Strategic Materials Planning Manager

Carrier; Kentucky; On-site; USD 96,000 - 192,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Benefits

Retirement Benefits

Paid Time Off

Disability

Life Insurance

Job summary

Carrier Global Corporation in the United States seeks a Planning Manager to lead end-to-end material planning, ensuring uninterrupted flow that supports production schedules, inventory objectives, and customer commitments.

You will direct Material Planners, Supplier Readiness/Expediting, and Materials Risk Management, while driving MRP execution, planning governance, and cross-functional collaboration with Manufacturing, Procurement, Logistics, Engineering and Finance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 7+ years of materials, warehouse, logistics, or supply chain experience.
• Experience influencing teams through reporting and risk management preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the material planning organization to ensure uninterrupted supply of purchased materials.
• Drive execution of MRP, replenishment processes, and purchase order management.
• Establish planning standards, governance, and work processes across all planners.
• Ensure alignment between SIOP, MPS, MRP, Clear-to-Build, S&O, and production execution.
• Lead shortage management activities and drive proactive recovery plans.
• Monitor material availability and escape risks before production impact occurs.
• Lead supplier readiness and expediting activities for critical materials.
• Oversee high-risk supplier escalations and recovery actions.
• Drive supplier commitment management, past-due PO recovery, and shipment visibility.
• Coordinate cross-functional actions to resolve supply constraints.
• Reduce premium freight through proactive supplier management and planning discipline.
• Own enterprise visibility to constrained materials, long lead-time parts, and supply chain risks.
• Establish risk identification processes and mitigation strategies.
• Drive reporting and communication of supply risks to leadership.
• Ensure contingency plans are developed and executed for critical shortages.
• Monitor supplier lead time variability and global supply chain disruptions.
• Balance inventory levels with service requirements and working capital objectives.
• Partner with Inventory Control to improve inventory health and accuracy.
• Drive reduction of excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory through planning actions.
• Ensure planning decisions support inventory turns and supply chain optimization.
• Lead planning activities supporting service level and production goals.

Skills

Materials Planning

MRP

Cross-Functional Leadership

Inventory Management

Supplier Management

Data Analytics

ERP/MRP Knowledge

Risk Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Windchill

JDE

LeanDNA

Job description

Carrier Global Corporation in the United States seeks a Planning Manager to lead end-to-end material planning, ensuring uninterrupted flow that supports production schedules, inventory objectives, and customer commitments.

You will direct Material Planners, Supplier Readiness/Expediting, and Materials Risk Management, while driving MRP execution, planning governance, and cross-functional collaboration with Manufacturing, Procurement, Logistics, Engineering and Finance.