Associate Procurement Program Manager
About The Position
The Associate Procurement Program Manager is responsible for multiple procurement projects, working with cross-functional teams and standard work to build and execute project implementation plans for productivity and continuous improvement projects. Partner with commodity teams to assist with projects charter, benefits, and resource requirements. Responsible for monitoring active projects, updating status, eliminating roadblocks, and escalating issues as appropriate. Investigate, coordinate, and communicate project changes. Identify gaps to goals and collaboratively develop and support countermeasures and activities to close the gap and exceed targets. Support Commodity teams goals by leading and executing supplier rationalization, quality, and delivery improvement projects. Work to align strategies between commodity and Sector localization, as well as plant rationalization. Collaborating with Plant Operations and Category Management to ensure supply continuity. Manage, coordinate and transform suppliers to meet company's goals in regards to quality, delivery and cost for Commercial HVAC spend.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree with minimum 3+ years of previous work experience in a diversified industrial company in the areas of procurement, engineering, project management, quality, finance and/or operations required.
- Strong understanding of the procurement processes at an operational and leadership level.
- Motivated self-starter
- Ability to deliver in a fast paced, ambiguous environment
- Demonstrated ability for independent thinking and multi-tasking.
- Proven ability to plan pro-actively, anticipate issues and have excellent problem resolution records with little or no input or assistance.
- Excellent follow-through.
- Proficiency in computer applications including industry-related software and tools.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Strong influencing and negotiating skills across organization.
- Possess strong interpersonal skills.
- Ability to lead, develop and motivate staff; foster team dynamic.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in International sourcing experience, running large complex cross functional projects a plus.
- Experience in supplier development, materials management, lean experience in a non-manufacturing environment and/or supplier quality a plus.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for Commercial HVAC procurement goals and metrics including productivity, supplier rationalization, risk management supplier quality and supplier on time delivery, addressing any gaps in achieving targets.
- Project manager for multiple procurement projects, working with cross-functional teams and applying standard work to execute implementation plans for productivity, continuous improvement, and new product development (NPD) projects and source change and VAVE programs.
- Ensure alignment of commodity strategies with sector and engineering platforms plans and requirements.
- Responsible for sharing plant and sector specific strategies with commodity teams.
- Evaluate Trane technologies business needs against supplier capabilities to select the preferred suppliers who meet quality, cost, and delivery requirements; leverage commercial knowledge to navigate and manage supplier relationships and contracts.
- Responsible for accurate forecasting and reporting of procurement financial metrics including productivity and inflation.
- Support the development of the Annual Operating Plan for productivity projects, targets, and initiatives.
- Active participant in sector/plant productivity gate reviews ensuring that required cross-functional resources are allocated to execute projects as outlined.
- Partner with Commodity teams to assist with projects charter, benefits, and resource requirements.
- Participate in and represent Procurement function during plant or product Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VAVE) or Major Model Review (MMR) events.
- Responsible for collecting and communicating commodity actions following event.
- Monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) to track performance, make adjustments to accomplish targets, and make recommendations for process improvement.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Holistic wellness programs with generous incentives
- Family building benefits include fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
- 401K match up to 6%, plus an additional 2% core contribution = up to 8% company contribution.
- Paid time off includes 15 vacation days, 9 paid holidays, 3 floating holidays, sick leave, and additional options to support volunteer and parental leave.
- Educational and training opportunities through company programs along with tuition assistance and student debt support.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
