Sr. Category Manager – Facilities Construction and EH&S

Trane Italia • Davidson, NC

5d • Hybrid

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 business—it is our business. The Senior Category Manager – Facilities, Construction and EH&S role has responsibility for strategic category leadership and leading negotiations and purchases for the entire organization. The Senior Category Manager has the critical responsibility of leading a team, managing business needs with internal partners to identify and manage a supply base to deliver value across all SBUs.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience negotiating and coaching AIA contractual agreement execution
• Demonstrated experience with negotiation and closure on Disaster Recovery, Construction Contractors and MEP suppliers
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Finance, or related field
• 10+ years of experience in Supply Chain
• 7+ years of experience in Sourcing / Procurement
• Sourcing experience in the development and management of a global supply base is required
• Demonstrated success includes supplier development across regions, responsibility for high-level negotiations, leading multi-functional projects
• Strong analytics experience
• Ability to travel 15%

Nice To Haves

• Lean experience beneficial

Responsibilities

• Team leadership with responsibility for contracting in the areas of Facilities, Construction, Utilities, Non-Haz & Haz Waste, Utilities, Disaster Recovery, EH&S, and Security
• Responsible for multi-year strategy development, execution of Indirect Procurement processes and supplier relationship management
• Develop relationships and communication strategies with internal partners to identify business needs and align supply base to achieve strategic direction
• Responsible for building and managing strategic supplier relationships through formal Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) process to improve supplier performance metrics including quality, delivery, productivity, and innovation
• Provide leadership and oversight of the sourcing process to ensure spend is awarded to provide the maximum value
• Lead the development and negotiation of contracts through the Contract Lifecycle Management process while maximizing value and minimizing risk
• Partner with Regional and Global Procurement teams to ensure delivery of productivity and cost avoidance

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

What This Job Offers

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