EMEA Category Manager - Finish Goods

À propos de Carrier

Carrier Global Corporation, leader mondial des solutions intelligentes pour le climat et l’énergie, s’engage à développer des innovations qui apportent confort, sécurité et durabilité au quotidien. Grâce à des avancées de pointe dans des solutions climatiques telles que le contrôle de la température, la qualité de l’air et le transport, nous améliorons la vie, soutenons des secteurs essentiels et assurons le transport sécurisé des denrées alimentaires, des médicaments vitaux et bien plus encore. Depuis l’invention de la climatisation moderne en 1902, nous avançons avec une mission claire : améliorer nos vies et le monde que nous partageons. Nous restons leaders grâce à une équipe mondiale, inclusive et d’excellence, qui place le client au cœur de toutes nos actions. Pour en savoir plus, consultez corporate.carrier.com ou suivez Carrier sur les réseaux sociaux @Carrier.

Poste: EMEA Category Manager - Finish Goods (H/F)

Localisation: Montluel

Contrat: Permanent

Build your career with confidence.

By joining Carrier, you become part of the global leader in providing healthy, safe, sustainable, and intelligent solutions to the building and cold chain industries. We create solutions that matter for our planet – and our employees are at the heart of our vision. We are a company of innovators, united by our vision, values, and culture: the "Carrier Way."

As an employer of choice, we aspire to provide an attractive workplace, develop and retain the best talents, promote engagement, foster teamwork, and use innovation to serve our customers. In short, Carrier's strengths lie in the expertise, creativity, and passion of our employees, and we look forward to having you join our team.

The role

Join our team as the EMEA Category Manager (Finished Goods), driving the strategic direction and achievement of targets for the product group across all locations. In this role, you will optimize the supplier portfolio through selection and development, lead cost reduction initiatives, negotiate contracts, and align cross-functional purchasing activities with company objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the category team in implementing strategic tasks and initiatives.

• Plan, develop, and execute measures to optimize commodities, including supplier classification (supplier pyramid).

• Develop, coordinate, and present procurement strategies to management and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Conduct contract and price negotiations; define global conditions in alignment with the chief negotiator.

• Monitor and benchmark global procurement and commodity markets, competitors, and indices.

• Facilitate cross-functional exchange of product group-specific information (e.g., CS JourFix).

• Provide supplier long lists within the Source-to-Contract (S2C) process.

• Manage RFI and RFQ processes in coordination with the chief negotiator (e.g., PKO & dual source).

• Collaborate closely with project purchasing for new developments and partner selection.

• Perform cost analyses to optimize costs with existing suppliers in coordination with series purchasers or negotiators.

• Support SQ&D activities in alignment with negotiators.

• Participate in supplier audits and risk management (e.g., supply chain screening).

• Assume global responsibility for the product group and associated targets, including performance tracking.

Profile

• Requires advanced to expert knowledge obtained through advanced education, combined with experience.

• Substantial knowledge of the organization, programs, or systems of the company to make enhancements within the job area.

• University degree or equivalent. A minimum of 7 years prior relevant experience OR an advanced degree in a related field and a minimum of 5 years of
  experience.

• Business management knowledge

• IT user skills SAP

• Written and spoken English skills

Soft Skills

• Sense of responsibility, independence, good manners, cost awareness, flexibility,

• initiative, ability to work in a team, willingness to undergo further training, willingness to work overtime and travel on business.

• Strategic thinking

• Resilience

• Thinking in numbers

• Assertiveness

• Ability to work in a team

• Entrepreneurial thinking

Our commitment

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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Fourchette de rémunération

La rémunération annuelle pour ce poste est comprise entre €51,500.00-€103,500.00 par an.Les facteurs pouvant influencer la rémunération incluent notamment les compétences, la formation, l’expérience et d’autres qualifications spécifiques du candidat retenu.

Autres éléments de rémunération

Ce poste ouvre droit à des primes à court terme, sous réserve de conditions définies.

Avantages

Nous proposons un package de rémunération globale compétitif pouvant inclure d’autres avantages et programmes de bien-être. Ceux-ci varient selon le poste et le lieu et visent à soutenir la santé, la sécurité et la réussite des collaborateurs.

Égalité de traitement et non-discrimination

Carrier s’engage en faveur de l’égalité de traitement et de la non-discrimination.

Tous les candidats qualifiés seront examinés sans distinction de race, couleur, religion, sexe, orientation sexuelle, identité de genre, origine nationale, âge, handicap ou toute autre catégorie protégée.

Si vous avez besoin d’un aménagement raisonnable pour participer au processus de recrutement, contactez-nous à [email protected].

Date limite de candidature

Les candidatures seront acceptées pendant au moins 14 jours à compter de la date de publication : 3 June 2026

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