Commodity Lead

**Date:** Aug 4, 2026

**Location:** Reynosa, TAM, MX, 88730

**Company:** Corning

**Role Purpose**

Responsible for assured supply of materials, equipment and services, (on time, best price, high quality) in addition to competitive costs, minimizing inventories while ensuring optimum materials utilization, and supplier performance.

**Key Responsibilities**

+ Assists with Business Global Supply Management (GSM) Strategy Development.

Deploys GSM strategies and plans to make decisions necessary to purchase product or services, aligned with organizational objectives and sourcing strategies.
+ Assures Contribution Metrics are updated and linked with site/business cost reduction portfolio.
+ Key player for negotiations with Suppliers, including Contract Administration.
+ Owns/Assists with Supplier Relationship Management Process (including supplier audits).
+ Creates and maintains contractual documents (Supply Agreements, Pricing Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Certificates of Insurance, etc.).
+ Assists with Commodity Reviews and Supply Intelligence
+ Inventory Management (where applicable): Organizes, controls, and minimizes materials on hand, slow moving and obsolete materials.

May manage storeroom operations.
+ Acts as GSM liaison between plants, including materials and quality areas.
+ Recommends changes to purchasing practices/supply management to ensure conformance with established laws, policies, and ethical principles activity-based costing).





Participates in the planning and implementation of these changes.
+ Acts as main contact for RTP to ensure invoicing issues are eliminated or resolved immediately.
+ Participates in cross-functional teams focused on process improvements, cost reduction and supply chain issue resolution
+ Protects Intellectual Property (IP).
+ Ensures compliance with internal and external auditing requirements related especially to GSM or any other certification (if applicable)
+ Makes sure that the suppliers are environmental compliance, and that the scrap is correctly disposed
+ Champions and advocates for the Global Buying Policy.

Ensures compliance.

**Experiences/Education - Required**

+ Bachelor’s Degree.
+ Experience in manufacturing – operations, planning, quality, engineering, supply chain.
+ Experience as a plant or corporate buyer.
+ Experience with GSM processes and systems.
+ Experience working in a matrix environment or on a cross-functional team.
+ Yellow Belt Certification.

**Experiences/Education - Desired**

+ Experience across multiple businesses, division and/or technologies.
+ Experience with general manufacturing and business through work or project experience.
+ Green Belt Certification.
+ Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.) or Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM), APICS or certification related to Supply Chain.

Required Skill Profession

Other General

📌 Commodity Lead (Reynosa)
🏢 Corning
📍 Reynosa