Materials Operations Manager

Trane Technologies•Columbia, SC

4d•Onsite

About The Position

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. The Materials Production Manager is responsible for the planning, organizing and controlling of the receiving, raw material warehouse, inventory control, material flow and supermarkets in assigned shifts and areas of production. Prepares schedules for receiving materials to control flow of goods and regulate warehouse space. In addition, this position is accountable for material inventory accuracy and cycle counting routines to drive accurate perpetual records on the material stored in the warehouse. This leader could also be responsible for leading the materials replenishment teams, with responsibility to ensure materials are delivered to point-of-use per standard work.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree
A minimum of 3-5 years of experience in the integrated functions of manufacturing
Experience with rate-based or flow line (non-MRP) and job shop manufacturing environments.
Experience in operations, inventory management, MRP and lean manufacturing processes.
Experience with visual management systems.
Experience operating warehouse equipment and any necessary certifications
Familiarity with Microsoft Office products and other inventory control/shipping software

Responsibilities

Recommend improvements to reduce costs and drive productivity within the department while achieving site specific goals.
Ensure timely unloading, receiving, storage and delivery of material to the production areas
Maintains inventory and product loss control, coordinates timely and accurate shipping and receiving, and ensures safety/operational guidelines are met.
Maintain cycle count standard work goals with the long-term objective of achieving cycle count certification
Maintain and issue inventory reporting, including inventory accuracy, cycle count metrics and scrap processing
Implement and enforce standard work across the functions
Drive continuous improvement activities in all functional areas
Provide leadership in selecting, developing and evaluating personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function
Organize activities & assigning jobs according to the staff requirements.
Works with plant management and other supervisory staff to assign, direct, review and monitor the work of supervised staff to maximize productivity warehouse.
Motivate staff to make an effective and efficient team
Engages in the typical responsibilities of a manager requiring planning, evaluating, organizing, integrating and delegating
Leads material replenishment and picking activities for the factory, ensuring that delivery of parts to production lines is done per standard work instructions.
Works with engineering teams to design and deploy various replenishment methods in the factory (i.e. Kanban, sequencing, etc.)
Performs other duties as assigned