.Commodity Manager I**Job Posting Location**:Nuevo Laredo**Posting Start Date**:8/5/24**Req Id**:1416**Required Travel**:0 - 20%**Remote, Onsite or Hybrid?**:Onsite**Position Description**This role is an important member of the Air-Cooled Applications team as we develop our supplier and customer partnerships to define the future of cooling.The Commodity Manager leads supplier development, partnership, and sourcing activities for the Modine Air Cooled Applications vertical. Responsibilities span the entire strategic and tactical procurement process from new supplier identification, source selection, contract implementation, and portfolio optimization. The Commodity Manager will be responsible for multiple commodities including manifolds, fabricated steel components, hardware, fans and fan drives, and other related items.**Key Responsibilities****Strategic Sourcing**:Acquire and maintain deep insight into the market for commodities assigned, including industry trends, cost drivers, global pricing, lead-times, technology and manufacturing capability of suppliers in the market that best meet business expectations and objective- s Lead supplier discovery, evaluation, selection, and sourcin- g Facilitate Request For Information (RFI)'s and Request For Quote (RFQ)'s for new product programs and other sourcing initiative- s Develop and implement global sourcing strategies to meet strategic objectives as well as program timing, cost, quality, and delivery requirements-.**Cost Savings**:Develop and implement supply base management strategies both regionally and globally that lead to lowest total cost in terms of quality, lead time, delivery, service and unit cos- t Facilitate Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VA/VE) activities and use data analytics in order to drive product cost savings and process improvement initiatives to achieve budget performanc- e Partner with Product Managers and Procurement Analytics to perform ongoing price / rate benchmarking as well as other analytical modeling to ensure market competitivenes- s Use business analytics logic and skill to identify cost savings opportunitie- s**Supply Continuity Assurance**:Support new product launch initiative- s Working with the supplier fulfillment team to support escalations as needed with supplier- s Work cooperatively with Supplier Quality Engineering, Product Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering to assess the quality capabilities of new and existing suppliers to ensure that all purchases meet defined quality standards-