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Jabil

Designs and builds electronics for other brands

Commodity Manager

Procurement & SourcingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeGeorge Town, Penang, MalaysiaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • In-depth technical and commercial knowledge of assigned commodities.
  • Knowledge of contract management and negotiations, including purchase agreements and inventory management initiatives.
  • Basic finance knowledge, including the ability to understand and evaluate balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements.
  • Understanding of material requirements planning (MRP).
  • Knowledge of the supply base management teams for assigned commodities.
  • Knowledge of the cost to manufacture assigned commodities.
  • Ability to present information effectively and respond to questions from managers, clients, customers, and the public.
  • Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
  • Ability to operate a personal computer using a Windows-based operating system and related software.
  • Advanced personal computer skills, including training and knowledge of Jabil software packages.
  • Ability to write simple correspondence and read and understand visual aids.
  • Ability to apply common-sense understanding to carry out simple one- or two-step instructions and deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.
  • Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
  • Ability to perform arithmetic with whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, calculate rates, ratios, and percentages, and interpret graphs.
  • Procurement experience involving capital expenditures (CAPEX), construction, and facility projects.

Responsibilities

  • Develop, implement, and measure global commodity strategies and business plans that meet the needs of business sectors, business units, and the corporation, including supply-base development, global infrastructure, and price management.
  • Demonstrate expertise in assigned commodities and competence in all aspects of supply-chain management, including commodities not directly assigned.
  • Follow the global commodity infrastructure that supports the company's business and growth plans.
  • Develop the supply base to exceed company and supply-chain management goals and objectives.
  • Ensure the commodity supply base complies with corporate social responsibility standards, including environmental, ethical, legislative, and regulatory requirements.
  • Promote the company's supply-chain management expertise internally and externally.
  • Negotiate supplier contracts, pricing, terms, and conditions.
  • Analyze market conditions and implement supply-chain strategies to ensure supply and price competitiveness.
  • Maximize purchasing leverage to achieve the best total cost of ownership.
  • Develop cost-modeling tools to determine the true component value of assigned commodities.
  • Build effective relationships with business-unit management to ensure supply-chain management is involved in new business opportunities.
  • Drive continuous improvement through trend-reporting analysis and metrics management, and propose new practices and processes to advance supply-chain goals.
  • Set annual goals and objectives to ensure managed commodities meet or exceed supply-chain metric targets.
  • Prioritize customer service by anticipating and meeting expectations and resolving problems quickly and effectively.
  • Periodically assist troubled plants directly and promote a back-to-basics approach, leading by example.
  • Establish new measurement systems where appropriate.
  • Ensure timely and efficient knowledge exchange within the corporation so best practices are shared.
  • Comply with company security-policy procedures.
  • Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

About the Company

Jabil

Designs and builds electronics for other brands

Jabil designs and manufactures electronics and other products for companies that sell them under their own brands, including makers of AI data center hardware, medical devices, cars, and defense systems. Customers bring a product idea or design, and Jabil handles the engineering, sources the parts, builds the product at scale, and manages the supply chain behind it. The work runs through a global network of factories, so one partner can build products for customers across many markets, from data center racks to medical equipment. Jabil earns revenue through manufacturing and engineering service contracts with these brands. The company was founded in 1966 and is based in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Saint Petersburg, Florida
Founded
1966

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