Senior Category Manager

Carrier; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 118,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Benefits

Retirement Benefits

Paid time off

Disability insurance

Life Insurance

Tuition Assistance

Job summary

Carrier Global Corporation is seeking a Senior Category Manager to lead centralized $200M+ category spend across the NA footprint, reporting to the Motors, Plastics, Fans & Blowers Sourcing Leader. You will shape category strategy, collaborate with suppliers, engineering, quality, and product management, and drive savings and productivity gains.

Key responsibilities include building cross-functional networks, owning vendor performance data, and guiding supplier negotiations, new product

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 7+ years of strategic sourcing or mechanical/electrical engineering experience.
• Willing to travel ~30% including international trips.

Responsibilities

• Manages global category spend for approximately $200M.
• Owns category strategy to optimize affordability, availability, agility, and innovation.
• Builds cross-functional network with suppliers, engineering, quality, and product management.
• Owns vendor performance data and reports metrics to leadership.
• Oversees supplier relationships, contracts, new products development, and sourcing decisions.
• Develops the commodity management team in collaboration with regional teams.

Skills

Strategic sourcing experience

Global manufacturing knowledge

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Senior Category Manager

CAN05: CCS-Charlotte, 5900 Northwoods Business Parkway, Charlotte, NC, 28269 USA CAF77: CCS - CIB, 13995 Pasteur Boulevard, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, 33418 USA CAG23: DLS VRF- Atlanta 3300 Riverwood Pkwy , Atlanta, GA, 30339 USA

Job ID 30215284 Job Category Supply Chain

About Carrier

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.

About This Role

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

Key Responsibilities

• Manages global category spend for approximately $200M.
• 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.
• Establishes a cross‑functional network and fosters collaboration with suppliers, wider supply chain organization, engineering, quality, and product management
• Owns the 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 products development, approved vendor lists, re‑sourcing, dual qualification, pricing changes, quality, and capacity.
• Develop the commodity management team to drive global performance in collaboration with regional commodity teams and the Center of Excellence team.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• 7+ years’ experience with strategic sourcing or mechanical, electrical, or VAVE engineering for a global industrial manufacturer
• 30% travel including some international trips

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

Pay Range

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

• 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 (opens in new window). 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.

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Application Deadline

Applications will be accepted for at least 3 days from Job Posting Date: 24 August 2026

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