Mgr, CmmdtyMgmt&Sourcing- Fabricated Tubes, Valves, Copper, and Heat Exchangers

Date Posted:

2022-12-07-08:00

Country:

United States of America

Location:

CAN03: Carrier-Charlotte, NC 9701 Old Statesville Road, Charlotte, NC, 28269 USA

About this role

The Commodity Manager will be responsible for the development of supply strategy for a critical category of spend within Carrier's Commercial HVAC business unit. This individual will provide overarching supply leadership through the creation of a 5-year strategic roadmap and indisputably be the subject matter expert across NA Commercial HVAC. The CM will coordinate closely with the wider supply organization, engineering, quality, and product management to ensure alignment on strategic direction of direct material supply.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate within the Global Category team and across Product Management and Engineering to develop long-term strategy and technology roadmap
• Align the roadmap and ensure we have the correct portfolio of suppliers with capabilities to meet all business objectives
• Identification of potential supply risk and development of mitigating strategies
• Work with engineering and product safety team to define critical standards for supplier selection for assigned category
• Help influence supplier selection for all NPI by teaming up with engineering / product management at start of new product conception
• Manage the approved vendor list for category spend and communicate throughout the organization most preferred / least preferred suppliers
• Ensure a competitive sourcing environment by driving efforts for dual qualification of supply, routinely quoting incumbent spend, and working with sites to ensure suppliers routinely challenged on cost
• Negotiate best in class long term supply contracts
• Interface with cross functional teams to assess current and future sourcing needs in terms of technology, cost, and mfg. location / lead-time
• Deliver periodic executive business review of category (5-year plan) focusing on overall strategy, industry landscape, supplier capabilities, performance, and technical roadmaps
• Help define strategic business objectives from a cost, delivery, contracting and NPI perspective
• Manage overall supplier relationships for top suppliers in category
• Maintain working knowledge of market trends, key drivers of supply conditions, and cost structure along with any technology shifts ongoing
• Travel to supplier manufacturing locations to assess "ground conditions", foster healthy working relationships, and deliver key messages to supplier leadership

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5+ years of procurement or sourcing experience
• 2+ years of Global supply chain experience working with diverse worldwide team spanning multiple time zones
• 2+ years of successful negotiation experience with international suppliers
• Ability to Travel 20% domestic and international

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Supply Chain Management or General Business Administration with a concentration in Supply Chain
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Familiarity with strategic sourcing concepts and tools
• Very comfortable with Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Professional presence and ability to communicate across various levels within a global organization
• Ability to work on complex problems in a nebulous environment
• Aptitude for supplier negotiations; actively seeking out opportunities to engage supply partners on range of topics
• Exercises independent judgment in developing methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
• Utilize problem solving skills and relentlessly attack all challenges facing the business

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