Material Planner

Be a part of our mission! 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.

About the role

The work is on-site (5 days). As a Material Planner with Trane Technologies, you will collaborate with other manufacturing teams to solve problems and improve processes and key metrics. Your crucial responsibility will be to manage raw material and component purchases and ensure their timely delivery to the plant in support of assembly operations.

Responsibilities

• Plans purchased raw material and components by category and supplier.
• Responsible for maintaining optimal inventory levels to support production requirements and inventory turn goals.
• Executes orders and oversees supplier fulfillment compliance.
• Analyzes complex internal & external conditions leveraging tradeoffs to make decisions to expedite, defer or cancel delivery of goods to achieve prioritized goals.
• Facilitates problem resolution with Accounts Payable team related to purchases, pricing discrepancies and receipt to invoice reconciliation.
• Performs daily, weekly, monthly and annual standard work processes to support rigorous inventory management, supplier relations, data cleanliness and operational effectiveness.
• Partners with warehouse team on maintaining Material Control and Flow.
• Facilitates phase-in/phase-out projects associated with design changes, value-engineering, supplier sourcing changes and product lifecycle.
• Actively participates in lean/A3 problem-solving projects, Managing Daily Improvements (MDI), and Kaizen events.

Qualifications

• Experience in supply chain planning, demand planning, logistics, and purchasing.
• Demonstrable analytical skills and mathematics.
• Experience with major ERP platforms; Microsoft Excel skillset must include pivot tables, lookup functions and charting.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of manufacturing, quality control, production planning process, warehousing or inventory control.
• Ability to understand manufacturing engineering processes and to interpret blueprints.
• Bachelor's degree preferred; relevant years of work experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

Pay

Annual base salary range: $56,300.00 - $101,394.99. This is a salaried position and is not eligible for incentive or sales commission.

Benefits

Benefits kick in on day one for you and your family, including:

• Health insurance and holistic wellness programs with generous incentives.
• Family building benefits including fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
• 401K match up to 6%, plus an additional 2% core contribution (total up to 8% company contribution).
• Paid time off: 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, tuition assistance, and student debt support.

Note: Benefit offerings may vary depending on Collective Bargaining Agreements and local/state regulations.

This is a safety-sensitive role which may require additional drug screening.