The Senior Commodity Manager, localization will lead localization commodity strategy for Metals, Stamping, and Ceramics to ensure cost competitiveness, supply continuity, and supplier capability. This role drives value through strategic sourcing, supplier development, and cross-functional collaboration, while enabling resilient and localized supply chains aligned with business growth. **General Responsibilities** + Manages inventory management and material budgets + Manages analyses of market conditions and trends to predict future supply needs + Manages cross functional team in the execution of medium to large strategic sourcing initiatives and the implementation of category strategies + Responsible for consistent communication with suppliers to ensure timelines is met + Manage interactions between suppliers and functional teams to answer any questions related to any documents + Manages negotiations ranging from Long Term Agreements to individual Purchase Orders **Experience / Qualifications** + A university degree required (i.e. Bachelors degree) or equivalent relevant work experience. + Ability to lead, coach, and develop team members + Holds self and others accountable to achieving goals and standards + Ability to work in a fast-paced environment to handle multiple competing tasks and demands + Strong communication skills; oral, written and presentation + Strong organization, planning and time management skills to achieve results + Strong personal and professional ethical values and integrity + Proficient in Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel) + Strong interpersonal & collaboration skills to work effectively with all levels of the organization including suppliers and/or external customers **Additional Requirements:** + In line with Metals, Stamping, and Ceramics strategy; develops localization commodity strategies, sourcing roadmaps, and supplier footprint optimization + Monitor raw material markets, cost drivers, and risk exposure, lead mitigation actions + Define and execute localization strategies to increase regional sourcing + Identify, qualify, and develop regional suppliers to meet competitiveness, technical, quality, and capacity requirements + Lead industrialization, transfer, and ramp-up of localized components + Deliver annual cost productivity, inflation mitigation, and working capital improvements + Ensure savings validation and alignment with commodity strategy + Acts as senior procurement partner to Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Program teams + Influence design and make-buy decisions to enable cost-effective, local manufacturing + Support new project and production launches with robust sourcing plans + Develop and mentor sourcing and commodity specialists + Experience in strategic sourcing or commodity management within manufacturing + Deep expertise in Metals, Stamping, and Ceramics + Proven leadership in localization and supplier development + Global commodity leadership + Cost modeling & negotiations + Supplier development & industrialization + Market intelligence & risk management + Executive communication & influence + Excellent communication skills and ability to articulate commodity strategy and roadmap to our executive team, customers, and the broader business unit employee base # Smarter _Together_ + Collaborating at Sensata means working with some of the world’s most talented people in an **enriching environment** that is constantly pushing towards the next best thing + Employees work across functions, countries and cultures gaining **new perspectives** through mutual respect and open communication + As OneSensata, we are working together to make things work together Click here to view Sensata Recruitment Privacy Statement (https://www.sensata.com/sensata-recruitment-privacy-policy) Click here to view our Sensata Recruitment Privacy Statement for China (https://www.sensata.com/sites/default/files/a/sensata\_china\_recruitment\_privacy\_policy.pdf) **NOTE: If you are a current Sensata employee (or one of our Affiliates), please** **back out of this application** **and log into Workday via the Company Intranet to apply directly. 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