Category Manager - Fans & Blowers (Santa Catarina)

Location: Santa Catarina, Reciente León, Mexico

Job Category: Supply Chain

Country: Mexico

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

Role: Category Manager

Employment Type: Full-time

About the role

As a Category Manager, you will be responsible for developing and executing a strategic plan for the fans and blower category, maintaining strong relationships with strategic suppliers and ensuring they meet Carrier's requirements in terms of delivery, quality, and cost.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a strategic plan for the fans and blower category.
• Maintain overall relationships with multiple strategic suppliers for that specific commodity group.
• Coordinate with the supplier quality team to resolve commodity issues, including root cause analysis and error-proofing to mitigate impact on the business.
• Negotiate prices, assess supplier capabilities, select new suppliers, narrow the supplier base, and work with suppliers to establish mutually beneficial relationships, improving their ability to provide quality, cost-effective materials while minimizing inventory.
• Ensure the supplier or commodity team meets Carrier's delivery, quality, and cost requirements.
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal and/or state laws, regulations, and company policies, procedures, work rules, standards, and guidelines.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• 5+ years of experience in category management and/or supply chain.
• Master’s Degree in business management, engineering, or supply chain management.
• Experience in electronics or electromechanical category management.
• Experience with wire harnesses.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Cost reduction project leadership experience in a related environment.
• Technical acumen/understanding of commodity management and the ability to quickly learn products and industry.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-cultural suppliers on technical and logistics issues.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail and superior follow-up and follow-through skills.
• Team player and influencing skills required to establish and sustain a lean culture.
• Leading and engaging cross-functional teams.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Professional development opportunities.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

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.