Industrial Construction Commodity Manager

Position Summary

The Commodity Manager serves as a critical link between suppliers, internal stakeholders, and customers; primarily supporting data center construction projects. This role is responsible for ensuring material availability through effective demand aggregation, alignment of material requirements with supplier manufacturing schedules, and proactive, data-driven supplier management.

The Commodity Manager consolidates demand forecasts across multiple project sites, drives clear cross-functional communication, and leads supplier performance through regular reporting and analysis. Acting as the primary point of contact for assigned suppliers, particularly for long-lead and high-risk materials, this role manages supplier relationships, coordinates production and delivery schedules, and ensures continuity of supply.

Additionally, the Commodity Manager proactively addresses supply challenges by managing escalations from job sites, mitigating shortages, and resolving delivery issues to keep projects on track.

Key Responsibilities

Demand Forecasting & Site Alignment

• Aggregate material demand forecasts from various job sites / projects to create a unified view of material needs.
• Align material quantities with manufacturing production capacity, allocate and reserve capacity slots with vendors.
• Track need by dates, cutoff dates and PO dates, as well as actual quantities and values of POs
• Collaborate with planning and operations teams to define material requirements based on canonical data and fleet-wide construction projection

Supplier-Facing Communications & Reporting

• Act as the primary contact for key suppliers, building strong partnerships to ensure reliable delivery and priority support.
• Conduct weekly supplier meetings to align on forecast changes, engineering changes, or purchase order revisions as well as issue resolution.
• Develop, maintain, and report on Supplier Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) regarding delivery accuracy, quality, and service levels.

Ad Hoc Escalations & Customer Support

• Act as the primary escalation point between internal site teams, engineering teams and suppliers to resolve shortages, quality issues, or capacity bottlenecks.
• Identify, mitigate, and communicate supply risks, providing actionable, data-driven solutions to senior leadership.
• Handle high-visibility, urgent material needs (shortages/hot-lots), negotiating with suppliers to expedite orders.
• Support site-facing teams by providing market intelligence, lead time updates, and accurate material availability reports.

Qualifications

• Experience: 5+ years of experience in procurement, supply chain, or commodity management, preferably in a data center / construction environment.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business, engineering, or a related field.
• Skills:
  • Strong negotiation skills with a focus on total cost of ownership (TCO).
  • Advanced Excel skills for data analysis.
  • Excellent communication skills to manage relationships at all levels, including senior management and external suppliers.
  • Proven ability to work under pressure and make decisions with incomplete information.