.**Your Job**Molex is looking for a Global Commodity Manager in our Guadalajara location. As a Commodity Manager, you will play a pivotal role in strategic procurement for machinery across North America. Molex brings together innovation and technology todeliver electronic solutions to customers worldwide. With a presence in more than 40 countries, Molex offers a full suite of solutions and services for many markets, including data communications, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, commercial vehicle and medical.**What You Will Do****Collaborative Communication**:- Proactively engage with Molex Divisions and Business Units that manufacture in Guadalajara.- Collaborate cross-functionally to align business needs while leveraging purchasing power.- Work closely with Procurement Center and Category Management to facilitate efficient information exchange.- Communicate effectively with senior management both within and outside the company.**Preferred Suppliers**:- Strategic segmentation of preferred suppliers and implementation across the organization- Continuously enhance the preferred supplier list and effectively communicate updates to stakeholders**Supplier Relationship Management**:- Build and strengthen relationships with preferred and business-critical vendors.- Improve mutual understanding between internal and external stakeholders.- Enhance our leverages to improve terms and conditions**Total Cost of Ownership Management**:- Drive transparent, data-based decision-making through TCO evaluations- Utilize Source-To-Pay Tool (Coupa) for driving data-based improvements, sourcing events.- Collaborate with the regional Indirect Sourcing Center and the S2P Lead to increase spend under control.**Workshops for Stakeholders**:- Initiate workshops for internal stakeholders to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing.**Cost Savings Initiatives**:- Drive cross-functional cost-saving projects to optimize expenses and enhance efficiency.**Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)****Education**- This position will deal with complex equipment and processes. A degree in Business or Engineering is necessary for this role.**Experience**- You should have experience in category/commodity management, specifically focused on the procurement of manufacturing process and test equipment.- You should have experience in a manufacturing process implementation related role.**Product Development Understanding**- Familiarity with the product development process is essential.**Manufacturing Process Development Understanding**- Familiarity with the manufacturing process development is essential.**Pricing and Contract Negotiation**- Demonstrated experience in pricing and contract negotiation is a key requirement.**Cost Knowledge**- Possessing strong should cost knowledge will be advantageous