Associate Director, Commodity Mgmt & Sourcing (Santa Catarina)

Country

Mexico

Location

LOC5021 Planta G : Av. Finsa 3202, Parque Industrial FINSA 1 Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, México, 66350

About Us

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 the Role

Provide daily management and support to category/commodity team members and ensure proper development and execution of comprehensive category/commodity strategies that exceed both short term and long-term targets. Accountable for all commercial negotiations and supplier selections within commodities. Responsible for developing Category/commodity strategy and playbook. Responsible for management of strategic suppliers through formal Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) process and accountable for monitoring supplier risk across all responsible commodities.

Main Responsibilities

• Team Development and Management: Provide daily/weekly support, utilizing MD/CI process.
• Strategic Alignment: Collaborate with regional/sector stakeholders to align category/commodity strategy with broader product and manufacturing goals.
• Opportunity Assessment: Lead team in conducting comprehensive assessments, including spend segmentation, commodity maturity, and cost drivers.
• Sourcing Strategy: Develop and execute sourcing strategies, detailing projects, levers, timing, and expected benefits.
• Project Execution: Oversee sourcing projects, including RFx, continuous improvement, and consolidation.
• Negotiation Strategy: Define negotiation strategy, including supplier profiles, commercial targets, switching costs, and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
• Supplier Selection and Management: Execute commodity blocking strategy, negotiate contracts, and manage supplier relationships through formal SRM process.
• Transformation: Engage with Project teams to support new product development (NPD) and new technology introduction (NTI) initiatives.
• Risk Management: Monitor supplier risk, develop mitigation plans, and manage category/commodity inflation.
• Financial Performance: Ensure cashflow, spend under contract, and productivity targets are met.
• Team Collaboration: Foster a collaborative work environment and present team updates during Quarterly Category/Commodity Reviews (QCRs).

Education and Experience Requirements

• Adequate English level to handle fluent and assertive conversations across general teams (written and spoken).
• BA/BS degree with 10+ years in Supply Chain, Procurement or MA/MBA degree with 8+ years in Supply Chain, Procurement.
• 6+ years of experience in Category/Commodity Management.
• Strong Analytic experience.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Experience with large complex cross functional projects.

Preferred

• Direct experience in the development and management of a global supply.
• Experience managing spend for ~$400M.
• Experience in fabrication of copper and aluminum.

Availability Requirements

• Agrees to work on site and commute to Santa Catarina.
• Availability from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday.
• Ability to travel up to 25% (global).

Key Competencies

• Supply Chain Acumen: Oversees development and execution of GSC strategies/playbooks for assigned components or services, drives utilization of common GSC tools to achieve optimal Carrier results that are Quality, Delivery, Price and Service balanced and corporate/governmental compliant.
• Project Management: Reviews and approves teams’ project plans, oversees project execution, balances projects between short and long-term focus, secures alignment with cross-functional partners.
• Global Business Thinking/Strategizing: Demonstrates deep global knowledge of suppliers, industry trends, emerging markets and technology, builds this knowledge into GSC strategies/playbooks, develops global talent.
• Problem Solving: Identifies/anticipates potential problems, supports root cause analysis, evaluates robustness of corrective action plan and oversees plan implementation.
• Relationship Management: Creates collaborative environment with cross-functional partners, assures regular/appropriate two-way communication flow, builds/maintains relationship with industry peers and suppliers, and reinforces GSC lead on "The Carrier Way" to the supply base.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Carrier is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Em