- Salary
- $96k – $192k
- Location
- CAN72: SC CHARLOTTE, 5900 Northwoods Business Parkway, Charlotte, NC, 28269 USA, United States of America
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Type
- Full-time
- Seniority
- Manager
- Experience
- 7+ years
- Education
- Master
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- Workday
Description
About Carrier
Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow on Carrier social media at @Carrier.
About This Role:
Executes supplier readiness, recovery, and improvement initiatives across assigned suppliers. This role works directly on-site with suppliers to eliminate constraints, validate capacity, drive corrective actions, and build the operational capability needed for sustained performance.
This is a senior technical role focused on execution excellence, hands-on assessment, and transformation of supplier processes
Job Description:
Supplier Assessment & Diagnostics
- Conduct supplier capacity, capability, and readiness assessments across staffing, equipment, tooling, process stability, layout, flow, and quality systems.
- Validate production capacity, real throughput vs. quoted capacity, bottlenecks, and production allocation.
Readiness & Recovery Execution
- Execute structured RCA, 5-Why, fishbone, PFMEA reviews, and corrective action implementation.
- Lead on-site activities to support capacity expansion, process optimization, and throughput improvements.
- Track and verify closure of recovery actions and readiness deliverables.
- Support readiness for NPI milestones, volume ramps, and technology changes.
Operational Improvement & Capability Building
- Deploy Lean tools (5S, flow optimization, standard work, visual management) at supplier sites.
- Support dual sourcing, alternate supplier qualification, and footprint diversification.
- Partner with supplier leadership to establish sustainable systems and controls preventing issue recurrence.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with Supplier Analytics/Performance teams to interpret early warning signals and capacity risk indicators.
- Collaborate with Quality, Engineering, Materials, and Strategic Sourcing to ensure alignment between readiness work and supplier performance goals.
- Provide technical insights into sourcing decisions and supplier onboarding.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree
- 7+ years of experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Supplier Development, Supplier Quality, or Operations
- 3+ years of experience in production processes, capacity modeling, process flow, and operational diagnostics
Preferred Qualifications:
- Masters degree
- Engineering or Supply Chain degree preferred (Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical, Systems) or equivalent experience.
- Experience working directly on the supplier shop floor and leading change in difficult environments.
- Skilled in RCA, Lean tools, process improvement, and readiness criteria execution.
- Strong execution discipline, resilience, and the ability to drive sustained change.
Pay Range
The annual salary for this position is between $96,000.00 - $192,000.00 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
To learn more about our benefits offering, please click here Work with us | Carrier Corporate. The specific benefits available to any employee may vary depending on state and local laws and eligibility factors, such as date of hire and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Carrier EEO Statement and Accommodations Process
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.
If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, participate in an interview, or otherwise engage in the hiring process, please contact us at [email protected]. We will make every effort to meet your needs in accordance with applicable laws.
Application Deadline
Applications will be accepted for at least 3 days from Job Posting Date: 13 August 2026Job Applicant's Privacy Notice
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Use of AI
Technology-enabled tools may support parts of the recruitment process, with oversight by people.
