Sr. Purchasing and planning

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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

As a Sr. Purchasing and planning, you will play a key role in ensuring the continuity of supply for equipment and spare parts operations. This position is responsible for managing purchasing and demand planning activities, coordinating with international suppliers, and maintaining visibility of critical materials to support operational excellence and customer satisfaction.

You will work closely with Customer Service, Logistics, Sales, and suppliers to proactively resolve shortages, reduce backorders, and improve material availability across the business.

Key Responsibilities:

As a Sr. Purchasing and planning, you’ll be responsible for:

• Execute demand planning activities for equipment and spare parts, aligning commercial requirements with inventory availability.

• Create, manage, and follow up on purchase orders with domestic and international suppliers.

• Monitor inventory levels, backorders, lead times, and material shortages to ensure operational continuity.

• Coordinate with Customer Service, Logistics, Sales, and suppliers to prioritize deliveries and resolve supply chain deviations.

• Maintain visibility of open orders, critical materials, supplier confirmations, and operational risks.

• Prevent duplicate purchases, supply errors, and excess or obsolete inventory exposure.

• Expedite supplier deliveries and follow up on shipments, commitments, and material receipts.

• Support procurement operational processes including supplier communication, reporting, and purchasing analysis.

Requirements

We are looking for people who are analytical, proactive, detail-oriented, and capable of working in a fast-paced operational environment. If this is you, get in touch.

As a minimum you must have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Logistics, International Trade, or related field.

• 3+ years of experience in procurement, purchasing, demand planning, supply chain, or materials planning.

• Experience managing purchase orders, supplier follow-up, and inventory control activities.

• Experience working in dynamic operational environments with equipment, spare parts, or imported materials.

• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills.

• Experience using ERP systems such as SAP, JD Edwards, Oracle, or similar.

• Intermediate to advanced English skills for communication with international suppliers.

• Strong analytical skills, sense of urgency, follow-through, and operational discipline.

Although not necessary, it would be nice if you have:

• Experience in manufacturing, HVAC, industrial equipment, or distribution environments.

• Knowledge of inventory KPIs such as OTIF, Fill Rate, Backorders, or Lead Time management.

• Experience supporting cross-functional supply chain operations in regional or global environments.

Benefits

We are committed to offering competitive benefits programs for all of our employees, and enhancing our programs when necessary.

• Have peace of mind and body with our health insurance

• Drive forward your career through professional development opportunities

• Competitive benefits package and employee support programs

Our commitment to you

Our greatest assets are the expertise, creativity and passion of our employees. We strive to provide a great place to work that attracts, develops and retains the best talent, promotes employee engagement, fosters teamwork and ultimately drives innovation for the benefit of our customers. We strive to create an environment where you feel that you belong, with diversity and inclusion as the engine to growth and innovation. We develop and deploy best-in-class programs and practices, providing enriching career opportunities, listening to employee feedback and always challenging ourselves to do better. This is The Carrier Way.

Join us and make a difference.

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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.

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