Aftermarket Materials Planning Leader

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About this role

Carrier Climate Solutions Americas is seeking a highly accomplished, results-driven Aftermarket Materials Planning Leader to lead end-to-end materials planning for the Aftermarket business. This role is accountable for ensuring parts availability, service performance excellence, and working capital optimization across the network.

This is a transformational leadership role—responsible not only for executing and stabilizing current planning processes, but for building best-in-class materials planning capabilities. The role will drive standardization, strengthen governance, modernize systems, and elevate talent to deliver sustainable performance and scalability.

The Aftermarket Materials Planning Leader translates demand into effective supply execution across internal manufacturing, external suppliers, and distribution networks. The role ensures tight alignment with SIOP/S&OE governance, Carrier Operations Excellence, and enterprise performance objectives.

The Aftermarket Materials Planning Leader will be required to travel up to 30% within the United States and Mexico.

Key Responsibilities

Aftermarket Materials Strategy & Execution

• Define and execute the materials planning strategy to ensure industry-leading parts availability and support Aftermarket service and attachment growth.
• Translate demand forecasts into executable, constrained supply plans across internal manufacturing and external supplier networks.
• Establish and govern safety stock policies, inventory segmentation (ABC/XYZ), and lifecycle strategies to balance service, cost, and working capital.

SIOP / S&OE Leadership & Supply Alignment

• Serve as the Aftermarket Supply Planning lead within the Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning (SIOP) process, ensuring supply constraints, risks, and recovery plans are clearly articulated.
• Partner with the SIOP organization to develop supply scenarios, capacity assessments, and inventory trade-offs.
• Support executive decision-making with data-driven recommendations balancing service performance, cost, and inventory investment.
• Drive short-term execution rigor through Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE), proactively managing shortages, capacity gaps, and supplier risks.
• Ensure supply commitments are aligned with approved demand plans and financial targets.

Inventory & Working Capital Optimization

• Deliver inventory turns and working capital objectives across the Aftermarket network.
• Reduce excess and obsolete (E&O) inventory through disciplined lifecycle management and demand/supply alignment.
• Optimize inventory positioning across the distribution network to improve OTIF performance and reduce premium freight and expediting costs.

Supplier & Factory Alignment

• Ensure supplier capacity readiness and delivery assurance to support aftermarket priorities.
• Lead escalation and recovery governance for critical material shortages.
• Align factory production plans to prioritize aftermarket service requirements in collaboration with Operations and Manufacturing teams.

Digital Enablement & Process Transformation

• Lead enhancements to planning systems and tools (e.g., SAP, Kinaxis, APS) to improve planning effectiveness and scalability.
• Improve forecast accuracy inputs and overall supply signal quality through cross-functional collaboration.
• Implement best-in-class materials planning governance, performance metrics, and KPI dashboards.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Partner closely with Sales, Service, Product Management, Procurement, Distribution Centers, and Finance.
• Support service-level commitments including OTIF, fill rate, and customer responsiveness.
• Drive alignment with cost, margin, and Profit & Loss (P&L) objectives.

Scope & Leadership

• Role operates within a global Aftermarket materials organization.
• Direct and indirect leadership of materials planners and materials management teams.
• Accountability across multiple factories, suppliers, and distribution sites.
• High executive visibility with Operations, Supply Chain, and Aftermarket leadership teams.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 8 or more years of experience in Supply Chain, Materials Planning, or related disciplines.
• 5 or more years of people leadership experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong expertise in SIOP, supply planning, and inventory management.
• Experience in complex manufacturing environments; HVAC or industrial aftermarket experience strongly preferred.
• MBA or advanced business degree.
• APICS / CPIM certification.
• Strategic thinker with strong operational execution discipline.
• Highly data-driven with the ability to translate insights into decisions.
• Proven ability to operate in ambiguity and bring structure to complex problems.
• Strong stakeholder alignment and influencing skills.
• Demonstrated change leadership and transformation capability.

Additional Information

• Must have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States.
• No visa sponsorship is available.

Pay Range

The annual salary for this position is between $143,000.00 - $286,000.00 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range include, but are not limited to, skills, education, experience, and other unique qualifications of the successful candidate.

Other Compensation

This position is entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.

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 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

To learn more about our benefits offering, please click here Work with us | Carrier Corporate. The specific benefits available to any employee may vary depending on state and local laws and eligibility factors, such as date of hire and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Carrier EEO Statement and Accommodations Process

Carrier is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. Carrier provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with section 503 of Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, participate in an interview, or otherwise engage in the hiring process, please contact us at Carrier.Recruiting@carrier.com. We will make every effort to meet your needs in accordance with applicable laws.

Application Deadline

Applications will be accepted for at least 3  days from Job Posting Date: 1 April 2026

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