Strategic Sourcing Manager, Metals
About The Position
The Manager, Strategic Sourcing Metals defines and leads enterprise-level category strategies across multiple divisions and sites to deliver sustainable cost, risk, and supply assurance outcomes. Reporting to the Global Strategic Sourcing Senior Leader – Metals, this role oversees sourcing strategies for selected global metal categories, such as steel, aluminum, and copper, and drives strategic and tactical sourcing outcomes. The position interfaces with senior internal stakeholders and represents sourcing in global, cross-functional forums, requiring influence without direct authority. The role leads global category strategies, market intelligence, supplier negotiations, and the implementation of an integrated category-management operating model across businesses and regions. It partners with Supply Chain, Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance, and Technology teams to align sourcing priorities with business strategies, and serves as Corning’s internal metals expert. The position is based in Charlotte, North Carolina, with up to 10% travel. The position does not support immigration sponsorship.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree.
- At least 7 years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, or supply chain, with expertise in global category strategies.
- Proven success in metals or raw materials sourcing, delivering measurable commercial value in complex, matrixed organizations.
- Advanced negotiation and contracting expertise, including experience in volatile and indexed markets.
- Strong financial and analytical capabilities to drive data-informed decision-making.
- Executive-level communication skills to influence senior stakeholders and align cross-functional teams.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree (MBA or related field).
- Deep knowledge of global metals markets, pricing mechanisms, and supply dynamics.
- Familiarity with supplier manufacturing processes, engineering interfaces, and supply chain operations.
- Proficiency in using market data, pricing tools, and digital platforms to enhance sourcing strategies.
- Ability to lead in ambiguous situations, prioritize competing demands, and deliver results.
- Collaborative yet decisive leadership style with a balance of strategic thinking and execution focus.
- Fluent in Spanish.
Responsibilities
- Lead global category strategies for metal commodities, incorporating demand forecasts, economic trends, volatility, and technology roadmaps.
- Align sourcing strategies with financial objectives, including margin improvement, cost competitiveness, and working capital optimization.
- Drive transformational cost and value opportunities across businesses with measurable results.
- Lead enterprise metals market intelligence on pricing, supply risk, capacity constraints, and geopolitical and regulatory impacts.
- Develop and communicate supply intelligence, including should-cost models, total cost of ownership, cost drivers, and indexing methodologies.
- Translate market intelligence into actionable sourcing decisions for senior stakeholders.
- Lead complex supplier negotiations, including long-term agreements, innovative pricing models, and risk mitigation strategies.
- Manage executive-level supplier relationships to support performance, innovation, and portfolio resilience.
- Ensure robust contract coverage and compliance with governance standards.
- Transition fragmented sourcing to an integrated category-management operating model across businesses and regions.
- Define and implement sourcing processes and tools that enable transparency, speed, compliance, and decision quality.
- Mentor divisional and site procurement teams to support consistent execution of best practices.
- Collaborate with Supply Chain, Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance, and Technology teams to align sourcing priorities with business strategies.
- Lead cross-functional teams on complex sourcing initiatives, ensuring accountability for scope, outcomes, and execution.
- Serve as the internal metals expert, providing guidance, escalation support, and decision leadership.
Benefits
- Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives.
- Company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions.
- 401(k) plan with matching contributions; total company contributions to retirement accounts can reach between 7% and 12% of pay, depending on age and years of service.
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
- Paid parental leave.
- Family building support.
- Fitness benefits.
- Company-paid life insurance.
- Disability benefits.
- Disease management programs.
- Paid time off.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Recognition program to celebrate successes and reward exceptional contributions.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
