Senior Manager, Subcontractor Management

Own the cost compliance speed and capacity of the subcontracted labor base that executes CSA service MOD and upgrade work. This role converts an unmanaged 1300 vendor tail into a tiered contracted competitively bid bench and is measured on two outcomes: dollars out of subcontract cost and days out of backlog-to-revenue.

Bench Capacity and Sourcing

• Build and maintain a qualified subcontractor bench sized to forecast demand by trade and by region.

• Maintain 23 qualified subs per critical trade per region; eliminate single-source trades.

• Own the regional subcontractor AVL register.

Bidding and Cost Control

• Run competitive bid events on the Building Connected platform; move subcon spend under active bid from 10% to over 33%.

• Build and maintain trade rate cards; eliminate project-level ad-hoc pricing.

• Own the regional productivity number and feed the bottoms-up productivity pipeline.

Onboarding Contracting and Compliance

• Onboard subcontractors against standard master subcontract agreements with insurance EMR and risk vetting complete before mobilization.

• Drive onboarding cycle time from 90120 days to under 14 days.

• 100% AVL and contract compliance; no work performed off-contract.

Performance Tiering and Safety

• Deploy and maintain Gold/Silver/Bronze tiering across the assigned base; route volume to Gold.

• Run quarterly scorecards on schedule adherence rework safety incidents and change-order rate.

• Own subcontractor safety qualification and incident follow-through with EH&S.

Backlog Conversion and Cross-Functional Execution

• Participate in the MAU / Subcon war room cadence (twice weekly); own the subcontractor escalation path direct to subs.

• Partner with Operations PMO Finance and Legal to pull backlog revenue conversion from 69 months to under 3 months.

Minimum

• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Engineering Construction Management or Business.

• 5 years in sourcing subcontract management or trade-labor procurement; 2 years managing spend above $50M.

• Demonstrated quantified $5M savings on labor or services categories not parts alone.

• 3 years experience working command of master subcontract agreements COI / insurance lien and change-order exposure.

• 3 years experience competitive bidding rate-card construction and should-cost on labor.

Preferred

• HVAC field service building services mechanical / electrical contracting or construction subcontracting.

• Experience with BuildingConnected Procore SAP / Coupa or equivalent bid and vendor platforms.

• CPSM PMP or Six Sigma certification.

• Experience standing up a tiering or preferred-supplier program from scratch.