Steel Fabrication Procurement Leader

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Role Responsibilities:

• Collaborate within the Global Category team and across Product Management and Engineering to develop long-term strategy and technology roadmap
• Align the roadmap and ensure we have the correct portfolio of suppliers with capabilities to meet all business objectives
• Identification of potential supply risk and development of mitigating strategies
• Work with engineering and product safety team to define critical standards for supplier selection for assigned category
• Lead supplier selection for all NPI by teaming up with engineering / product management at start of new product conception
• Manage the approved vendor list for category spend and communicate throughout the organization most preferred / least preferred suppliers
• Ensure a competitive sourcing environment by driving efforts for dual qualification of supply, routinely quoting incumbent spend, and working with sites to ensure suppliers routinely challenged on cost
• Negotiate best in class long term supply contracts
• Interface with cross functional teams to assess current and future sourcing needs in terms of technology, cost, and mfg. location / lead-time
• Deliver periodic executive business review of category (5-year plan) focusing on overall strategy, industry landscape, supplier capabilities, performance, and technical roadmaps
• Help define strategic business objectives from a cost, delivery, contracting and NPI perspective
• Maintain working knowledge of market trends, key drivers of supply conditions, and cost structure along with any technology shifts ongoing
• Travel to supplier manufacturing locations to assess "ground conditions", foster healthy working relationships, and deliver key messages to supplier leadership
• Manage overall supplier relationships for top suppliers in category

Role

Purpose:

• Heavy Gauge Steel Fab Procurement leader
• Leader for team of 4 with >$500M annual spend

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree
• 5+ years in procurement or strategic sourcing

• 5+ years' experience being a team leader

• 5+ years' experience negotiating with international suppliers

• 20% travel international and domestic

Preferred Requirements

• Excellent verbal communication skills

• Global supply chain experience working with diverse worldwide team spanning multiple time zones

• Strong understanding of strategic sourcing concepts and tools(SAP, Excel, PowerBI)

• Very comfortable with Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

Pay Range
The annual salary for this position is between $ - $ annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range include, but are not limited to, skills, education, experience, and other unique qualifications of the successful candidate.

Other Compensation
This position is entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.

Benefits

Employees are eligible for benefits, including:

• Health Care Benefits
  :
  Medical, Dental, Vision;
  Wellness incentives
• Retirement Benefits
• Time off and Leave
  :
  Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation
• Disability
  :
  Short-term and long-term disability
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
• Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account;
  Health Care Spending Account;
  Dependent Care Spending Account
• Tuition Assistance

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Carrier is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. Carrier provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with section 503 of Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.

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