Manager - Supply Chain Mangement

Carrier • Charlotte, NC

2d

About The Position

About Carrier: Carrier, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure the safe transport of food, life-saving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow Carrier on social media at @Carrier. About This Role: Reporting to the Air Cooled Platform New Product Development Leader, the position will be responsible for sourcing and procurement activities to support new product development and launch. Performing both tactical and strategic sourcing tasks, the position will integrate with global and regional category sourcing teams to ensure category strategies are aligned with platform design. The sourcing specialist will project manage all aspects of the sourcing and procurement process to ensure a smooth transition of activity to the factory Purchasing and Materials teams. The position shall also develop and maintain excellent supplier relationships, develop existing and new sources, and develop inventory and logistics strategies to continuously improve supply chain resiliency. This position will have a particular focus on our data center development programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 7+ years of purchasing or supply chain management experience within industrial manufacturing
• Energetic and success driven
• English verbal and written communications skills
• Ability to make management presentations
• Succeed in the day-to-day management of competing priorities
• Organized with attention to detail, follow-up and follow-through skills
• Advanced quantitative spreadsheet analysis skills to organize and analyze data efficiently.

Nice To Haves

• HVAC industry experience
• Material Requirements Planning (MRP), inventory management, factory assembly processes and bills of material
• Technical knowledge / understanding of the commercial HVAC product industry or ability to learn expeditiously

Responsibilities

• Integrate global category strategies with program deliverables
• Partner with engineers on assigned programs to ensure product design includes the category sourcing strategies for concept and engineering check samples
• Prepare and process requests for quotation, requisitions, and purchase orders to support prototype unit builds.
• Project management of supplier activities for assigned commodities and deliverables for program passports.
• Represent supply chain function on cross functional program team.
• Responsible for delivering program milestones on schedule and product cost at target.
• Facilitate smooth transition of the program to the factory purchasing and materials teams
• Determine inventory stocking and logistics strategies for suppliers with lead times longer than market driven customer lead time requirements
• Assist and execute cost reduction strategies and projects
• Collaborate with category teams to develop regional, alternate qualified sources to ensure a resilient supply chain
• Periodic leadership updates of program status of supply chain deliverables

Benefits

• Employees are eligible for benefits, including:
• Health Care benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; wellness incentives
• Retirement benefits
• Time Off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty; military leave; purchased vacation
• Disability: Short-term and long-term disability
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
• Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Healthcare Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account
• Tuition Assistance
• This position is entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager