Materials Project Manager

Trane Italia•Grand Rapids, MI

1d•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. This Materials Project Manager role is an exciting opportunity to support the growth of Trane Technologies by leading materials strategy and execution for major New Product Development (NPD) initiatives within the chiller portfolio. The manager will partner closely with product management, product engineering, operations, and the Supply PGT to accelerate project delivery, ensure stable product launches, and drive continuous improvement across the materials value stream. This work directly enables customer satisfaction, inventory optimization, and long-range business planning. The Materials Project Manager will serve as the primary leader for materials project management, covering all new product launches, phase out optimization, and lifecycle management. This role ensures full material readiness from initial project creation through project stability, enabling efficient fulfillment from engineering to procurement to production scheduling. The manager will also be a key driver of lean manufacturing behaviors, BOS deployment, and standardized planning processes that improve inventory turns, mitigate obsolete materials, and support on-time project execution.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
10+ years of supply chain experience, including significant exposure to materials planning, procurement, and operations environments.
5+ years of management experience.
Demonstrated experience managing large scale materials and engineering change projects (5,000+ part number changes) supporting major revenue impact.
Proven success with lifecycle management strategies that sustain entire systems—not just individual components.

Nice To Haves

APICS certification strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Serve as the materials leader for assigned NPD projects from project creation through product stabilization.
Ensure all materials are fully and accurately set up in enterprise systems to support end to end use—from engineering through procurement, manufacturing engineering, production scheduling, and lifecycle management.
Execute the materials strategy defined in the Long Range Planning cycle, maintaining a 3–5 year forward view while delivering annual project milestones
Lead materials project management and planning strategy for new product launches, ensuring alignment with SIOP consensus plans.
Drive materials productivity improvements, inventory optimization, and obsolete material mitigation initiatives.
Develop and drive countermeasures for underperforming processes, suppliers, or planning parameters.
Support Global Procurement Commodity Leaders in supplier selection and seamlessly transition new suppliers/products into operations.
Develop cross functional team members at all levels through deployment of BOS tools and processes.