Senior Manager, Commodity Management & Sourcing

Carrier Global Corporation, a 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 temperature control, air quality, and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries, and ensure the safe transport of food and lifesaving medicines. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose to enhance the lives we live and the world we share.

About the role

The Senior Category Manager will lead Carrier’s $200M+ Valves and Fittings spend. This role is a key part of the CSA Supply Chain organization, reporting to the Director for Copper & Aluminum Sourcing Leader. This leader is responsible for providing sustained competitive advantage in product cost, quality, and production flexibility across Carrier’s North American footprint. The role involves working across business units, functions, and all NA locations to develop and implement best-in-class sourcing strategies and procedures. This leader will drive transformation within Carrier’s supply chain organization to deliver significant savings, increase productivity, manage inflation/deflation, and drive excellence in category strategy.

Responsibilities

• Manages global category spend for approximately $200M.
• Builds and executes category strategy for Copper and Aluminum material to optimize affordability, availability, agility, and innovation.
• Develops and maintains expert knowledge of respective global supply markets, competitors, and product innovations.
• Establishes a cross-functional network and fosters collaboration with suppliers, supply chain organization, engineering, quality, and product management.
• Owns vendor performance data and reports metrics to leadership.
• 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 product development, approved vendor lists, re-sourcing, dual qualification, pricing changes, quality, and capacity.
• Develops the commodity management team to drive global performance in collaboration with regional commodity teams and the Center of Excellence team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 7+ years of experience with strategic sourcing for a global industrial manufacturer.
• 30% travel, including some international trips.

Qualifications

• MBA or professional certifications (CPM, CPSM, CIRM, CPIM).
• Excellent negotiation skills and 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 an 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.

Pay

The annual salary for this position is between $117,500.00 and $234,500.00. 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.

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

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.

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.