Commodity Manager

Company Overview

Hayward Holdings Inc. (NYSE “HAYW”) is the largest manufacturer of residential swimming pool equipment in the world, with a significant and growing presence in the commercial pool market. Hayward designs, manufactures, and markets a full line of residential and commercial pool and spa equipment—including pumps, filters, heating, cleaners, salt chlorinators, automation, lighting, safety, flow control, and energy solutions—at company‑owned facilities. Headquarters are in Charlotte, North Carolina, with additional facilities in Tennessee, Arizona, Rhode Island, Canada, Spain, France, Australia, and China.

About the Role

The Commodities Manager will manage worldwide total acquisition costs, supplier‑negotiated and contractual relationships, and logistics for Electrical and Electronics commodities as directed by the Global Supply Chain Manager. This includes collaboration with global sourcing, engineering, quality, and transportation organizations to develop and implement business strategies for supply‑chain consolidation, cost reduction, quality improvement, supplier assessment, and scorecard activities. The manager oversees all procurement activities from intent to purchase through delivery.

Major Tasks and Responsibilities

• Maintain extensive product, production process, and commodity knowledge for the assigned supply segment, including competitive market conditions, risk assessment, technical acumen, global opportunities, future developments, obsolescence, and strategic opportunities.
• Understand, track, and forecast key cost drivers and market factors for assigned commodities.
• Develop forecasts and budgets for assigned commodities.
• Leverage supply of materials by consolidating purchasing to key supplier partners to reduce worldwide supplier count and optimize cost and service.
• Negotiate supply contracts covering terms, pricing, volume agreements, inventory strategies, competitive benchmarks, performance, regulatory compliance, and annual cost reductions, supporting Hayward Lean initiatives.
• Monitor manufacturing site‑level contracts and services based on long‑term volume planning; elevate issues to the corporate supply chain organization as needed to ensure contract consistency.
• Partner with global sourcing to develop 1‑ to 3‑year commodity‑specific strategies (spend analysis, market/geographic considerations, strategic importance) and establish goals and action plans supporting divisional and business‑level vision (technology, make/buy, supply‑base consolidation, strategic supplier direction, quality goals, e‑commerce, domestic vs. international sourcing, supplier‑owned material intelligence, market/industry analysis, etc.).
• Identify, implement, and track opportunities to drive aggregate cost and quality improvements, improve PPV, and reduce total cost of quality, often in conjunction with company‑wide sourcing.

Support Activities

• Plan new product introductions and manage associated product obsolescence and change activities.
• Advise management of issues impacting production and coordinate appropriate corrective actions.
• Participate in long‑term process and ERP system upgrades to improve planning, supplier management, and order execution while minimizing plant inventory.
• Support transition to lean manufacturing, supply‑chain pull systems, and Six Sigma initiatives.
• Create and drive supplier corrective actions related to site‑based quality and delivery issues.
• Qualify new suppliers and manage start‑up activities, including first‑article qualification (PPAP), production ramp, packaging definition, quality definition, print quality, test systems, and end‑of‑life procedures.
• Drive quarterly scorecard activities for all assigned suppliers to ensure continuous improvement of supplier performance.

Education / Experience / Qualifications

• Working knowledge of electronics and PCBA manufacturing.
• Undergraduate bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Data‑based, quantitative approach to analysis and problem solving for product cost, value chain, logistics, and risk.
• Ability to work collaboratively as both team member and team leader.
• Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel; ability to build and use Excel models while implementing new enterprise systems.
• Excellent project management skills and familiarity with Microsoft Project.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in commodity management, including supplier selection, development, and management, as well as sub‑contracting resource oversight.
• Working understanding of current ISO/QS quality standards.
• Experience collaborating with design engineering, manufacturing, and suppliers on new product introductions.
• Good engineering practices (documentation, geometric design and tolerance, change control, reporting, cost/benefit analysis).
• Understanding of statistical tools used for development, qualification, and maintenance of processes.
• Ability to travel 5‑15% of the time, nationally or internationally, as required.

Physical Requirements

• Travel among Hayward facilities (domestic and international) and some supplier facilities, totaling approximately 5‑15% of work time.

Work Environment

• Primarily office‑based work, with occasional assignments in manufacturing or laboratory settings at Hayward and supplier facilities.