Procurement Manager

Job Number: 3957

External Description:

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 Procurement Manager executes processes, standards, and operational plans in support of Procurement goals, including RFPs, negotiations, cost accountability, and/or program execution. Authorizes purchase orders, approve payments, and responds to client issues to ensure the procurement process goes smoothly.

The available opportunity is a critical role within Carrier’s fast paced commercial chiller manufacturing business. It requires a self-directed focus on achieving and exceeding cost targets while simultaneously driving improved supplier resiliency. Carrier Charlotte Chiller Operations is continuing through a sustained period of product redesign and aggressive cost improvement that will provide and challenging and rewarding opportunity for a supply chain professional looking to grow their career.

Key Responsibilities:

• Integrate global category strategies with program deliverables
• Prepare and process request for quotations, requisitions, and purchase orders
• Locate suppliers of materials and components and perform quantitative supplier selection for new products
• Negotiate contracts and formulate policies with suppliers
• Project management of supplier activities in support of program milestones and production launch
• Determine inventory stocking and logistics strategies for suppliers with lead times longer than market driven customer lead time requirements
• Develop and execute cost reduction strategies and projects
• Develop regional, alternate qualified sources to ensure a resilient supply chain

Required Qualifications:

• BA/BS degree.
• 4+ years commercial project management or data analytics experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and bills of material. 
• Highly energetic and success driven
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills with the ability to be persuasive
• Ability to succeed in the day-to-day management of competing priorities
• Technical knowledge / understanding of the commercial HVAC product industry or ability to learn expeditiously
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail
• Quantitative spreadsheet analysis
• A strong working competency and ability to expand capabilities continuously and independently with the following computer software applications: Microsoft Office Suite: Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Access, Power BI, ERP, SAP experience is a benefit, AS400 or CHESS by Xerox

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Job Number: 30131644

Community / Marketing Title: Procurement Manager

Location_formattedLocationLong: North Carolina, US