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Carrier is the leading global provider of healthy, safe and sustainable building and cold chain solutions with a world-class, diverse workforce with business segments covering HVAC, refrigeration, and fire and security. We make modern life possible by delivering safer, smarter and more sustainable services that make a difference to people and our planet while revolutionizing industry trends. This is why we come to work every day. Join us and we can make a difference together.

About this role

The Senior Manager will develop and implement a sourcing strategy for Professional Services in support of Carrier’s long-term strategy goals, including improving efficiency, reducing risk, and increasing value.

This spend is highly complex in nature and requires a close collaboration with key stakeholders at every level of the organization to execute. This individual will provide end-to-end category leadership such as strategy development, creating consulting programs, maintaining key relationships within the business, and managing key supplier relationships.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and category oversight to include sourcing strategy execution, negotiations, contract implementation and performance against established targets

• Manage supplier relationships, communicate changes to category strategy, execute joint collaborative initiatives, and monitor supplier contract negotiations

• Develop Consulting preferred supplier program

• Operational and spend analysis, development and execution of annual sourcing strategies, supplier negotiations, supplier performance management & operational support.

• Build and maintain relationships throughout every level of the organization, that results in dynamic interactive dialogue on a broad range of perspectives and information critical to identify sourcing needs and leading to the development of optimal approaches and solutions

• Develop deep supplier relationships with strategic suppliers to include data review and analysis, performance management, and development and improvement to provide end to end value, and bring innovation to the business

• Identifies business demand requirements and partners with Business Units to deliver annual value improvements and drives competitive advantage

• Responsible for overall relationship with multiple strategic accounts across a given category.

• Leads sourcing process from RFQ to contract signature

• Ensures supplier or commodity is performing to the designed requirements from delivery, quality and cost perspective through established governance programs

• Identify, develop and direct the implementation of supply chain goals and category strategies, based on deep subject matter expertise and an understanding of industry/market dynamics

• Escalate issues that may impact the supply chain organization and effectively manages issues

• Strong project management capabilities to support effective initiative, program and spend tracking

• Committed to supporting supplier diversity and other important supply chain initiatives

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of experience in procurement or supply chain management OR Advance degree with 5+ years of experience in procurement or supply chain management

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA

• Ability to lead a global team to achieve results through leadership & influence.

• Consultancy and Services Procurement Experience

• Ability to exercise independent business judgment to drive strategy and results.

• Ability to excel in a dynamic environment.

• Ability to lead analysis and resolution of complex problems where success requires the evaluation of both tangible and intangible variables.

• Strong communication skills and business acumen

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Carrier is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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