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Commodity Manager - Metallic


Company : Leggett & Platt Automotive


Location : Lakeshore, Essex County


Created : 2025-10-18


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Commodity Manager - Metallic Join to apply for the Commodity Manager - Metallic role at Leggett & Platt Automotive Leggett & Platts overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future. With more than 130 years of inventive heritage, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including aerospace, flooring, textile, and automotive components. Responsibilities Lead the development of global procurement strategies for components and raw materials, optimizing yearoveryear improvements in cost, quality, and support of ongoing business and strategic priorities. Develop and maintain relationships with key internal stakeholders; secure crossfunctional buyin to commodity strategies, develop comprehensive communication and execution plans. Execute contracts reflecting the results of sourcing initiatives that adequately manage business and supply risks with appropriate legal terms and conditions. Foster performancebased relationships with external suppliers; monitor all risks within the commodity supply base and adapt procurement strategies for mitigation actions. Identify areas within the commodity of suboptimized cost and value, and implement actions to address such areas. Define and implement a commodity valueoptimization strategy in collaboration with procurement team (regional procurement, SD, logistic). In charge to support productivity actions of the commodity in regions related to the global material spend, evaluate the feasibility of the productivity ideas and ensure the implementation. Consolidate worldwide activities; apply the commodity strategy of the category in the region. Ensure the financial commodity tracking on a monthly basis from regional financial controller input. Qualifications Bachelors Degree in Finance or Technical discipline. Minimum of 5 years in a category/commodity management position, or related experience, with global responsibilities. Experience in a manufacturing environment; automotive experience preferred. Experience in building cost models to understand should cost, and how to apply the knowledge to achieve results. Highly analytical with solid communication, interpersonal, written and verbal skills. Highly motivated and able to work in a fastpaced environment. Advanced skills in Excel, Power Point, and Systems Database/Query capabilities. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, and all its Canadian affiliates value the diversity of skills, knowledge, and perspectives our employees bring to our workplace. We believe the presence in our workforce of individuals with characteristics protected under local human rights legislation, including but not limited to females, minorities, individuals with disabilities, veterans, persons from all faiths and national origins and of all colors, reward us with greater talent, new ideas and unique perspectives. It is therefore our policy to recruit, hire, promote, transfer, administer benefits and handle all other conditions of employment in a nondiscriminatory manner without discrimination regarding any protected status under local human rights legislation. Our Chief Executive Officer has requested that all of our employees make equal opportunity a priority. We are committed to workplace accessibility and accommodation of persons with disabilities. Should you have any need for accommodation at any stage of the hiring or recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to provide appropriate accommodation or address any accessibilityrelated needs. This information will be handled as confidentially as practical. You are welcome to contact a member of our Corporate Employee Relations staff at 417-358-8131 if you need assistance to apply, wish to discuss an accommodation, or have questions about this notice. #J-18808-Ljbffr