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 1,300+ 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 2–3 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 90–120 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 6–9 months to under 3 months. 

Minimum 

• Bachelor's 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.