Sourcing Leader, Minerals & Cullet

Owens Corning • Toledo, OH

239d • Hybrid

About The Position

This Strategic Sourcing Leader is responsible for key strategic minerals and recycled glass (cullet) within the Insulation Business. Specific areas of responsibility include supplier creation and management, cost reductions driven through negotiations and material substitution, performance against specific sourcing metrics, and partnership with commercial and manufacturing interests to maintain and diversify lines of supply. This leader works closely with quality and technical professionals.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering or related subject required
• At least 5 years of work experience in manufacturing, supply chain, sourcing or business role
• Demonstrated rate of growth and success in prior roles
• Demonstrated ability to be successful in a fast-paced and dynamic, team-oriented environment
• Ability to respond quickly to the demands of the moment; remains productive and effective in a variety of environments
• Product value chain cost analysis with emphasis on external market influences
• Demonstrated effective communication and negotiation skills
• Problem solving and decision making through analytics and data
• Demonstrated planning and organizational ability relative to strategy attainment, through focus on financial risk and return

Nice To Haves

• Strong financial acumen with demonstrated analytical ability
• Proven ability to think and execute strategically
• Strong interpersonal, communication, presentation and relationship skills are necessary to work with a diverse spectrum of suppliers across the globe
• Demonstrates business and financial acumen and analytics, critical thinking and problem solving, and decision making through analytics and data
• Ability to work with all levels of the organization and with suppliers
• Willingness to travel 20-30% of the time
• Conducts business through Owens Corning's values
• Creative, analytical and competitive drive

Responsibilities

• Live the Safety standard (Safer Together), adhere to the safety responsibilities
• Compliance with personal safety action plan
• Adherence to Owens Corning safety policies, at all times
• Drives customer value by ensuring timely delivery of lowest cost, on-spec, raw materials into each of our Insulation manufacturing facilities
• Manages supply portfolio, and accounts for short, medium and long-term risks while allocating resources to mitigate supplier risk as necessary
• Manages multiple strategies with multiple sources and aligns with OC Operations in the delivery of these sources to OC plants
• Represents OC in key negotiations with suppliers involved in positions of $10-60 MM and oversees ongoing supplier quality
• Setting Divisional Strategy as it aligns with the usage needs of the OC network, and the potential for high quality and low-cost alternatives
• Overall responsibility to drive Mineral and Cullet strategies that are thoughtfully developed and analyzed with focused insight on the external market
• Strategic direction will be attained through alignment with the Director of Insulation Sourcing, VP of Global Sourcing and with the businesses through General Managers and Manufacturing VP/Directors
• Frequent reports to ILT members, and Strategic Roundtables on Cullet will also be a requirement
• Will participate in all external lobbying and industry workgroups associated with the use of these Materials
• The execution of strategies will take place through alignment with Sourcing leadership, Business leaders, Manufacturing leaders, Sustainability and Science & Technology

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees