Associate Director, Supply Chain Management SIOP

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.

Key Responsibilities -

• Manage daily tactical activities to support manufacturing continuity
• Lead transformation with effective change management
• Take ownership and follow-through on cost, quality, and delivery commitments.
• Utilize problem-solving skills and insistently attack problems facing the business
• Provide managers and buyers with guidance, direction, and solutions
• Manage material productivity, payment term improvement, on-time delivery, low-cost country sourcing, dual-sourcing, contracting, and supplier rationalization
• Provide input and business idiosyncrasies to global commodity/category leaders
• Work with the commodity team for supplier selection and implement sourcing decisions.
• Act as a strong team player to drive global initiatives
• Negotiate and award purchase orders/contracts in support of new product launches and existing production requirements
• Lead continuous improvement and standardization events across sites
• Generate value, productivity, and achieve financial commitments through the execution of unmatched negotiations and VALVE initiatives
• People leader – direct responsibility for sourcing managers and buyers. Provide coaching, leadership, and guidance
• 25-50% Travel

Required Qualifications –

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 7+ years of experience managing and directing teams in a supply chain environment to include Sourcing and Procurement.
• 2+ years of experience with SIOP to drive operational efficiencies.

Preferred Qualifications –

• Master’s degree
• Understand the corporate and global business environment
• Professional presence and ability to communicate across all levels within the organization
• Ability to work on complex problems in a nebulous environment
• Ability to actively engage with operations daily and provide immediate solutions on shortages and quality concerns
• Ability to exercise independent judgment in developing methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
• Relentless drive to overachieve, outstanding team player, strategic mind but detailed oriented to execute, ability to triangulate opinions to formulate actions
• Understanding of MRP tools (SAP, Oracle)

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