Sr Manager, Procurement

Carrier • Charlotte, NC

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About The Position

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: Senior Procurement professional with significant experience. Implements Supply Chain strategies, processes, and operational plans in support of Procurement goals. Develops programs for effective vendor selection and management to minimize the organization's purchasing costs without compromising quality or reliability of supply. Manages and resolves client issues and problems. Job Description: 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

Requirements

• Bachelors degree
• 10+ years of purchasing experience or a cumulative 10+ years purchasing and operations experience
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time (internationally as needed)

Nice To Haves

• Masters degree
• HVAC industry experience
• PMP Certification
• Material Requirements Planning (MRP), inventory management, factory assembly processes and bills of material
• SAP experience
• Energetic and success driven
• Spanish verbal and written communications skills
• Ability to be persuasive and make management presentations
• Succeed in the day-to-day management of competing priorities
• Technical knowledge / understanding of the commercial HVAC product industry or ability to learn expeditiously
• Organized with attention to detail, follow-up and follow-through skills
• Advanced quantitative spreadsheet analysis skills to organize and analyze data efficiently

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

• 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

What This Job Offers

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