.**Country**:Mexico**Location**:LOC5001: Carrier - Plant A, Galeana 469 Ote, Santa Catarina, 66350 Mexico**Role**: Strategic Supplier Manager - HR & Marketing Category**Location**: CMXA - Hybrid.**Build a career with confidence**Carrier Global Corporation, 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**Leads team of intermediate to experienced Procurement professionals, setting objectives and guiding others on RFPs, negotiation strategy, cost accountability, and/or program execution. Reviews prices, manufacturing processes, and contracts and makes recommendations for changes to ensure a successful procurement process.**Key Responsibilities**:- Provide strategic leadership and category oversight to include sourcing strategy execution, negotiations, contract implementation and performance against established targets- Manage supplier relationships, communicate changes to category strategy, execute joint collaborative initiatives, and monitor supplier contract negotiations- Develop Consulting preferred supplier program- Operational and spend analysis, development and execution of annual sourcing strategies, supplier negotiations, supplier performance management & operational support.- Build and maintain relationships throughout every level of the organization, that results in dynamic interactive dialogue on a broad range of perspectives and information critical to identify sourcing needs and leading to the development of optimal approaches and solutions- Develop deep supplier relationships with strategic suppliers to include data review and analysis, performance management and development and improvement of end to end value, and bring innovation to the business- Identifies business demand requirements and partners with Business Units to deliver annual value improvements and drives competitive advantage- Responsible for overall relationship with multiple strategic accounts across a given category.- Leads sourcing process from RFQ to contract signature- Ensures supplier or commodity is performing to the designed requirements from delivery, quality and cost perspective through established governance programs- Escalate issues that may impact the supply chain organization and effectively manages issues- Strong project management capabilities to support effective initiative, program and spend tracking- Committed to supporting supplier diversity and other important supply chain initiative**Requirements**:- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, or a related field (Master's degree preferred)