Sr Mgr, CmmdtyMgmt&Sourcing

About Carrier

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The Senior Category Manager will lead Carriers centralized $350M+ Copper and Aluminum categories 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 Carrier’s 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 Carrier’s 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 $350M.

·        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's degree

·        7+ year’s experience with strategic sourcing for a global industrial manufacturer

·        30% travel including some international trips

Preferred Qualifications:

·        MBA and/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 to independently 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

Pay Range

The annual salary for this position is between $117,500.00 - $234,500.00 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range include, but are not limited to, skills, education, experience, and other unique qualifications of the successful candidate.

Other Compensation

This position is entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.

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

To learn more about our benefits offering, please click here Work with us | Carrier Corporate . The specific benefits available to any employee may vary depending on state and local laws and eligibility factors, such as date of hire and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Carrier EEO Statement and Accommodations Process

Carrier is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. Carrier provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with section 503 of Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, participate in an interview, or otherwise engage in the hiring process, please contact us at [email protected] . We will make every effort to meet your needs in accordance with applicable laws.

Application Deadline

Applications will be accepted for at least 3  days from Job Posting Date: 25 June 2026

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Use of AI

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