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Tonal is seeking a Commodity Manager for Mechanical Commodities to own the largest tooled spend in the bill of materials, including fabricated metal, metal assembly, injection molding, finishing, and hardware. This is a strategic sourcing and supply chain leadership role with significant commercial responsibility.
You will develop and execute the global category strategy for fabricated metal (stamping, machining, tube bending, weldments, extrusion, casting), metal assembly, injection molding, finishing and coatings, and fasteners/hardware. You own Tonal's supplier strategy end-to-end: identifying candidates, building landed-cost business cases, qualifying suppliers, and managing transfers. You will lead supplier selection and qualification across North America and Asia, managing ongoing performance through scorecards and business reviews, and owning the approved vendor list recommendation jointly with Manufacturing Quality.
Key responsibilities include negotiating piece price, tooling, NRE, long-term agreements and payment terms to lowest total cost of ownership, and maintaining a rolling cost-down roadmap. You will build should-cost models from first principles—material weight against index, press/cycle time, cavitation, secondary operations, labor rate, overhead and margin—and negotiate against them. You will structure and manage index-based pricing for steel, aluminum and resin so costs move with the market in both directions.
You own tooling as an asset: maintaining a complete register of Tonal-owned tools, capacity per tool, cavitation and press-size decisions, second-tool and refurbishment triggers, and the capital plan. You will partner with Mechanical Engineering on DFM, tolerance and finish specifications, and material selection, bringing supply and cost reality into design reviews. You will carry dual-source and region coverage for the top 80% of category spend, with a tooling strategy that makes a second source real rather than theoretical.
You will work with Tonal's contract manufacturer's metal fabrication and assembly operations in Guadalajara on capacity, yield, scrap and process cost. You will direct the contract manufacturer's purchasing to your negotiated prices and support the quarterly quoted-versus-paid BOM audit. You will support qualification with Manufacturing Quality (APQP, PPAP, FAI, tool sign-off), support new product introduction through quoting and tool development timelines, and partner with trade compliance on regional content and duty, including USMCA qualification.
Travel expectation is 20-30%, with regular travel to Guadalajara and ability to work across US, Mexico, Taiwan and China time zones.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical or manufacturing engineering, business, or related field
- 7–10 years of commodity management or sourcing experience covering fabricated metal and/or plastics at a hardware product company or contract manufacturer
- Deep process knowledge in at least two of: stamping and die tooling, CNC machining, tube fabrication and welding, injection molding and mold tooling, or finishing and coatings
- Demonstrated ownership of a tooling portfolio (tool builds, capital approvals, capacity and cavitation decisions, tool transfers)
- Proven ability to build bottom-up should-cost models and negotiate against them, including index-linked pricing structures
- Experience developing or transferring supply into Mexico or another near-shore region, including the landed-cost case
- Comfortable acting as commercial owner in a directed-buy model where a contract manufacturer places purchase orders against your chosen prices and suppliers
- Able to read a drawing, discuss GD&T and finish specifications, and hold technical conversations on a shop floor
- Strong written and verbal communication in English; Spanish is a meaningful advantage
- Experience working across US, Mexico, Taiwan and China time zones with limited oversight
- Ability to travel approximately 30–40% of the time, including regular travel to Guadalajara
EXTRA CREDIT:
- Ran a near-shoring or regional localization program end-to-end
- Working knowledge of USMCA regional value content and duty implications
- Mold flow, die design, or tool-and-die shop-floor background
- MBA or Master's degree in Supply Chain
