for strategic electronics suppliers, including supply continuity, quality obligations, liability, change notification, end‑of‑life and last‑time‑buy provisions.
• Maintain a clear commercial fact base using spend data, BOM and component data, TCO, benchmark pricing, cost‑driver analysis, should‑cost models and supplier performance information.
• Report on category strategy progress, market developments, supplier risks, realized savings, cost mitigation, supplier performance and broader value contribution.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Strong experience in strategic procurement, category management or sourcing, ideally in a global engineering, technology or manufacturing environment.
• Solid experience in electronics procurement (mandatory), with semiconductor exposure across areas such as MCUs, analog and power ICs, memory, sensors, connectivity, PCBAs, EMS partners or embedded electronics.
• Good understanding of the semiconductor ecosystem, including IDMs, fabless suppliers, foundries, OSAT partners, authorised distributors and independent market channels.
• Experience managing electronics supply chain risks such as allocation, mature‑node constraints, obsolescence, product change notifications, end‑of‑life notices, long qualification cycles, counterfeit risk and single‑source dependencies.
• Strong commercial and contractual understanding, including complex supplier negotiations, long‑term supply agreements, capacity commitments, forecast obligations, NCNR clauses, MOQ and MPQ structures and continuity of supply provisions.
• Experience leading category strategy in a matrix organisation, with the ability to influence Regional Category Managers, local procurement teams and senior stakeholders.
• Ability to work credibly with Engineering and Quality on qualification, second‑source strategies, approved vendor lists, technical equivalency, lifecycle planning and redesign avoidance.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to use spend data, BOM data, lifecycle information, market intelligence, contract data and supplier performance information to support decisions.
• Experience with eProcurement, eSourcing, eAuction, supplier risk tools, BOM analytics, lifecycle management or electronics market intelligence tools is an advantage.
• Fluent English communication skills.

What Makes You Successful in This Role:

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Business Administration or a comparable field. A technical degree in electronics or electrical engineering is advantageous.
• You create clarity in a complex, technical and supply‑constrained category.
• You lead through governance and influence, aligning global direction with regional execution.
• You challenge demand constructively and build credibility with senior engineering, operational and commercial stakeholders.
• You use market intelligence, supplier insight and component‑level data to anticipate risk and create value beyond price savings.
• You bring discipline to the category by running the right governance, documenting key decisions and translating policy requirements into practical ways of working.

Benefits:

• Competitive Package including an annual bonus, company vehicle or allowance.
• Continuous training and learning opportunities to support career development.
• 26 days of holiday, increasing up to 29 with length of service.
• 37.5‑hour working week.
• Excellent pension, with matching contributions up to 10% of pensionable salary.
• Flexible benefits package to suit your personal needs.
• Investment in personal development and support for membership of professional institutions.