Senior Commodity Manager

Mission Critical Group designs, manufactures and provides value-added services for customers requiring critical power solutions. Powering a new electric world for a brighter, more secure future.

Mission Critical Group is an end-to-end power solutions and services provider that accelerates time-to-power and delivers scalable, resilient infrastructure for mission critical environments. By integrating engineering, manufacturing, modular deployment, and lifecycle services under one platform, we streamline execution and bring complex projects online faster - without compromising performance. With more than 1.5 million square feet of U.S. manufacturing capacity, MCG supports data centers, power generation, healthcare, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, and industrial facilities where uptime is non-negotiable.

The Senior Commodity Manager is responsible for leading strategic sourcing and commodity management across the enterprise, driving cost optimization, supplier performance, and supply continuity within a complex manufacturing or industrial environment. This role provides strategic and operational leadership across sourcing, procurement, planning, logistics, and supplier engagement to improve margin performance, working capital efficiency, and service levels.

The position plays a critical role in enterprise value creation by aligning supply chain execution with commercial demand, production capacity, and financial performance objectives. The Senior Commodity Manager partners closely with executive leadership and stakeholders to deliver scalable operational improvements and sustainable competitive advantage.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide supply chain strategy across sourcing, procurement, logistics, planning, and distribution.

• Drive cost optimization initiatives and margin improvement at scale across strategic commodity categories.

• Own supply chain P&L performance, working capital efficiency, and enterprise inventory strategy.

• Oversee supplier negotiations, vendor consolidation, and contract management to improve commercial commodity performance and reduce risk.

• Implement disciplined inventory management processes aligned with commercial forecasts and production capacity.

• Improve service levels, fill rates, and on-time delivery across multiple manufacturing and distribution facilities.

• Establish and maintain commodity management data integrity across ERP and supply chain systems.

• Lead digitization initiatives for spend classification, analytics standardization, and enterprise visibility of procurement data.

• Develop structured taxonomy and classification frameworks for commodity spend to support strategic sourcing and financial reporting.

• Build scalable analytics to support cost modeling, supplier performance measurement, and sourcing strategy execution.

• Build and lead high-performing supply chain teams and develop succession pipelines.

• Partner with executive leadership and private equity stakeholders on commodity operational value creation initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive supply chain leadership experience.

• Proven P&L ownership within complex manufacturing or industrial environments.

• Demonstrated track record of cost optimization and operational improvement at scale.

• Experience operating within a private equity-backed or performance-driven environment preferred.

• Strong ERP and supply chain systems expertise, including data governance and analytics platforms.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required; MBA or advanced business degree preferred.

Core Competencies

• Strategic Sourcing and Commodity Management Strategies

• Financial acumen and margin management

• Supplier negotiation and contract strategy

• Commodity data governance and spend analytics

• S&OP\SIOP integrated commodity business planning (e.g., raw material, semi-finished, and finished goods). 

• Operational transformation and continuous improvement

• ERP data integration and MRP planning and data governance

• Executive stakeholder engagement

• Organizational leadership and talent development

Success Metrics

• Sustainable cost reduction and margin expansion

• Working capital and inventory optimization

• Supplier performance and risk mitigation

• Improved service level and delivery performance

• Enterprise commodity data integrity and spend visibility

• Digitized and standardized procurement classification frameworks

• Scalable supply chain processes and systems

A Note to our Recruitment Partners: We really appreciate the interest, but MCG currently manages hiring through our internal team. We love getting to know our candidates directly! Because of this, we don’t accept unsolicited resumes from agencies at this time. If we ever need an extra hand, we’ll be sure to reach out to the community. Thanks for understanding!

MCG is an equal opportunity employer prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, and any other protected classes stated by applicable federal and state laws. DVM is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with disabilities and to act in accordance with regulations and guidance issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).