Sr Manager - Category Management (Sensor & Switches)

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Carrier is the leading global provider of healthy, safe and sustainable building and cold chain solutions with a world-class, diverse workforce with business segments covering HVAC, refrigeration, and fire and security. We make modern life possible by delivering safer, smarter and more sustainable services that make a difference to people and our planet while revolutionizing industry trends. This is why we come to work every day. Join us and we can make a difference together. 

About This Role: 

The role involves developing a strategic plan for a specific commodity group, managing relationships with key suppliers, and coordinating with the supplier quality team to address issues and drive improvements. Responsibilities include negotiating prices, assessing supplier capabilities, and selecting suppliers to ensure quality, cost-effectiveness, and minimal inventory. The role also ensures compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and company standards.

Job Description:

• Develop a strategic plan for a specific commodity group or strategic suppliers

• Responsible for overall relationship for multiple strategic suppliers for that specific commodity group

• Coordinate appropriately with supplier quality team for specific commodity issues including relentless root cause analysis and error-proofing to mitigate impact to the business

• Lead in negotiating prices, assessing supplier capabilities, selecting new suppliers, narrowing supplier base, and working with suppliers to establish mutually beneficial relationships and improve their ability to provide quality, cost effective materials while minimizing inventory

• Ensures supplier or commodity team is performing to the designed Carrier requirements from delivery, quality and cost perspective

• Ensure compliance with applicable federal and/or state laws, regulations, and/or company policies, procedures, work rules, standards and guidelines, etc.

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelors degree

• 7+ years strategic sourcing experience 

• Ability to travel as needed both domestic and international

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters degree 

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills

• Procurement project leadership experience in a manufacturing environment 

• Technical acumen / understanding of commodity management and ability to quickly learn products and industry

• Ability to work effectively with cross-cultural suppliers on technical and logistics issues

• Highly organized with strong attention to detail, and superior follow-up and follow-through skills

• Team player and influencing skills required to establish and sustain a lean culture

• Strong negotiation skills

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