Associate Procurement Program Manager
About The Position
Be a part of our mission! As a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable, and efficient climate solutions for buildings, homes and transportation, it's our responsibility to put the planet first. For us at Trane Technologies, and through our businesses including Trane® and Thermo King, sustainability is not just how we do business—it is our business. Do you dare to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities? Do you want to contribute to making a better future? If the answer is yes, we invite you to consider joining us in boldly challenging what's possible for a sustainable world. Learn about our benefits designed for you to Thrive at work and at home. We boldly go.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Global Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, or similar
- 1-3 years of similar work experience
- Demonstrated ability for independent thinking and multi-tasking.
- Proven ability to plan proactively, anticipate issues and have excellent problem resolution records with little or no input or assistance.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Strong influencing and negotiating skills across organization.
- Possess strong interpersonal skills.
Nice To Haves
- Previous project management experience preferred
- Experience working in a plant/manufacturing environment preferred
- Experience working with cross-functional teams to achieve positive outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for driving 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.
- Evaluate Trane technologies business needs against supplier capabilities to contribute to evaluation and selection of suppliers who meet quality, cost, and delivery requirements.
- Responsible for accurate forecasting and reporting of procurement financial metrics including productivity and inflation.
- Active participant in cross functional productivity gate reviews ensuring that required cross-functional resources are allocated to execute projects as outlined.
- Participate in and represent Procurement function during plant or product Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VAVE).
- Manage the productivity and procurement system-level tasks.
- Participate in Materials Escalation process/standard work, reviewing with local Materials team the challenges with suppliers and properly addressing them through the Procurement Organization.
Benefits
- health insurance
- holistic wellness programs that include generous incentives
- fertility coverage
- adoption/surrogacy assistance
- 401K match up to 6%, plus an additional 2% core contribution = up to 8% company contribution
- 15 vacation days
- 9 paid holidays
- 3 floating holidays
- sick leave
- additional options to support volunteer and parental leave
- Educational and training opportunities through company programs
- tuition assistance
- student debt support
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
