Senior Manager, Subcontractor Management

Carrier • Charlotte, NC

7d • $117,500 - $234,500

About The Position

Own the cost, compliance, speed and capacity of the subcontracted labor base that executes CSA service, MOD and upgrade work. This role converts an unmanaged 1,300+ vendor tail into a tiered, contracted, competitively bid bench — and is measured on two outcomes: dollars out of subcontract cost, and days out of backlog-to-revenue.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Construction Management or Business.
• 5+ years in sourcing, subcontract management or trade-labor procurement; 2+ years managing spend above $50M.
• Demonstrated, quantified $5M+ savings on labor or services categories, not parts alone.
• 3+ years experience working command of master subcontract agreements, COI / insurance, lien and change-order exposure.
• 3+ years experience competitive bidding, rate-card construction and should-cost on labor.

Nice To Haves

• HVAC field service, building services, mechanical / electrical contracting or construction subcontracting.
• Experience with BuildingConnected, Procore, SAP / Coupa or equivalent bid and vendor platforms.
• CPSM, PMP or Six Sigma certification.
• Experience standing up a tiering or preferred-supplier program from scratch.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a qualified subcontractor bench sized to forecast demand by trade and by region.
• Maintain 2–3 qualified subs per critical trade per region; eliminate single-source trades.
• Own the regional subcontractor AVL register.
• Run competitive bid events on the Building Connected platform; move subcon spend under active bid from 10% to over 33%.
• Build and maintain trade rate cards; eliminate project-level ad-hoc pricing.
• Own the regional productivity number and feed the bottoms-up productivity pipeline.
• Onboard subcontractors against standard master subcontract agreements with insurance, EMR and risk vetting complete before mobilization.
• Drive onboarding cycle time from 90–120 days to under 14 days.
• 100% AVL and contract compliance; no work performed off-contract.
• Deploy and maintain Gold/Silver/Bronze tiering across the assigned base; route volume to Gold.
• Run quarterly scorecards on schedule adherence, rework, safety incidents and change-order rate.
• Own subcontractor safety qualification and incident follow-through with EH&S.
• Participate in the MAU / Subcon war room cadence (twice weekly); own the subcontractor escalation path direct to subs.
• Partner with Operations, PMO, Finance and Legal to pull backlog revenue conversion from 6–9 months to under 3 months.

Benefits

• 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 leave; military leave; purchased vacation
• Disability: Short-term and long-term disability
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
• Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account
• Tuition Assistance

What This Job Offers

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