Commodity Management Specialist – Mechanical Parts

About the role

EDGE, an advanced technology group focused on defence and emerging technologies, is hiring a Commodity Management Specialist for its mechanical parts commodity group in Abu Dhabi. The role covers investment casting, additive manufacturing, CNC machining and sheet metal fabrication, balancing cost, quality, delivery and supply risk while building and managing the Preferred Supplier List (PSL).

Key responsibilities

• Own and refine the multi-year sourcing strategy and apply Kraljic segmentation to the category.
• Build, maintain and govern the PSL, and lead RFI/RFQ/RFP cycles with negotiations on price, lead time, MOQ, Incoterms and payment terms.
• Support make-vs-buy and dual-source decisions for critical parts.
• Identify, evaluate and qualify new suppliers globally and regionally, drive cost-down initiatives (should-cost modeling, VA/VE, SLI) and partner with quality on supplier performance reviews.
• Provide DFM input to engineering, manage supplier capacity planning and lead-time forecasting, and maintain commodity-level risk registers.
• Track and report spend, savings and TCO against program KPIs (target -8% TCO year-on-year), present updates at QBRs and own supplier contracts including pricing, audit and business continuity clauses.
• Maintain daily, weekly and monthly reports with figures traceable to supplier performance.

Required profile

• 8-12 years of sourcing or category management experience in investment casting, CNC machining and sheet metal fabrication, ideally in aerospace or defence manufacturing.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain or a related field.
• Experience managing an AS9100D-qualified supply base.
• Preferred: category strategy and commercial experience, technical fluency across the processes, negotiation and supplier relationship management, cross-functional leadership, and data-driven risk management.

Required skills

• Negotiation, should-cost modeling and TCO analysis.
• SAP MM / Ariba or equivalent ERP/sourcing platform experience.
• English proficiency required.

What we offer

• Tax-free salaries and highly competitive pay.
• Possible benefits including family visas, annual flight tickets, medical insurance for you and your dependents, and education allowances for children.
• Learning academy and digital learning platforms, career support and collaboration with global talent.