Senior Procurement Manager - Data Center Sourcing

Carrier; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 117,500 - 234,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Benefits

Retirement Benefits

Paid time off and holidays

Disability insurance

Life Insurance

Tuition Assistance

Job summary

Carrier in Charlotte, NC is seeking a Senior Procurement Manager to lead sourcing and procurement for Data Center initiatives within the CSA supply chain. You will manage a team of 3–4 sourcing specialists, drive global category strategies, and ensure on-time program launches.

This role concentrates on cost targets, supplier partnerships, and process standardization across RFQs, supplier qualification, and transition to factory teams to support rapid Data Center growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required.
• 8+ years of purchasing, supply chain, or operations experience within industrial manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of 3–4 sourcing specialists.
• Represent Supply Chain on the global platform management team to leverage global sourcing strategies.
• Deliver cost targets, program milestones, and platform performance metrics.
• Integrate global category strategies with program deliverables for sourcing alignment.
• Drive standard work across procurement processes including RFQs, sample part procurement, supplier qualification, and transition to factory teams.
• Identify and evaluate suppliers for materials and components to support new product launches.
• Support supplier negotiations, contracts, policy formulation, and inventory stocking to meet lead times and production launches.
• Advance commodity strategy goals with cost reduction and DPO improvement.
• Develop regional and alternate qualified sources to strengthen supply chain resilience.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure supplier capacity for rapid Data Center growth.

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Carrier in Charlotte, NC is seeking a Senior Procurement Manager to lead sourcing and procurement for Data Center initiatives within the CSA supply chain. You will manage a team of 3–4 sourcing specialists, drive global category strategies, and ensure on-time program launches.

This role concentrates on cost targets, supplier partnerships, and process standardization across RFQs, supplier qualification, and transition to factory teams to support rapid Data Center growth.