Global Commodity Manager

About Zensar Technologies Zensar is a leading digital solutions and technology services company partnering with global organizations on their digital transformation journey. A technology partner of choice, with strong track-record of innovation, credible investment in digital solutions and assertion of commitment to client’s success, Zensar’s comprehensive range of services and solutions enable clients achieve new thresholds of performance. Part of the $40 billion APAX Partners’ portfolio of companies, Zensar is uniquely positioned to help existing businesses run efficiently, manage legacy transformation and plan business growth through innovative digital platform. https://www.zensar.com Working at Zensar Working at Zensar is an enriching experience. While work is driven by innovation and passion, fun is taken seriously too. An open environment is encouraged making it easy to brainstorm with colleagues. Creative thinking is encouraged through time out activities. Moreover, the offices have been designed to foster creativity and communication, bringing a little bit of home into work every day. Zensar provides and a comprehensive benefit package for all fulltime employees. IndigoSlate a Zensar Company is seeking and experience Commodity & Supply Chain Manager in Austin, TX. This is a hybrid position which will require 3 days in office. Job and Role Description: Global Commodity Manager w/ Supply Chain You know that in capital-intensive programs, the schedule is only as reliable as the supply behind it. Commodity decisions now shape cost, capacity, continuity, and the timing of critical milestones. It is no longer enough to react to price changes or supplier delays—organizations need a standing capability that sees the market early, secures capacity, and makes accountable decisions quickly. At Indigo Slate, part of Zensar, we work at the intersection of business strategy, technology, operations, and human-centered change. The Commodity & Supply Chain Consultant is a key member of our consulting delivery team, helping global clients build and run disciplined commodity-management capabilities across critical categories. You will work with procurement, planning, engineering, construction, finance, and suppliers to turn market intelligence into practical decisions and measurable outcomes. What you will be doing: In this role, you will help clients manage critical commodities and long-lead equipment from market insight through commercial commitment and delivery. You will build and strengthen supplier assurance, align demand with secured capacity, and embed the governance and operating rhythms that allow client teams to sustain the capability. Commodity Intelligence and Management Build and maintain market, price, capacity, allocation, and lead-time views across categories such as copper, aluminum, steel, transformers, switchgear, generators, cooling equipment, semiconductors, and technology hardware. Develop should-cost models, cost-driver analyses, buy-versus-hedge scenarios, and reusable sourcing plays before commercial commitments are made. Translate market and supplier signals into clear hedge, lock, source, qualification, and escalation recommendations. Use licensed market sources, supplier engagement, and client purchase-order and quotation history to create defensible decision baselines. Use predictive analytics and machine-learning techniques for demand forecasting, price and lead-time scenarios, supplier-risk sensing, anomaly detection, and early-warning indicators. Design AI-supported decision workflows with transparent assumptions, source traceability, confidence thresholds, and human approval for material sourcing and commercial decisions. Supplier assurance and commercial execution Assess supplier capability, capacity, allocation position, quality, and performance. Support supplier qualification, competitive sourcing, negotiation strategy, capacity commitments, factory acceptance, and delivery adherence. Build supplier sc…

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