The Commodity Manager will be responsible for ensuring Quality, Cost Effective Material is available to support Vehicle Production. Key Responsibilities: • Ensure timely vehicle sales through steady, robust supply of Quality material at a profitable cost. • Fully accountable for performance of commodity suppliers, and availability of commodity parts inclusive of cross-functional BAE internal support required to achieve on-time delivery. • Manage and develop buyers who are capable of owning Procurement end-to-end from requirements shaping, through Sourcing, Order Placement, Order Management, Fulfillment, and Production Support. • Develop and execute a comprehensive commodity strategy focusing on key factors like: • Maintaining adequate capacity through a stable of reliable and effective suppliers • Continuously improving cost and quality performance • Managing single/sole source risk and component obsolescence • Positioning BAE Systems to respond to changing market conditions and customer demands • Support Production needs and demands through buyers’ effective expediting/fulfillment of critical shortages and support of resolution of on-going and recurring production impacts. • Identification and resolution of complex technical challenges within the supply chain through close partnership with Supply Chain Engineering.