Commodity Manager (Energy)

Join a manufacturing leader with over 50 years of excellence, where every role contributes to building reliable transportation solutions that people depend on everyday across the United States and Canada. At ENC, we prioritize safety, quality, innovation, collaboration, and continuous growth – creating vehicles our teams can take pride in.

Founded in 1975, ENC (ElDorado National – California) is a leading U.S. transportation manufacturer specializing in design, engineering, and end-to-end production of heavy-duty buses, shuttles, and cargo vehicles through a custom-build, mixed-model assembly process. Each vehicle is produced in our purpose-built facility in Riverside, California supporting public agencies and private transportation providers nationwide. We offer one of the industry’s widest portfolios of power options, including 100% battery-electric, diesel-electric hybrid, CNG, and clean diesel.

ENC is committed to revitalizing American manufacturing through innovation, customer focus, and the delivery of high-quality vehicles that keep communities connected, supported, and moving forward.

Location: Riverside, CA

Salary Range: $121,100 - $140,520

Position Summary

The Commodity Manager(Energy) reports to the Director of Strategic Sourcing and owns the end-to-end strategy, sourcing, commercial performance, supplier portfolio, and risk profile for assigned HV Battery commodities for application in BESS and EV across the product lifecycle. This role converts business and product roadmaps into executable category strategies; leads make-versus-buy decisions, Sourcing Council governance, competitive sourcing, negotiations, contracting, and supplier quarterly business reviews; and delivers measurable cost, cash, quality, delivery, capacity, innovation, and resilience outcomes.

The Commodity Manager leads cross-functional work with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, Program Management, Planning, Legal, and suppliers to support new product introduction, stable production, and long-term enterprise value.

Key Responsibilities

This list of essential duties is not all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties, as management may deem necessary from time to time. The team member must be able to perform each essential job duty identified below satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties of this position unless doing so would create an undue hardship.

Own and execute a multi-year commodity strategy aligned with product, technology, operations, sustainability, financial, and regional roadmaps; define preferred suppliers, sourcing waves, negotiation levers, and value targets.

Create fact-based spend and market intelligence covering demand, cost drivers, supply-demand dynamics, capacity, technology shifts, raw-material indices, regulatory trends, geographic exposure, and supplier financial health.

Lead make-versus-buy analyses with Operations, Engineering, and Finance, comparing internal investment and capacity, fixed and variable cost, quality, intellectual property, speed, scalability, and continuity risk; document assumptions, sensitivities, recommendations, approvals, and post-decision results.

Prepare and lead Sourcing Council reviews with complete sourcing cases, alternatives, weighted supplier evaluations, total-cost economics, risks, recommendation, implementation plan, and approval record; do not place business before required cross-functional and delegated-authority approvals are complete.

Lead requests for information, quotation, and proposal; supplier due diligence; technical and commercial evaluation; negotiation; nomination; contracting; and transition using transparent requirements and competitive tension.

Apply total cost of ownership, should-cost and clean-sheet models, cost breakdown analysis, benchmarking, index-based pricing, design-to-value, and value analysis/value engineering to identify and sustain structural cost improvements.

Partner with Legal and stakeholders to establish agreements covering pricing, productivity, payment terms, capacity, tooling, intellectual property, quality, warranty, service, change control, confidentiality, compliance, and termination.

Segment the supplier portfolio and lead executive and quarterly business reviews for strategic suppliers using scorecards for delivery, quality, cost, capacity, innovation, sustainability, responsiveness, and risk; maintain owners, due dates, escalation paths, and verified closure for every material action.

Build and deliver a Finance-validated value pipeline covering purchased-cost reduction, purchase price variance, cost avoidance, payment terms, tooling and nonrecurring expense, freight, inventory, and other total-cost opportunities.

Lead commodity sourcing for new product introduction, including early supplier involvement, RFQ timing, source nomination, APQP/PPAP alignment, tooling and capacity readiness, and launch risk closure to support clear-to-build.

Own supply continuity for the commodity by identifying sole-source, capacity, financial, geopolitical, raw-material, quality, logistics, and compliance risks and implementing dual-source, localization, buffer, or contingency strategies.

Coordinate constraint, allocation, capacity, and long-lead recovery with Planning, Operations, Logistics, and suppliers; secure credible commits and escalate threats before production or customer impact.

Manage engineering-change, product-lifecycle, end-of-life, obsolescence, and last-time-buy commercial impacts while protecting continuity and minimizing excess, obsolete, and nonrecoverable inventory.

Maintain accurate approved-source, contract, pricing, supplier-master, ERP/MRP, tooling, forecast, and decision records; comply with ethical sourcing, conflict-of-interest, export, confidentiality, audit, and segregation-of-duties controls.

Lead cross-functional problem solving and continuous improvement using standard work, root-cause analysis, supplier development, lessons learned, and concise executive communication to improve sourcing speed and decision quality.

Travel 30% domestic and international.

World-Class Performance Expectations

Strategy and governance: Maintain an approved commodity strategy and rolling sourcing pipeline; complete Sourcing Council decisions and supplier awards on time with documented alternatives, economics, risks, and accountable owners.

Cost, total value, and cash: Deliver Finance-validated savings, purchase price variance, cost avoidance, payment-term, tooling, inventory, and total-cost commitments with controlled baselines, implementation evidence, and no value leakage.

Supplier performance and QBRs: Complete the approved business-review cadence for strategic suppliers and achieve site goals for on-time-in-full delivery, quality, responsiveness, capacity, innovation, and timely corrective-action closure.

Risk and resilience: Maintain current commodity and supplier risk maps, business-continuity actions, and alternate-source plans for critical exposure; eliminate unmanaged single-source and capacity risks or formally accept and govern them.

NPI and production readiness: Achieve sourcing, contracting, tooling, APQP/PPAP, capacity, and supplier-readiness milestones that support clear-to-build and launch objectives without avoidable premium cost or supply interruption.

Leadership and control: Influence decisions across functions, communicate tradeoffs early, maintain accurate data and contract coverage, close commitments on time, and demonstrate full compliance with sourcing and approval controls.

Position Requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in supply chain, business, engineering, finance, operations, or a related discipline is required; an equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience may be considered.

7+ years of progressive strategic sourcing, commodity, category, purchasing, or supplier-management experience in a manufacturing environment, including leadership of complex sourcing and negotiation workstreams.

Experience in supply chain, strategic sourcing or automotive purchasing

Familiarity with electric vehicle (EV) or hybrid architectures and high-voltage battery system for automotive or BESS applications

Demonstrated strategic sourcing, category management, commodity management, or supplier-management experience in an automotive OEM, Tier 1/Tier 2, or similarly complex global manufacturing environment.

Ability to build and execute commodity strategies using spend analytics, market intelligence, supplier segmentation, technology roadmaps, cost drivers, sourcing pipelines, and clearly defined value and risk objectives.

Strong make-versus-buy and business-case capability, including internal capacity and investment, fixed and variable cost, quality, intellectual property, speed, scalability, sensitivity analysis, and post-decision validation.

Experience with Sourcing Council governance, decision rights, RACI, cross-functional supplier evaluation, approval workflows, decision logs, implementation ownership, and executive-level recommendation framing.

Advanced commercial and cost-management capability, including RFx, negotiation planning, total cost of ownership, should-cost and clean-sheet models, cost breakdowns, indexation, benchmarking, and value analysis/value engineering.

Working knowledge of supplier contracts and commercial terms covering pricing, payment, productivity, capacity, tooling, intellectual property, warranty, service, quality, change control, confidentiality, and termination.

Ability to lead supplier relationship management, executive reviews, quarterly business reviews, scorecards, corrective actions, supplier development, commercial escalation, and fact-based performance improvement.

Knowledge of automotive new product introduction and product lifecycle processes, including APQP, PPAP, tooling, capacity validation, engineering changes, launch readiness, obsolescence, and end-of-life management.

Strong financial, analytical, and systems skills using ERP/MRP, PLM, e-sourcing tools, Microsoft Excel, and business intelligence to manage cost, cash, forecasts, risk, milestones, data quality, and executive reporting.

High-integrity matrix leadership with strong communication, facilitation, negotiation, conflict resolution, change management, and judgment; able to influence technical and business leaders without relying on formal authority.

Preferred Qualifications

Automotive OEM or Tier 1/Tier 2 experience with direct materials, product-cost management, and global or regional supplier portfolios is preferred.

CPSM, C.P.M., CSCP, CPIM, Lean/Six Sigma, or comparable sourcing, supply-chain, or continuous-improvement certification is preferred.

Work Environment

This is an onsite position based in Riverside, CA and requires being onsite.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package: Medical (including FSA & HSA), dental, vision, life and disability insurance, EAP, mental health, and wellness programs

401(k) with employer match

Paid time off and twelve (12) paid holidays

Employee referral program

Career growth and development opportunities

Career Growth at ENC

We believe great careers and leaders are built from within. Many of our team members have advanced into roles that lead or into specialized technical positions. We invest in hands-on training, skill development, and long-term career pathways within manufacturing operations.

Equal Opportunity Employer

ElDorado National California Inc. (ENC) is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected class under applicable federal, state, and local laws. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees feel valued and respected.

ENC takes affirmative action to employ and advance employment opportunities for minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities. We actively encourage qualified candidates from all backgrounds to apply and join our team.

ENC is also committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities have equal access to opportunities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact HR Department for assistance.

In accordance with California's wage transparency law (Senate Bill 1162), we are committed to pay equity and transparency. The salary range reflected on the job positing is our good faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this role at the time of posting. While we do not typically hire at the top of the salary range, initial offers are based on the candidate’s qualifications and experience, with opportunities for growth and increases over time.