Senior Material Planner
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. 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
- 5+ years' experience with planner/buyer manufacturing, operations, inventory management, MRP or lean manufacturing processes
- Experience with rate based or flow line (non-MRP) and job shop manufacturing environments.
- Previous experience in supply chain planning, demand planning, logistics, or purchasing.
- Exposure to manufacturing, quality control, production planning, warehousing, or inventory control.
- Experience with major ERP platforms / manufacturing databases.
- Great written and verbal communication skills – you’ll be sending lots of emails to suppliers!
Responsibilities
- Plan purchased raw material and components by category and supplier to maintain optimal inventory levels to support production requirements and inventory turn goals.
- Ensure optimal inventory levels and safety stock are maintained for their parts.
- Ensure that planning team is trained and effectively utilizing ERP tools and company standard work.
- Serve as an escalation point with material planners when planners cannot resolve issues effectively.
- Act as a lean champion for materials planning functions.
- Active partnership with procurement, supplier representatives, logistics, scheduling, engineering, quality, finance and assembly operations.
- Fulfill orders by expediting, deferring, or canceling delivery of goods, and oversees supplier compliance.
- Resolve problems related to purchases, pricing discrepancies, and receipt-to-invoice reconciliation.
- Support inventory management, data accuracy and operational effectiveness.
- Engage in product life-cycle initiatives associated with design modifications, value-engineering and supplier sourcing changes.
- Participate in lean problem-solving projects and events to create sustainable standard work.
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.
- 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
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
