Role: Sr. Manager, Commodity Management & Sourcing

Location: Santa Catarina, Mexico

Full/Part-time: Full-time

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Carrier Global Corporation, a global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating solutions that matter for people and our planet for generations to come. From the beginning, we've led in inventing new technologies and entirely new industries. Today, we continue to lead because we have a world-class, diverse workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do.

About the role

The Sr. Manager, Commodity Management & Sourcing is a pivotal leadership role focused on significantly improving supplier performance, elevating customer satisfaction, and achieving substantial cost savings and avoidance across the organization. This position requires a strategic thinker with deep operational expertise and a strong track record of driving results within a dynamic supply chain environment.

Key Responsibilities

As a Sr. Manager, Commodity Management & Sourcing, you'll be responsible for:

• Ensuring supplier service assurance by proactively managing and maintaining high service levels from all key suppliers.
• Managing supplier relationships and performance through regular reviews and improvement plans to optimize quality, on-time delivery, cost-effectiveness, and overall partnership.
• Leading complex supplier negotiations to secure favorable terms, optimize contracts, and drive competitive pricing while maintaining quality and service.
• Applying strong knowledge of manufacturing processes, capacity analysis, and service metrics—ideally with hands-on experience on the production floor.
• Leading strategic planning initiatives between production facilities and suppliers to ensure seamless operations and material flow, while fostering cross-functional collaboration.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Operations, or a related field.
• 8–10 years of progressive experience in supplier management, procurement, commodity management, or related roles, with a proven track record in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience leading high-performing teams.
• Exceptional negotiation skills with a results-oriented drive to achieve supplier objectives.
• Solid understanding of manufacturing processes, capacity analysis, and service metrics, ideally with substantial time working on the production floor.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret complex data, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and build strong relationships at all levels, both internally and externally.
• Proven track record of driving significant supplier performance improvements and delivering measurable cost savings.
• Familiarity with industry standards, quality management systems, and advanced supplier performance methodologies.
• Advanced English proficiency.
• Availability to travel 30%–35% of the time due to U.S.-based responsibilities.
• Experience in multinational or complex manufacturing environments
• Knowledge of programming or scheduling.
• Exposure to digital supply chain tools or ERP systems

Benefits

We are committed to offering competitive benefits programs for all of our employees and enhancing our programs when necessary.

• Have peace of mind and body with our health insurance
• Drive forward your career through professional development opportunities

Our commitment to you

Our greatest assets are the expertise, creativity and passion of our employees. We strive to provide a great place to work that attracts, develops and retains the best talent, promotes employee engagement, fosters teamwork and ultimately drives innovation for the benefit of our customers. We strive to create an environment where you feel that you belong, with diversity and inclusion as the engine to growth and innovation. We develop and deploy best-in-class programs and practices, providing enriching career opportunities, listening to employee feedback and always challenging ourselves to do better. This is The Carrier Way.

Join us and make a difference.

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