Assistant Plant Manager

Trane Italia•La Crosse, WI

11d•Onsite

About The Position

As a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable, and efficient climate solutions for buildings, homes and transportation, Trane Technologies is committed to putting the planet first. Sustainability is integral to their business. The Assistant Plant Manager for the La Crosse, Wisconsin facility will support in leading the Trane Commercial HVAC facility, which manufactures World Class Centrifugal water-cooled chillers for a global market. The La Crosse facility, the birthplace of Trane, has over $880M in revenue and 800+ employees, making it one of the top employers in the area. This role reports to the Plant Manager and is responsible for planning, organizing, staffing, and directing all operational activities to achieve plant and sector goals for safety, quality, growth, profitability, productivity, customer satisfaction, and employee engagement. The Assistant Plant Manager will also lead production and plant operations to ensure effective resource utilization.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent technical discipline is required
Minimum of 10 to 15 years of experience in manufacturing operations required
Minimum of 5 years in a manufacturing/plant operations leadership role
Experience with Environmental Health and Safety
Experience with implementing Lean culture in a manufacturing environment is required
Leads and Drives the OPEX (Operational Excellence) culture in the plant
Proficiency in developing and implementing strategic plans
Proficiency in Supply Chain Management
Strong technical problem-solving skills
Customer oriented
Advanced management skills

Nice To Haves

MBA preferred
Experience in a Union environment a plus
Preferably as Plant Manager of a small to medium sized manufacturing plant

Responsibilities

Coordinate all plant functions including Manufacturing, Materials, Production Control, Purchasing, Quality Assurance, Planning, Human Resources, Accounting, Manufacturing, Engineering and Environmental, Health & Safety to assure common direction toward plant goals
Support the plant EH&S program in improvements, investigations, and corrective actions to meet and exceed Federal laws and TT standards and policies
Support the plant quality system in procedures and controls to improve overall customer satisfaction, DPPM, first pass yield and warranty results
Be proactive and responsive to all facets of customer satisfaction including delivery, schedule changes and special instructions
Lead through the Trane Technologies (BOS) Business Operating System
Support plant maintenance, facilities and Manufacturing Engineering improvements, process improvements, facility improvements and capital expenditures
Support plant resources in meeting material and labor productivity plans
Direct the submittal of the plant’s Annual Operating Plan and business’s financial forecasts and response plans
Maintain a positive rapport with all levels of the organization to foster and promote a diverse and inclusive work environment, high levels of morale, and employee engagement
Collaborate with all levels of the organization to ensure alignment of goals and progress towards them along with short term and long term needs and plans
Partner with the Operational Excellence team to ensure the effective development and delivery of programs to teach the workforce lean manufacturing tools and concepts such as problem solving, A3 thinking, leader as coaches, Kanban/pull systems, Kaizen, Value Stream mapping, visual management, mistake proofing, 5S and cellular manufacturing
Partner in the negotiation and application of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Works closely with local Human Resources and Labor Relations to ensure effective administration of grievances advanced beyond local management and local union level including arbitrations
Lead and support the development of plant employees and plant succession planning activities