Sr. Category Manager

Carrier Global Corporation, 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 safe transport of food, lifesaving 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 on Carrier social media at @Carrier.

The Senior Category Manager will lead Carriers centralized $200M+ categories spend. This role is a key part of the CSA Supply Chain organization, reporting to the Director for Motors, Plastics, Fans & Blowers Sourcing Leader.

This leader is responsible for providing sustained competitive advantage in product cost, quality, and production flexibility across Carrier’s NA footprint, and will be responsible for working across the business units, functions, and all NA locations to develop and implement best-in-class sourcing strategies and procedures. This leader will play a key role in driving transformation within Carrier’s supply chain organization to provide the company significant savings, increasing productivity, managing inflation/deflation, and driving excellence in category strategy

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  Manages global category spend for approximately $200M.

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  Responsible for building and executing category strategy which optimizes affordability, availability, agility, and innovation. Develop and maintain expert knowledge of respective global supply markets, competitors, and product innovations.

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  Establishes a cross-functional network and fosters collaboration with suppliers, wider supply chain organization, engineering, quality, and product management

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  Owns the vendor performance data and reports metrics to leadership

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  Manages external relationships with suppliers and assumes responsibility for all internal activities and decisions associated with the assigned categories and suppliers, including contract negotiations, new products development, approved vendor lists, re-sourcing, dual qualification, pricing changes, quality, and capacity.

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  Develop the commodity management team to drive global performance in collaboration with regional commodity teams and the Center of Excellence team.

• Bachelor's Degree

• 7+ years’ experience with strategic sourcing or mechanical, electrical, or Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VAVE) for a global industrial manufacturer  engineering for a global industrial manufacturer 

• Ability to Travel 30% of the time, including domestic and some international trips.

• MBA and/or professional certifications (CPM, CPSM, CIRM, CPIM) 

• Excellent negotiation skills & strategic mindset

• Experience with strategic sourcing and lean tools

• Digital dexterity and strong analytical ability to leverage data

• Strong knowledge of supply chain strategy (development and execution) and category specific experience 

• Driven problem solver with appetite to independently address complex challenges in a fast-moving environment

• Proven track record of successful leadership, negotiation, and executive communication

• Strong business acumen and experience collaborating across various levels within a diverse, global organization

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