Category Manager - Refrigerants & Oil

Trane Italia • Davidson, NC

29d • Hybrid

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 central to their business. The company is hiring a Category Manager-Refrigerants & Oil in Davidson, NC. This is a critical role within the Procurement team, involving a large, complex scope of responsibilities for the assigned category. The ideal candidate will be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) responsible for owning the space, strategy, supply base, and performance of the Refrigerants & Oil Category, while staying current on market trends and conditions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering or related field
• 5+ years of procurement / sourcing experience with large-scale, complex, and/or regional/global categories of spend.
• Demonstrated success in assessing, negotiating and managing vendors.
• Collaborative, facilitation, consultation and conflict resolution skills; you will be a trusted business partner and engage both internal and external stakeholders/customers, and we are seeking the ability to collaborate and influence within a highly matrixed environment.
• Professional communication: both verbal and written are required.

Responsibilities

• Collaboration: Identify, engage and align with internal stakeholders (engineering, operations, quality or other business partners) to capture category requirements and ensure supplier qualification and quality.
• Partner with business unit Procurement teams to efficiently transition suppliers as needed; Support region/sector New Product Development (NPD) Procurement teams through preferred supplier programs.
• Strategy: Responsible for developing and executing detailed category strategy, expanding the Preferred Supplier Program and segmentation based on the business needs and effective procurement principles.
• Negotiations: Manage contract lifecycle and compliance, ensure supply continuity and deliver best total value through RFx activities to execute supplier selection and negotiation.
• Risk Management: Actively monitor and mitigate supplier risk including financial, capacity, quality and compliance.
• Cost Management: Responsible for delivering category productivity through price, value analysis (VA) or continuous improvement projects.
• Supplier Management: Oversee Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and regular supplier reviews for all strategic suppliers within category to meet Quality/Cost/Delivery targets.

Benefits

• benefits designed for you to Thrive at work and at home
• competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs
• inclusive culture, benefits to support you and your family, limitless opportunities to grow, flexibility to help you balance life’s demands, and more – you’ll be supported to thrive at work and at home

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior