Purchasing Manager Jobs in California
Purchasing Manager jobs in California are among the most active in the country, with strong demand from the defense and aerospace, technology, retail, and life sciences sectors and openings at every level from junior buyer to senior procurement director. The heaviest hiring concentrates in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, and San Diego, where established employers such as Northrop Grumman, Apple, and Kaiser Permanente maintain large procurement teams. Specialties in high demand include supply chain risk management, strategic sourcing, and indirect procurement. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Join an award-winning luxury home builder!
Who are we?
Since 1967, Toll Brothers has been building luxury homes and communities in the best locations in the U.S. Today, we’re a Fortune 500 company operating in over 60 markets. We’re the country’s premier luxury builder with the widest range of product offerings and price points in the industry, serving first-time, move-up, active-adult, and second-home buyers.
From the homes we build to the talent we recruit, we know that to be the best, we have to work with the best. Toll Brothers is a place where diverse perspectives and experiences are welcomed and where employees of all backgrounds are treated with fairness, dignity and respect. We believe every employee should feel safe to be their true and authentic self at work. Our employees are our family, and we strive to uphold the values that our founders instilled in us, creating an exceptional place to work that is inclusive to all.
Toll Brothers, America's Leading Luxury Home Builder, is seeking a Purchasing Solutions Manager to join our team in Irvine, California.
What is the opportunity?
This position will be hybrid with 3 days required on-site per week.
The Manager, Purchasing Solutions is responsible for maintaining national governance by assisting the Divisions with new community setup in EnterpriseOne (E1), providing ongoing national and divisional support and maintenance in EnterpriseOne, and providing “ways of working” business related support to divisional purchasing teams. This role understands and applies national guidance to facilitate consistent, enterprise-wide setup to aid with efficiency and troubleshooting and identifies opportunities for setup to be streamlined and improved. The Manager, Purchasing Solutions must have strong EnterpriseOne technical skills coupled with business process experience. This individual will apply proven communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills to help maximize the benefit of EnterpriseOne system investments.
What are the primary responsibilities?
New community Set Up
- Develop a deep understanding of setup for each trade and collaborate with Division teams to facilitate new community setup
- Focus on consistent, enterprise-wide setup, to facilitate maintenance and troubleshooting
- Partner with the Division teams to validate data
- Understand and adhere to deadlines to ensure on-time opening of new communities
On-going support
- Engage with end users to implement national purchasing strategies
- Assist with setup and transition to new option and item numbers (if applicable)
- Review and revise Division setup (e.g. rules, valid values) as option and item numbers change or product optimization occurs to ensure a timely transition
- Develop knowledge to suggest alternate setup solutions based on specific, approved use cases
- Complete E1 update processes that must be run when class codes are adjusted
- Monitor E1 Purchasing Teams channel to provide end user support on EnterpriseOne system functionality and Toll ways of working
- Identify opportunities for documentation updates and additional end user training
- Document Purchasing setup processes and trade strategies to facilitate future setup and troubleshooting
Strategy & Planning
- Review stakeholder and user requirements to implement Purchasing solutions within E1
- Provide insight and recommendations on business processes and information process flow to improve Purchasing efficiency both in day-to-day operations and in E1
- Collaborate in the planning, design, development, and deployment of enhancements to existing applications
- Test enhancements from a user perspective to identify and resolve issues before deployment to end users
- Perform testing to confirm issue resolution prior to implementation in production environment
- Troubleshoot, test, and resolve issues with integrated platform(s)
- Phase 2 EnterpriseOne conversion for legacy Toll Divisions and future acquisitions
- Collaboration with other functional areas including cost code mapping, trade code validation, program assortment, and more
- Data validation to confirm new setup ties out to legacy data
This is an excellent opportunity to join one of the nation's most respected Fortune 500 companies!
Qualifications
Does this describe you?
- Strong customer service mindset
- Demonstrates initiative and highly motivated
- Logical and efficient, with keen attention to detail
- Ability to analyze information, identifying discrepancies and inconsistencies
- Excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
- Organizes and articulates ideas clearly and concisely
- Capable of forward thinking and the use of independent judgement to the benefit of the organization
- Able to plan and prioritize, effectively using time management to execute tasks
- Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
Do you have these qualifications?
- Essential
- Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum 5+ years’ experience in Residential Purchasing or other relevant experience in the residential building sector
- Strong Microsoft Office Skills, specifically Excel
- Functional working knowledge of EnterpriseOne (E1)
- Preferred
- Ability to read construction drawings and understand estimating takeoffs
- Experience with EnterpriseOne (E1) Homebuilder Sales Solution (HBSS)
- Experience with Hyphen Solutions BuildPro software
The salary for this position is $94,754 - $125,644 annually.
We offer an excellent compensation and benefits package that includes comprehensive medical/dental, 401(k) with a company match, discounted stock purchase, discounts on mortgages, homes, and much more!
Come see why Toll Brothers has been attracting and retaining some of the best professionals in the industry!
APPLY ONLINE TODAY!
Toll Brothers is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity. All employment decisions, policies, and practices are in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local anti-discrimination laws. Toll Brothers will not engage in or tolerate unlawful discrimination (including any form of unlawful harassment) on account of a person's sex (including pregnancy), age, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender nonconformity, status as a transgender individual, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, family responsibility, armed services, or any other status protected by law.
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Join an award-winning luxury home builder!
Who are we?
Since 1967, Toll Brothers has been building luxury homes and communities in the best locations in the U.S. Today, we’re a Fortune 500 company operating in over 60 markets. We’re the country’s premier luxury builder with the widest range of product offerings and price points in the industry, serving first-time, move-up, active-adult, and second-home buyers.
From the homes we build to the talent we recruit, we know that to be the best, we have to work with the best. Toll Brothers is a place where diverse perspectives and experiences are welcomed and where employees of all backgrounds are treated with fairness, dignity and respect. We believe every employee should feel safe to be their true and authentic self at work. Our employees are our family, and we strive to uphold the values that our founders instilled in us, creating an exceptional place to work that is inclusive to all.
Toll Brothers, America's Leading Luxury Home Builder, is seeking a Purchasing Solutions Manager to join our team in Irvine, California.
What is the opportunity?
This position will be hybrid with 3 days required on-site per week.
The Manager, Purchasing Solutions is responsible for maintaining national governance by assisting the Divisions with new community setup in EnterpriseOne (E1), providing ongoing national and divisional support and maintenance in EnterpriseOne, and providing “ways of working” business related support to divisional purchasing teams. This role understands and applies national guidance to facilitate consistent, enterprise-wide setup to aid with efficiency and troubleshooting and identifies opportunities for setup to be streamlined and improved. The Manager, Purchasing Solutions must have strong EnterpriseOne technical skills coupled with business process experience. This individual will apply proven communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills to help maximize the benefit of EnterpriseOne system investments.
What are the primary responsibilities?
New community Set Up
- Develop a deep understanding of setup for each trade and collaborate with Division teams to facilitate new community setup
- Focus on consistent, enterprise-wide setup, to facilitate maintenance and troubleshooting
- Partner with the Division teams to validate data
- Understand and adhere to deadlines to ensure on-time opening of new communities
On-going support
- Engage with end users to implement national purchasing strategies
- Assist with setup and transition to new option and item numbers (if applicable)
- Review and revise Division setup (e.g. rules, valid values) as option and item numbers change or product optimization occurs to ensure a timely transition
- Develop knowledge to suggest alternate setup solutions based on specific, approved use cases
- Complete E1 update processes that must be run when class codes are adjusted
- Monitor E1 Purchasing Teams channel to provide end user support on EnterpriseOne system functionality and Toll ways of working
- Identify opportunities for documentation updates and additional end user training
- Document Purchasing setup processes and trade strategies to facilitate future setup and troubleshooting
Strategy & Planning
- Review stakeholder and user requirements to implement Purchasing solutions within E1
- Provide insight and recommendations on business processes and information process flow to improve Purchasing efficiency both in day-to-day operations and in E1
- Collaborate in the planning, design, development, and deployment of enhancements to existing applications
- Test enhancements from a user perspective to identify and resolve issues before deployment to end users
- Perform testing to confirm issue resolution prior to implementation in production environment
- Troubleshoot, test, and resolve issues with integrated platform(s)
- Phase 2 EnterpriseOne conversion for legacy Toll Divisions and future acquisitions
- Collaboration with other functional areas including cost code mapping, trade code validation, program assortment, and more
- Data validation to confirm new setup ties out to legacy data
This is an excellent opportunity to join one of the nation's most respected Fortune 500 companies!
Qualifications
Does this describe you?
- Strong customer service mindset
- Demonstrates initiative and highly motivated
- Logical and efficient, with keen attention to detail
- Ability to analyze information, identifying discrepancies and inconsistencies
- Excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
- Organizes and articulates ideas clearly and concisely
- Capable of forward thinking and the use of independent judgement to the benefit of the organization
- Able to plan and prioritize, effectively using time management to execute tasks
- Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
Do you have these qualifications?
- Essential
- Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum 5+ years’ experience in Residential Purchasing or other relevant experience in the residential building sector
- Strong Microsoft Office Skills, specifically Excel
- Functional working knowledge of EnterpriseOne (E1)
- Preferred
- Ability to read construction drawings and understand estimating takeoffs
- Experience with EnterpriseOne (E1) Homebuilder Sales Solution (HBSS)
- Experience with Hyphen Solutions BuildPro software
The salary for this position is $94,754 - $125,644 annually.
We offer an excellent compensation and benefits package that includes comprehensive medical/dental, 401(k) with a company match, discounted stock purchase, discounts on mortgages, homes, and much more!
Come see why Toll Brothers has been attracting and retaining some of the best professionals in the industry!
APPLY ONLINE TODAY!
Toll Brothers is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity. All employment decisions, policies, and practices are in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local anti-discrimination laws. Toll Brothers will not engage in or tolerate unlawful discrimination (including any form of unlawful harassment) on account of a person's sex (including pregnancy), age, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender nonconformity, status as a transgender individual, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, family responsibility, armed services, or any other status protected by law.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Aerospace & Defense
- Construction & Real Estate
- Electronics & Hardware
- Distribution & Wholesale
- Consulting & Professional Services
What California Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in purchasing manager jobs across California.
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business, or a related field
- CPSM or CSCP certification strongly preferred by California employers
- Five or more years of progressive procurement or sourcing experience
- Proficiency with ERP systems such as SAP or Oracle Procurement Cloud
- Demonstrated experience negotiating contracts with domestic and international suppliers
- Knowledge of California environmental and sustainability compliance requirements for procurement
Purchasing Manager Jobs in California: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a purchasing manager in California?
Most purchasing managers in California start with a bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business administration, or a related field, then build several years of experience as a buyer or procurement analyst. California does not require a state-issued license for this role, but employers consistently prioritize candidates who hold the Certified Professional in Supply Management credential from the Institute for Supply Management or the APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional designation. Major California industries such as aerospace, healthcare, and technology often expect sector-specific sourcing knowledge alongside those credentials.
How much do purchasing managers make in California?
Purchasing managers in California earn a median of about $159,830 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $99,560 for the lowest 10% to over $241,340 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire purchasing managers in California?
Employers hiring purchasing managers in California right now include Teledyne FLIR, General Atomics, and Accor, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. California's concentration of aerospace primes, large health systems, and global technology headquarters makes it one of the deepest markets in the country for mid-to-senior procurement talent.
Which California cities have the most purchasing manager jobs?
San Diego, Long Beach, and Los Angeles have the most purchasing manager openings in California. Los Angeles leads because of its dense base of aerospace, entertainment, and logistics employers, the Bay Area reflects demand from major technology and life sciences companies, and San Diego is driven by defense contractors and a growing biotech sector that each maintain sizable procurement teams.
Are there remote purchasing manager jobs in California?
Yes, but they are less common than for purely analytical roles, since purchasing managers often need to coordinate on-site with warehouses, receiving teams, and internal stakeholders. About 14% of purchasing manager openings tied to California are remote or hybrid as of August 2026, with the remote share highest for roles focused on indirect spend categories such as marketing, software, and professional services.
How can I get hired as a purchasing manager in California with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is to start as a purchasing coordinator, junior buyer, or procurement analyst at a large California employer and progress from there. Major health systems such as Kaiser Permanente and Sutter Health, aerospace firms including Northrop Grumman and Raytheon, and large retailers headquartered in California routinely hire entry-level buyers and supply chain associates who rotate through sourcing, contracts, and supplier management. Completing an APICS or ISM certification early sets candidates apart, and experience in adjacent roles such as inventory control, logistics coordination, or accounts payable gives a strong foundation for the transition.
Where can I find and apply to purchasing manager jobs in California?
You can find and apply to purchasing manager jobs in California on Migrate Mate, which lists current California openings from employers actively hiring. Search the listings, find roles that fit your experience and location, and apply directly to each employer through the posting.
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