Senior Manager, Data Center Component Integrated Product Team (CIPT) Valves & Tubing

Carrier; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 118,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Disability benefits

Life insurance

Tax-advantaged accounts

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Carrier Global Corporation in Charlotte, NC is hiring a Senior Manager for the Data Center CIPT Valves & Tubing. You will own the commodity strategy end-to-end, guiding design release, supplier readiness, production ramp, and cost objectives across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and quality.

You will lead an integrated product team, drive governance, and ensure readiness from design through production ramp and field deployment, with a focus on timely, quality, and cost-effective

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 5+ years of progressive experience across Operations/Manufacturing or Supply Chain/Sourcing/Supplier Development or Program Management/Product Industrialization.
• 5+ years of leadership experience leading cross-functional teams, programs, or business initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Valves & Tubing CIPT and manage cross-functional team.
• Establish accountability for component performance across the value chain.
• Lead daily, weekly, and monthly reviews and drive governance and risk processes.
• Own performance management against component-level KPIs including readiness, BOM release, validation, and cost targets.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

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 Manager, Data Center Component Integrated Product Team (CIPT) - Valves & Tubing, is responsible for end-to-end ownership of the Valves & Tubing commodity strategy and execution supporting Data Center product industrialization and customer delivery. This leader ensures component readiness across the product lifecycle, from design release and supplier industrialization through production ramp‑up, capacity scaling, field deployment, and operational performance.

Serving as the single point of accountability for Valves & Tubing supply and business execution, the Senior Manager leads cross‑functional alignment across Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Supplier Development, Materials Planning, and Program Management to ensure customer commitments, launch milestones, capacity requirements, quality targets, and cost objectives are achieved.

Leveraging deep Valves & Tubing commodity expertise, this role develops and executes sourcing, capacity, and technology strategies that enable rapid scaling of Data Center operations while mitigating supply, quality, and business continuity risks. The Senior Manager drives supplier readiness, long‑range capacity planning, engineering change execution, and operational recovery actions to support the delivery of finished goods to customers on time, at quality, and at cost.

The role influences decision‑making across organizational boundaries, provides visibility into risks and opportunities, and accelerates issue resolution to ensure the successful execution of business growth plans and industrialization objectives.

Key Responsibilities

CIPT Leadership & Governance

• Lead the dedicated the Valves & Tubing CIPT and manage the cross‑functional team consisting of sourcing, materials, engineering, quality, production, aftermarket, etc.
• Establish clear accountability for component performance across the value chain.
• Lead daily, weekly, and monthly operational reviews.
• Drive governance and risk escalation processes.

Business Performance Management

Own Performance Management Against Component‑level KPIs Including

• Engineering Readiness.
• Design completion.
• BOM release completion.
• Validation plan execution.

Manufacturing Performance

• OEE.
• Production attainment.
• Capacity utilization.
• Build turnbacks.

Supply Chain Performance

• Supplier capacity readiness.
• On‑time delivery.
• Clear-to-build status.
• Multi‑sourcing coverage.

Quality Performance

• FPY.
• Supplier PPM.
• Customer PPM.
• Corrective action closure.

Financial Performance

• Cost versus target.
• Productivity savings.
• Inventory optimization.
• Working capital performance.

Leadership Responsibilities

• Serve as the accountable leader for Valves & Tubing readiness, ensuring delivery, quality, capacity, and cost objectives are achieved.
• Translate business objectives into executable supply chain, engineering, and operational plans.
• Drive strategic sourcing and industrialization decisions to enable rapid scaling and competitive advantage.
• Lead and influence a matrixed Integrated Product Team composed of Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Supplier Development, Materials Planning, and Program Management resources.
• Establish clear metrics and governance mechanisms to identify risks early and drive recovery actions.
• Balance short‑term execution needs with long‑term strategic investments to support sustained growth.
• Foster a culture of accountability, urgency, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Promote data‑driven decision‑making and operational discipline.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in at least two of the following three disciplines: ( Operations / Manufacturing or Supply Chain / Sourcing / Supplier Development or Program Management / Product Industrialization)
• 5+ years of leadership experience leading cross‑functional teams, programs, or business initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Manufacturing, Business, or related field.
• Commodity expertise – 1+ years’ experience with rotating equipment, refrigeration components, motors, cooling systems, or other strategic electromechanical commodities as an engineer or supply chain leader.
• Market expertise – 2+ years’ experience in HVAC, data center, or heavy industrial industries.

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. The pay range will not be below the minimum wage applicable to the jurisdiction in which the applicant is to be employed.

Other Compensation

Thisposition 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

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 [e-mail]. 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 fromJobPosting Date: 24 September 2026

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