Strategic Commodity Planner - Spring, United States - Hewlett Packard

Hewlett Packard

Verified Company

Spring, United States

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

_Job Description:
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Commodities continue to evolve. We need a planner that can tackle the challenge of this fast-paced innovation.

What changes do we make and why? When do we make a change and transition? How do we make this change to a smooth transition? How do we ensure we have a winning and competitive commodity portfolio? These are some of the exciting challenges that a commodity planner tackles.

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Responsibilities:
_**- Provides future-looking and ongoing strategy for commodities; coordinating, managing, and monitoring for opportunity.

Communicates project status and appropriately drives project deliverables with direct managers, program managers, and internal and external development partners.
Manages relationships with outsourced partners and suppliers, including setting expectations regarding deliverables, product quality, schedules, and costs.
Proactively identifies opportunities for commodity innovation, process improvement, cost savings, and commodity simplification or reduction opportunities.
Contributes to development and definition of customer segmentation strategies, tailoring commodity experiences to different customer segments.

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Education and Experience Required:

_**- Four-year or Graduate Degree in Marketing, Business Administration, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.

Typically has 710 years of work experience, preferably in product planning, product management, or a related field.

_ Knowledge and Skills:
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Strong team player with advanced project management skills including time and risk management, resource prioritization, and project structuring.
Strong analytical and problemsolving skills along with ability to multitask.
Crafting strong product and business strategies using market and customer research.
Effective verbal and written communication skills, including negotiation, presentation, and influence skills.
Thought leadership regarding key technologies and industries relating to notebook panels, notebook touch screens, and notebook cameras preferred.

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