Sr. Category Manager

Carrier; Carolina (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Carrier is seeking a Senior Category Manager to lead centralized $200M+ category spend across the NA footprint, driving best-in-class sourcing strategies and partnering with engineering, quality, and product teams.

With 7+ years in strategic sourcing for a global industrial manufacturer, you will influence cost, quality, and production flexibility while managing supplier relationships and negotiations. 30% travel and MBA/CPM certifications are a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 7+ years in strategic sourcing or VAVE for a global industrial manufacturer.
• Willingness to travel up to 30% domestically and internationally.
• MBA and/or CPM/CPSM/CIRM/CPIM certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage global category spend of ~ $200M.
• Develop and execute category strategies optimizing affordability, availability, agility, and innovation.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration with suppliers, engineering, quality, and product management.
• Own vendor performance data and report metrics to leadership.
• Oversee negotiations, new product development, supplier qualification, pricing changes, quality, and capacity.
• Develop commodity management team with regional and Center of Excellence.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Leadership

Negotiation

Analytical ability

Education

Bachelor's Degree

MBA

Job description

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 Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VAVE) for a global industrial manufacturer engineering for a global industrial manufacturer
• Ability to Travel 30% of the time, including domestic and 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