Senior Supplier Readiness & Improvement Leader

Carrier Global Corporation; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 96,000 - 192,000; Full time

Job summary

Carrier Global Corporation, based in Charlotte, NC, seeks a senior manufacturing and supplier development professional to lead readiness, recovery, and improvement initiatives with assigned suppliers. The role emphasizes hands-on assessment and transformation of supplier processes to drive sustained performance.

You will conduct capacity and readiness assessments, validate bottlenecks, and drive corrective actions on-site with suppliers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field.
• 7+ years in Manufacturing Engineering, Supplier Development, Supplier Quality, or Operations.
• 3+ years in production processes, capacity modeling, process flow, and operational diagnostics.
• Ability to travel up to 25-50% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Conduct supplier capacity, capability, and readiness assessments across staffing, equipment, tooling, process stability, layout, flow, and quality systems.
• Validate production capacity, real throughput vs. quoted capacity, bottlenecks, and production allocation.
• Lead on-site readiness and recovery activities to support capacity expansion and throughput improvements.
• Deploy Lean tools (5S, flow optimization, standard work, visual management) at supplier sites.
• Collaborate with Supplier Analytics/Performance, Quality, Engineering, Materials, and Strategic Sourcing to align readiness with performance goals.

Skills

Manufacturing Engineering

Supplier Development

Supplier Quality

Operations

Travel

Education

Bachelors degree

Masters degree

Job description

Carrier Global Corporation, based in Charlotte, NC, seeks a senior manufacturing and supplier development professional to lead readiness, recovery, and improvement initiatives with assigned suppliers. The role emphasizes hands-on assessment and transformation of supplier processes to drive sustained performance.

You will conduct capacity and readiness assessments, validate bottlenecks, and drive corrective actions on-site with suppliers.