Senior Buyer

Owens Corning • Corona, CA

3d

About The Position

The Senior Buyer will manage the end-to-end procurement cycle to ensure continuity of supply, competitive total cost, and on-time delivery in support of production requirements. This role leads strategic sourcing, develops and maintains supplier relationships and performance expectations, and ensures purchasing activities comply with company policies and internal controls. The Senior Buyer partners closely with Production, Engineering, Sales, Accounting, and Logistics to resolve supply issues, support new product introductions, and drive continuous improvement across the supply base.

Requirements

• Manage the end-to-end procurement cycle
• Ensure continuity of supply, competitive total cost, and on-time delivery
• Lead strategic sourcing
• Develop and maintain supplier relationships and performance expectations
• Ensure purchasing activities comply with company policies and internal controls
• Partner with Production, Engineering, Sales, Accounting, and Logistics
• Resolve supply issues
• Support new product introductions
• Drive continuous improvement across the supply base
• Review forecasts and build plans
• Set and maintain purchasing parameters (reorder points, safety stock, lead times)
• Expedite critical orders
• Proactively manage shortages, backorders, and supplier constraints
• Communicate impacts and recovery plans to stakeholders
• Monitor supplier performance (on-time delivery, quality, lead time, responsiveness)
• Drive corrective actions, escalations, and continuous improvement with suppliers
• Maintain purchasing system data integrity (vendor records, item master/purchasing parameters, lead times, pricing, and preferred suppliers)
• Ensure accurate documentation retention
• Identify opportunities for cost savings, process improvements, alternative sourcing
• Provide recommendations to the Purchasing Manager

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end procurement for assigned commodities/categories, including sourcing strategy, supplier selection, RFQs, negotiations, award recommendations, and ongoing supplier management.
• Partner with Production/Planning to review forecasts and build plans; help set and maintain purchasing parameters (reorder points, safety stock, lead times).
• Expedites critical orders and proactively manages shortages, backorders, and supplier constraints; communicates impacts and recovery plans to stakeholders.
• Monitors supplier performance (on-time delivery, quality, lead time, responsiveness) and drives corrective actions, escalations, and continuous improvement with suppliers.
• Maintains purchasing system data integrity (vendor records, item master/purchasing parameters, lead times, pricing, and preferred suppliers) and ensures accurate documentation retention
• Identify opportunities for cost savings, process improvements, alternative sourcing, providing recommendations to the Purchasing Manager

Benefits

• insurance (medical/dental/vision/life/disability/supplemental offerings)
• 401k (company contribution regardless of employee participation – plus match)
• paid time off (vacation, personal floating and standard holidays)
• Employee Assistance Services
• Stock Purchase Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed