.Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion and cultivate a workplace culture of belonging that views uniqueness as a competitive edge and builds a community that enables our people to push the limits of innovation to make great products that create value and improve people's lives.A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.Job SummaryTo support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we're looking to add an Automation Commodity Management located in Guadalajara, North.Reporting to the VP, Indirect Procurement, the Automation Commodity Management role involves crafting, driving, developing, and ensuring execution of global strategies and sourcing activities of Flex global automation plan to provide our segments and business units with optimal automation supply assurance, pricing, flexibility, quality, and delivery performance. Working closely with the Global Automation team / Local Management, the Director of Commodity Management Indirect – Automation will communicate those strategies, contracts, and pricing to all Flex regions with an overall focus on developing and maintaining good supplier relationships and costs to a minimum to achieve maximum advantage for the company and our customers.What a typical day looks like:Drive our commercial Flex automation strategy with procurement, engineering, segment, and operational teams across the board. Including the setup of the Indirect Procurement Automation team.Establish and manage executive long-term strategic relationships with core suppliers.Ensure the optimal commercial selection, development and management of Core and Strategic Suppliers to meet Automation Integrations and Components costs and performance goals.Negotiate with key vendors to achieve best Total Cost of Ownership benefit for Flex.Design and deploy programs for supplier selection, supplier performance management and supply base optimization.Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal teams, communicating regularly with other departments to ensure smooth operations as well to ensure timely manufacturing ramp on new programs.Monitor current commodity market conditions, technology roadmaps and identify supply/demand challenges. Develop, implement, and communicate strategical and tactical commodity as appropriate.Source for innovation within the market and bring those ideas to Flex.Provide access to leading technology, product roadmaps, technology strategies and industry trends.Provide point of escalation for Commodity issues as appropriate
