• The Global Commodity Senior Manager leads aspects of the Global Supply Management process for Capital Expenditures (CapEx). • This position works to identify and drive productivity throughout the CapEx category. • This position networks with Valmont facilities and cross-functional teams (Operations, Engineering, Quality, Project Management), jointly building a strong project funnel to support Valmont production. • The role spearheads sourcing activities on existing and future construction products, as well as all production/facility equipment. • This position also works to review the existing supply base and will evaluate suppliers from a GME (Grow, Maintain, Exit) perspective. • The Global Commodity Senior Manager – CapEx works to improve payment terms with our suppliers and reduce Valmont exposure through robust service/material agreements. • The Global Commodity Senior Manager works with divisional manufacturing management teams to identify and initiate sourcing projects that will achieve cost reduction and deliver competitive advantages through the global sourcing process. • Working with production control, engineering, quality control and manufacturing to source parts, equipment, and construction services. • The incumbent is also responsible for keeping informed of all significant changes to the design and sourcing processes and for coordinating activities with the Global Sourcing team.

• Capturing high level project technical requirements from internal stakeholders • Collaborating with a cross-functional team to create technical solutions and support the deployment of the project • Building and maintaining project schedules, providing status updates to key stakeholders, and guiding projects to completion • Identifying, assessing, tracking, and mitigating issues or risks and anticipating bottlenecks • Balancing business needs with technical limitations by coordinating resources, timelines, and scope according to stakeholder requirements.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of UAT analysts responsible for planning and executing UAT activities. • Manage team workload, resource allocation, prioritization, and performance evaluations. • Develop career paths, training plans, and skill-building strategies for the UAT team. • Foster a culture of quality, accountability, and continuous improvement. • Own and maintain the organization’s UAT methodologies, frameworks, processes, and best practices. • Define standards for test planning, acceptance criteria, documentation, defect workflows, and quality controls. • Establish governance processes for test sign-offs, production readiness, and traceability. • Direct the team in developing test plans, test scripts, test cases, and test data needs based on business requirements. • Review and approve testing strategies, scope, timelines, and success criteria. • Ensure execution quality, completeness of test coverage, adherence to timelines, and proper documentation of evidence. • Provide senior-level guidance on risk areas, testing gaps, and mitigation strategies. • Oversee end-to-end defect lifecycle management, ensuring clear documentation, prioritization, communication, and resolution. • Partner with technical teams, project managers, and operations stakeholders to drive resolution of high-impact defects. • Facilitate go/no-go discussions related to outstanding issues before production deployment. • Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, project teams, IT, QA, and operations regarding UAT activities. • Ensure the team has appropriate test environments, data, and tools in place. • Communicate testing progress, risks, dependencies, and major defect trends to senior management and project leaders. • Oversee creation of UAT dashboards, status reports, test metrics, and executive summaries. • Ensure all testing complies with regulatory, audit, and internal quality standards. • Maintain comprehensive traceability between requirements, test scripts, and results. • Identify process inefficiencies and lead initiatives to optimize testing effectiveness and team productivity. • Evaluate and recommend UAT tools, automation opportunities, and data-management improvements. • Promote a feedback-driven environment to enhance testing maturity across the organization.

• Responsible for overall operational service delivery and management of assigned accounts across countries within the region. • Identify and communicate additional services and business process opportunities to Sales Teams. • Responsible for target services revenue, gross profit, and contribution. • Support customer global operation strategy by collaborating with key internal and external team members to implement initiatives in assigned region. • Ensure timely execution of global program initiatives aligned with quality requirements. • Facilitate regular internal communication with relevant functional areas (Sales, PS, TS, MS, etc.). • Improve performance, productivity, efficiency, and profitability through implementation of best practices. • Act as support interface to external global contractors for performance management. • Support and adhere to Core Team processes including Account Charter, RAMP, Ricoh Service Excellence, and CAD. • Lead meetings with key customer contacts regarding obligations, initiatives, and strategic planning.