Senior Manager, Commodity Management & Sourcing

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The Senior Category Manager will lead Carriers $200M Valves and Fittings spend. This role is a key part of the CSA Supply Chain organization reporting to the Director for Copper & Aluminum Sourcing Leader.

This leader is responsible for providing sustained competitive advantage in product cost quality and production flexibility across Carriers 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 Carriers supply chain organization to provide the company significant savings increasing productivity managing inflation/deflation and driving excellence in category strategy

Job Responsibilities:

Manages global category spend for approximately $200M.

Responsible for building and executing category strategy for Copper and Aluminum material 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 degree

7 years experience with strategic sourcing for a global industrial manufacturer

30% travel including some international trips

Preferred Qualifications:

MBA 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 toindependently 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

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Benefits

Employees are eligible for benefits including:

• Health Care Benefits: Medical Dental Vision; Wellness incentives

• Retirement Benefits

• Time off and Leave: Paid vacation days up to 15 days; paid sick days up to 5 days; paid personal leave up to 5 days; paid holidays up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation

• Disability: Short-term and long-term disability

• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment

• Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account

• Tuition Assistance

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