• Job Description

  Req#: 22128

  How you'll help us Keep Climbing (overview & key responsibilities)

  Supply Chain Management is responsible for sourcing and managing contracts in support of the SCM On-board Services department. The Commodity Manager builds and sustains relationships with business leaders, suppliers and sourcing professionals. This person will report to the Strategic Sourcing Manager for passenger supplies.

  
  

  Summary of responsibilities (not comprehensive of all tasks):

  
  

  • Required to lead cross-functional teams
  • Must develop and execute sourcing strategies to align with the business unit's goals, provide Delta with optimum value, and maintain supply assurance
  • Leads supplier RFPs, negotiations, and supplier selection
  • Managing the day-to-day relationship with strategic suppliers and internal business units
  • Delivering year-over-year savings utilizing Request for Proposals (RFPs) to evaluate pricing and a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) approach to recommendations.
  • Manages ongoing contract compliance and commercial relationships with suppliers; identifying and pursuing savings strategies
  • Develops both strategic & tactical plans that create a safety-conscious environment resulting in employee safety and well-being
  • Monitoring supplier performance and leading corrective action procedures when necessary
  • Participate in key client business meetings (e.g., key vendor meetings, product team meetings, financial planning meetings)
  • Effectively work with all organizational levels required. continuous improvement, and commitment to shareholder value creation.

  Some travel may be required

  
  

  Benefits and Perks to Help You Keep Climbing

  Our culture is rooted in a shared dedication to living our values – Honesty, Integrity, Respect, Perseverance, and Servant Leadership – every day, in everything we do. Exploring a career at Delta gives you a chance to see the world while providing great benefits to help you keep climbing along the way:

  
  

  • Competitive salary, performance incentives, industry-leading profit sharing, and 401(k) with generous direct contribution and company match
  • Paid time off including vacation, holidays, and paid personal time
  • Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability and life benefits
  • Wellbeing programs to support physical, emotional, social, and financial health, including access to an employee assistance program offering support for you and anyone in your household, free financial coaching, and extensive resources supporting mental health counseling
  • Domestic and International (standby) Flight privileges for employees and eligible family members
  • Career development programs to achieve your long-term career goals
  • Access to over 500 discounts, specialty savings and voluntary benefits through Deltaperks such as car and hotel rentals and auto/homeowners/pet insurances

  What you need to succeed (minimum qualifications)

  • Minimum of 2 years experience in Finance, Supply Chain or other closely related field is required
  • Demonstrates ability to build relationships with internal stakeholders and thinks strategically
  • Proficiency in the following skills is also required: communication, project management, consensus-building, leading cross-functional teams, presenting to leadership, financial analysis and modeling, and MS Office
  • Self-starter and fully competent in optimizing own capacity
  • Exhibits leadership capability or experience (whether leading cross-functional teams or direct reports)
  • Demonstrates openness and flexibility, self-confident when encountering unfamiliar problems, eager to learn and understand commodities and processes, strives for continuous improvement, accepts and builds accountability, and exercises judgment and common sense
  • Displays organizational values of integrity, respect for people, diversity appreciation, innovation, adherence to ethical standards, challenging the status quo, excellence in performance, teamwork, and commitment to shareholder value creation
  • Consistently prioritizes safety and security of self, others, and personal data.
  • Embraces diverse people, thinking, and styles.
  • Possesses a high school diploma, GED, or high school equivalency.
  • Is at least 18 years of age and has authorization to work in the United States.

  
  

  What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications)

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain or closely related field. An advanced degree is strongly preferred
  • 3 to 4 years of experience in Finance, Supply Chain or closely related field is strongly preferred
  • Manages work, proficient level of On-board Services commodity expertise, industry research, strategic sourcing, Total cost of ownership/design-to-cost, negotiation, contract management, and value-based decision analysis
  • Excels in managing work and timelines.
  • Fully competent in optimizing own capacity, demonstrating openness and self-confidence, driving customer-based business strategies, understanding the system, achieving greater results, accepting and building accountability, using judgment and common sense, and systemic thinking.

  
  

• About the company

  Delta Air Lines, Inc., typically referred to as Delta, is one of the major airlines of the United States and a legacy carrier.

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