# Global Commodity Manager Packaging

**Company**: Hewlett Packard Enterprise
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Logistics & Supply Chain
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are seeking a Global Commodity Manager Packaging to join our team. As a Hybrid role, you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

As a Global Commodity Manager Packaging, you will be responsible for executing commodity/category strategies worldwide. You will ensure the execution of procurement channel and category strategies in delivery of the company's internal projects and 3rd party products/services. Your goal will be to create and deliver on sourcing strategies, drive supplier excellence on quality, cost, agility, and time-to-market metrics.

Key responsibilities:

- Create and deliver on sourcing strategies and drive supplier excellence on quality, cost, agility, and time-to-market metrics

- Understand HPE needs and drive strategic partnerships to enable well-aligned investments

- Align suppliers and HPE Networking technology roadmaps through understanding of market trends, HPE Networking technology requirements, and suppliers' value proposition

- Understand industry-leading trends in sustainable packaging, regulations, and compliance requirements and partner with leading suppliers to ensure Green packaging implementation for all new programs

- Collaborate with the Juniper Commodity SME's to support global sourcing strategy creation and execution

- Define supplier selection criteria, work with the team on selecting the supply base, and develop a targeted preferred supplier list

- Effectively engage and lead in the negotiation and execution of NDA, Master Purchase Agreements, SoW, and/or Joint Development Agreements

- Scorecard suppliers and lead business reviews with Juniper and Supplier Executives

- Participate in executive negotiations to achieve cost reductions and identify sourcing opportunities and negotiate world-class pricing and terms

- Drive productivity gains through collaboration with suppliers, project-oriented

- Drive value engineering activities with a multi-functional team and project-oriented teams

- Understand current market pricing and dynamics of the competitive landscape, market trends

- Support the development of suppliers to enable innovative products/solutions to align with HPE Networking Project needs

- Mitigate risks in corporate strategy, supplier financials, corporate compliance, and operations

- Possess an understanding of Commodity industry indicators and market intelligence

- Flexibility to handle commodities within the HPE Networking electromechanical commodity space

Requirements:

- First-level university degree or equivalent experience; advanced university degree preferred

- Typically with combined 6-10 years of experience in the Engineering or Manufacturing industry

- Preferred MS in Engineering and/or MBA with 8-10 years of Global Commodity Management, Manufacturing, or Management experiences, networking experience is a plus

- Direct experience in commodity management of Packaging or mechanical commodity is a must, broader sourcing experience is an added advantage

- Strong program management skills to drive project results in terms of cost, agility, and time to market

- Proven strong leadership and influencing skills

- Proven experience and exposure with CEM, ODM, and JDM Manufacturing models

- Must possess excellent English verbal and written communications skills

- Travel 15-20%

We offer a comprehensive suite of benefits that support the physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing of our team members and their loved ones.

## Skills

### Required
- Commodity Management
- Packaging
- Sourcing Strategies
- Supplier Excellence
- Quality Control
- Cost Reduction
- Agility
- Time-to-Market
- Strategic Partnerships
- Market Trends
- Sustainable Packaging
- Regulations
- Compliance Requirements
- Green Packaging
- Negotiation
- Contract Management
- Supply Chain Management

### Nice to have
- MS in Engineering
- MBA
- Global Commodity Management
- Manufacturing
- Networking
- CEM
- ODM
- JDM Manufacturing

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