Materials Lead

About this role:

The Materials Lead owns the end-to-end supply chain for a Carrier manufacturing facility. This role leads the materials organization — planning, procurement, logistics and inventory — ensuring the material flow that powers production.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leads the materials strategy and operations: planning, procurement, logistics, warehousing, and inventory.

• Ensures material availability to meet the production plan.

• Owns inventory levels, working capital and days-of-supply.

• Leads and develops the planning, logistics and warehouse teams.

• Drive supply chain improvements

• Coordinates with suppliers and Carrier's global supply network.

• Owns MRP master data for materials.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree.

• 8+ years of materials/supply-chain experience, including 3+ years leading planning, procurement, or logistics teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Business or a related field. 

• Proven end-to-end ownership of planning, procurement, logistics, warehousing and inventory. 

• Strong command of SIOP/S&OP, MRP and ERP systems, plus Lean logistics. 

• Demonstrated ability to manage inventory, working capital and days-of-supply. 

• Experience developing suppliers and coordinating with a global supply network. 

• APICS certification (CPIM / CSCP) strongly preferred. 

• Experience building or scaling supply chains in high-growth environments.