Senior Material Planner

trane technologies • White Bear Lake, MN

7d • 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. This role is for a Senior Material Planner in White Bear Lake, MN. The position involves collaborating with other manufacturing teams to solve problems and improve processes and key metrics. The crucial responsibility is to manage raw material and component purchases and ensure their timely delivery to the plant in support of assembly operations.

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
• Paid time off includes 15 vacation days, 9 paid holidays, 3 floating holidays, sick leave, and additional options to support volunteer and parental leave.
• Educational and training opportunities through company programs along with tuition assistance and student debt support.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees