Sr. Commodity Manager

Job Summary

The Sr. Commodity Manager owns sourcing strategy, supplier selection, negotiation, and supply assurance for Moultrie’s highest-spend and highest-risk component commodities across cellular cameras, feeders, and connected devices, all built through Asia-based ODM/JDMs. This is a senior individual-contributor role that carries significant cross-functional weight with Engineering and Operations and builds strategic supplier partnerships. The Sr. Commodity Manager reports do the Director of Operations.

Job Responsibilities

Commodity Strategy & Technology Roadmap

• Own end-to-end sourcing strategy for the highest-spend and highest-risk commodities (sole-source CPUs, memory, RF modules, PIRs, and allocated or long lead time parts): supplier identification, qualification, negotiation, award, and performance management.
• Develop and maintain a commodity technology roadmap that aligns Moultrie’s product needs with supplier capability, anticipating component trends (silicon, memory, cellular/RF) before they constrain the product roadmap.
• Own the Approved Vendor List (AVL) and full supplier lifecycle for strategic commodities, from selection and qualification through cost and contract negotiation and performance evaluation.
• Pull component and vendor roadmaps into Moultrie’s product planning early so sourcing unlocks new capability and secures capacity.

Supplier Management & Negotiation

• Negotiate pricing, capacity, and commercial terms with ODM/JDM partners and strategic suppliers; structure multi-year agreements covering pricing, production capacity, quality, IP protection, tooling ownership, and end-of-life provisions.
• Own strategic supplier relationship management for high-value suppliers: drive co-development, secure allocation, and bring the supplier’s best engineering talent to Moultrie’s products.

Cost & Value Management

• Build should-cost and teardown models; manage total cost of ownership (tooling, logistics, yield, scrap, duties, end-of-life), not just unit price.
• Drive year-over-year structural cost-out through value engineering and competitive sourcing; collaborate with Engineering to influence design decisions for optimal cost and performance.
• Own the cost curve for high-spend commodities across the product life and set the savings target for them.

Supply Risk & Resilience

• Design dual-source and ex-China strategies for sole-source and allocated parts, qualifying second sources ahead of need.
• Manage allocation, last-time buys, and end-of-life transitions for long-lead and memory-exposed parts so component availability never gates a launch or a selling season.
• Maintain the supply-risk framework and contingency plans for strategic commodities; monitor supplier financial health and escalate early.

New Product Introduction (NPI) Partnership

• Drive early supplier involvement at EVT/DVT; influence design-for-manufacturability, design-for-cost, and design-for-supply; hold suppliers to NPI gates and timing.
• Source strategic commodities from pre-concept through mass production and hand off cleanly to sustaining.
• Partner with Moultrie’s on-site ODM/JDM resource to diagnose and remediate component-driven yield and quality issues with ground truth from the line.

Key Success Criteria:

Measurable outcomes that define success:

• Highest-risk commodities never gate a launch or meeting demand forecasts, and no air freight is required to cover component supply gaps.
• Year-over-year structural cost-down delivered on managed spend and validated against should-cost.
• Sole-source and allocated parts carry a qualified, contract-ready second source.
• Suppliers are engaged at EVT/DVT so design-for-cost and design-for-supply are locked before ramp.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Electrical preferred), Supply Chain, Business, or a related field.  
• 8+ years in sourcing, procurement, or commodity management, including ownership of high-spend or high-risk commodities (CPUs, memory, allocated parts) and complex, multi-party negotiations.
• Consumer electronics sourcing through Asia-based contract manufacturers, ODMs, or JDMs, with deep technical fluency in process, yield, and DFM trade-offs.
• Hands-on experience building should-cost models and running total cost of ownership and landed-cost analysis.
• Experience with core camera/device components: cellular modules, Bluetooth, GPS, image sensors, memory (NAND, DDR4, eMMC), PIRs, PCBA, and RF/antenna.
• Working knowledge of the global trade environment: tariffs, country-of-origin sourcing, and the implications for cost, lead time, and resilience.
• Willingness to travel internationally when needed.

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