Senior Manager Indirect Procurement
Company: Carrier
Location: Saint Paul
Posted on: April 28, 2024
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Job Description:
Country:
United States of America
Location:
CADMN: FS Kidde Detector 6901 West 110th Street, Minneapolis, MN,
55438 USA
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.
With approximately 1,400 employees operating in more than 20
countries, Carrier's Industrial Fire business is a global leader in
fire detection and suppression solutions for high-hazard
applications across verticals such as critical infrastructure, oil
and gas, marine and clean energy. Our global team leverages strong
customer relationships across four recognized brands, Det-Tronics,
Marioff, Autronica, and Fireye, to deliver differentiated lifecycle
solutions and advance growth across key segments.
About this role
Industrial Fire has an opportunity for a Senior Manager Indirect
Procurement who can work on a strategic level to ensure that the
procurements goals are met. This is an individual contributor role
onsite in either Minneapolis MN, Stamford CT or Derry NH .
Some of the duties will include to manage indirect procurement
sourcing strategy and drive productivity; establish logistic and
warehouse solutions for the Industrial fire business; and to build
strong business partnership with Indirect, Logistic and warehouse
suppliers to meet business current and future needs.
We value our people and offer an extensive benefits package, with
financial rewards including health insurance, retirement savings
plan, and also lifestyle support with flexible working and parental
leave. Plus, we'll support your growth with paid-for external
training programs and courses.
Key Responsibilities
Indirect Sourcing
Provide strategic leadership & oversight for indirect procurement
activities & savings opportunities
Operational and spend analysis, development & execution of annual
sourcing strategies, vendor negotiations, performance management &
operational support.
Develop longer-term strategies to address vendor issues & business
process outsourcing opportunities
Partner with digital team on automation solutions to manage
indirect procurement
Analyze suppliers' operations to determine factors that affect
prices & lowest cost consistent with quality, reliability, &
ability to meet required schedules
Responsible for overall relationship & escalations for key vendor
accounts
Lead sourcing process from RFQ to contract signature
Ensure suppliers or vendors are performing to the designed
requirements from delivery, quality, & cost perspective
Warehousing
Create 1-, 3- and 5-year strategy for warehousing optimization
Own the commercial negotiations & open items with 3PL providers
Oversee the 3PL performance i.e., initial business requirements,
competitive sourcing, & implementation
Work closely with local distribution center leaders as escalation
point for support & onsite leadership
Lead projects to implement new warehouses, increase automation &
improve productivity
Promote the "Carrier Excellence for Warehouses" program, leverage
best practices, standard procedures, performance, & innovation
across all BU locations & operating regions
Incorporate emerging technologies & business trends in logistics,
transportation, & distribution/warehousing into the strategic
plan
Maintain regular reviews of metrics & trends, improvements, &
variances with all stakeholders & maintain quarterly Distribution
Centre (DC) reviews
Manage logistics costs within budget & achieve year over year
improvement
Transportation
Support logistics transportation procurement for all modes
Create & maintain preferred vendor routing guides
Work with factories & broader business logistics teams to ensure
process, lane & vendor compliance
Leverage data analytics & business intelligence to monitor
operational performance & identify optimization opportunities
Ensure air freight compliance to the approved workflow process
Share best practices across sites & businesses to reduce costs and
improve efficiency
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree
8+ years indirect or direct procurement experience
Preferred Qualifications
Master's degree with 5+years global supply chain management
experience
Lead a cross-functional global team to achieve results through
leadership & influence
Business judgment to drive strategy and results
Excel in a dynamic environment
Lead analysis and resolution of complex problems and evaluate
tangible & intangible variables
RSRCAR
#LI-onsite
Pay Range:
$136,950 - $191,938 Annually
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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