Linde Engineering North America LLC
Commodity Manager
Tonawanda, NY, United States | req27617
What you will enjoy doing* (DUTIES)

• Responsible for all the strategic sourcing, commercialization, supplier development, purchase, and contract management of assigned rotating equipment.
• Responsible for managing the project within the project teams, as well as support and participate in technical meetings with internal clients and stakeholders to coordinate for specific equipment requirements.
• Establish Key Performance Indexes with Key suppliers to effectively drive supplier behavior and lead supplier measurement process with relevant engineering, operations, and business input.
• Facilitate technical and commercial Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) evaluations with stakeholders.
• Obtain best in class supplier price and delivery performance.
• Perform timely reviews of all proposals and ensure most competitive opportunity is included in capital project proposal estimate.
• Support projects tendering such as selecting bidders, designing contracts, evaluation of risks, negotiating commercial conditions, and price in line with the project execution strategy.
• Use available forecasts, understand, and identify all corresponding risks and opportunities.
• Collect feedback about suppliers and equipment from expediting, construction sites and operations.
• Establish and negotiate local and/or global frame contracts according to product line and commodity management strategy.
• Preparing the strategy for the relevant equipment globally with Strategic Procurement.
• Supporting cross-functional teams for cost reduction initiatives and value analysis as well as implementing savings initiatives in collaboration with Plant Operations.
• Resolution of commercial disputes.
• Aftermarket sourcing for rotating commodity.
• Resolution of critical warranty and back charge recoveries for the business.

What makes you great (REQTS)

• Musthave a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering (any), or a related field and three (3) years ofexperience in the job offered or in a related position.
• Employer will acceptone (1) year of additional experience for an unrelated degree.
• Must have three(3) years of experience with: Responsible for strategic sourcing, commercialization, supplier development, purchasing, and contract management ofassigned rotating equipment;
• Maintaining and negotiating local and global frameagreements;
• Selecting bidders, designing contracts, evaluating risks, andnegotiating commercial conditions and prices in line with the project executionstrategy;
• Performing calculations with percentages and decimals, and calculationof percentage values;
• Distinguishing between positive or negative results forthe company during negotiations of prices and/or contracts;
• Maintaining vendorrelationship and internal stakeholder management for smooth execution ofproject requirements;
• Utilizing SAP MM and Ariba system to improve efficiency.

Why you will love working with us
Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2025 sales of $34 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain, decarbonize and protect our planet. Linde serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde's industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications, enabling space exploration and launch technologies, delivering ultra-high-purity and specialty gases for semiconductor manufacturing, providing life-saving medical oxygen and enabling clean hydrogen production and carbon capture to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer growth, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions. For more information about the company and its products and services, please visit linde.com
What we offer you!
At Linde, the sky is not the limit. If you're looking to build a career where your work reaches beyond your job description and betters the people with whom you work, the communities we serve, and the world in which we all live, at Linde, your opportunities are limitless. Be Linde. Be Limitless.
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*The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Therefore employees assigned may be required to perform additional job tasks required by the manager.Responsible for all the strategic sourcing, commercialization, supplier development, purchase, and contract management of assigned rotating equipment.Responsible for managing the project within the project teams, as well as support and participate in technical meetings with internal clients and stakeholders to coordinate for specific equipment requirements. Establish Key Performance Indexes with Key suppliers to effectively drive supplier behavior and lead supplier measurement process with relevant engineering, operations, and business input. Facilitate technical and commercial Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) evaluations with stakeholders. Obtain best in class supplier price and delivery performance. Perform timely reviews of all proposals and ensure most competitive opportunity is included in capital project proposal estimate. Support projects tendering such as selecting bidders, designing contracts, evaluation of risks, negotiating commercial conditions, and price in line with the project execution strategy. Use available forecasts, understand, and identify all corresponding risks and opportunities. Collect feedback about suppliers and equipment from expediting, construction sites and operations. Establish and negotiate local and/or global frame contracts according to product line and commodity management strategy. Preparing the strategy for the relevant equipment globally with Strategic Procurement. Supporting cross-functional teams for cost reduction initiatives and value analysis as well as implementing savings initiatives in collaboration with Plant Operations. Resolution of commercial disputes. Aftermarket sourcing for rotating commodity. Resolution of critical warranty and back charge recoveries for the business.