Senior Sourcing Manager

Company: Carrier
Location: Charlotte
Posted on: May 17, 2025

Job Description:

Country:
United States of America
Location:
CAN03: Carrier-Charlotte, NC 9701 Old Statesville Road, Charlotte, NC, 28269 USA

Carrier Global Corporation , a global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating solutions that matter for people and our planet for generations to come. From the beginning, we've led in inventing new technologies and entirely new industries. Today, we continue to lead because we have a world-class, diverse workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow Carrier on social media at @Carrier .

About this role

Carrier HVAC in North America is dedicated to delivering excellence in supply chain management and building strong, collaborative relationships with our suppliers.

The Senior Sourcing Manager will be reporting to US Regional Supply Chain Leader, the focus of this position will be on the sourcing activities in the Charlotte Production facility. The Senior Sourcing Manager manages a team of Sourcing Specialists and plays a crucial role in the productivity of this operation, by closely working with the Operations Team to deliver to business' goals.

We are looking for someone that can work effectively and independently in a dynamic, complex environment.

This is an onsite role based out of Charlotte with the ability to travel 30% of the time to suppliers.

We value our people and offer an extensive benefits package, with financial rewards including health insurance, retirement savings plan, and also lifestyle support with flexible working and parental leave. Plus, we'll support your growth with paid-for external training programs and courses.

Key Responsibilities

• Supplier Relationship Management: Foster strong relationships with suppliers, monitor supplier performance, support supplier evaluations, and drive continuous improvement initiatives. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address supplier-related issues and ensure timely resolution.Conduct performance reviews at least once a quarter with all strategic and/or at-risk suppliers.
• Drive supplier performance: Identify systemic issues with performance (quality, delivery, warranty, etc.), regularly on-site visits to critical suppliers, and collaboratively develop and support countermeasures and activities to mitigate and exceed targets with KPIs, such as on-time delivery, supplier capacity, and total of weeks of materials available for production clear to build.
• Risk Management: Assess and mitigate risks associated with the sourcing process, including supply chain disruptions, quality issues, regulatory compliance, and geopolitical factors related to assigned categories. Assist with contingency plans to minimize potential impact on operations.
• Continuous Improvement: Leverage Carrier Excellence Tools to foster a culture of continuous improvement, using data analytics and technology tools to enhance the sourcing processes.
• Data Analysis and Reporting: Develop and manage metrics and performance indicators to track supplier performance trends, monitor progress, and generate actionable insights. Prepare regular reports and presentations for leadership, highlighting key findings, achievements, and recommendations.
• Escalation: Be single point of contact for plant to escalate supply chain concerns/issues and to coordinate effort to provide quick resolution.
• Coordination: Coordinate with commodity teams, materials, operations, engineering, finance, and/or quality to complete projects and achieve expected benefits within project timeline.
• People management: Coach and mentor direct reports.
  
  Basic Qualifications
  
  • Bachelor's degree
  • 6 + years of progressive work experience in sourcing programs, supplier performance and/or building supplier relationships
  • 4 + years of experience in a manufacturing environment
  • 4+ years of experience in leading a team of professionals
    
    Preferred Qualifications
    
    • Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, administration, or business administration
    • Master's degree
    • Project management and leadership skills
    • Lead a team in a multiple functional group environment
    • Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
    • Team player
    • Understand and interact with diverse groups and cultures
    • Time-management skills
    • Self-starter, assertive and result oriented
    • Data driven decision making
    • Exposure in a dynamic, fast paced work and challenging environment
    • English communication skills to provide briefings at all levels of management
    • Lean manufacturing or 6 Sigma Green Belt/Black Belt and process improvement
    • Influence decisions downstream and upstream
    • Oracle & SAP experience in a global environment
    • Microsoft 365 with advanced Excel
      
      Additional information:
      
      • This position doesn't support immigration sponsorship
        
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