At Trane TechnologiesTM and through our businesses including Trane® and Thermo King®, we create innovative climate solutions for buildings, homes, and transportation that challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. We're a team that dares to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities. We believe in a better future when we uplift others and enable our people to thrive at work and at home. We boldly go. Position Responsibilities: Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned. - Perform timely, cost-conscious procurement of production/inventory/MRO items. - Receive and analyze requisitions to determine quantity, specifications and delivery requirements. - From approved supplier list, recommend and select suppliers to fulfill scheduled plant deliveries. - Responsible for the on-boarding of new selected suppliers relative to material planning. - Ensure up-to-date ABC classification is maintained for planning, and other key inputs into the PFEP process - Ensure optimal inventory levels and safety stock are maintained for their parts - Coordinate with Quality Assurance to resolve quality issues with suppliers. - Maintain proactive shortage identification and management - help flag root causes & corrective actions. - Identify total cost and cash flow opportunities with suppliers. - Analyze and select parts for KanBan and Supplier replenishment. - May lead and direct others to accomplish desired organizational objectives. - Expedite deliveries to meet and exceed scheduled critical requirements. - Maintain material plan at the time fence to ensure continuity of supply. - Coordinate with production planners for solutions when parts cannot be delivered as promised. - Maintain and continuously evaluate supplier performance and escalate to Procurement when issues occur. - Resolve invoicing discrepancies with suppliers and accounting. - Analyze material and capacity availability to provide customer promise dates for sales orders. - Maintains item master lead time information based upon process improvements, current constraints, total current demand by product family, and priority information. - Manage internal and SOMI/VMI material to meet schedules. - Interface with required functional groups to resolve challenging delivery requirements. - Communicate forecasts and replenishment plans to supplier. - Review open requirements, monitoring vendor performance and expediting where necessary. Ensure that problems relating to delivery, quality or pricing are promptly conveyed to the supplier and resolved in a timely manner. - Productivity: identify and implement cost reduction/productivity projects to meet the corporate initiatives/goals. Maintain pipeline and financial records for reporting and tracking productivity. Key Competencies and Success Factors: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. - Maintain product knowledge in terms of options, substitutions, critical functions/components, etc. - Understand material specifications in terms of substitutions, quality, engineering requirements, etc. - Maintain basic knowledge of supplier processes and capabilities. - Understand special test/witness certification requirements and actions to achieve certification. - Understanding of Kanban and JIT systems. - Able to rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. - Broad working knowledge and experience with ISO procedures. - Must possess a strong customer service orientation and must provide dedicated support of internal and external customer requirements. - Relationship Management - Works collaboratively with cross-functional stakeholders - Team player who demonstrates patience, flexibility and honesty - Self-starter, who is able to plan and manage his/her own work, takes initiative and strives to meet deadlines - Must be a strong written and verbal communicator, able to communicate to various audiences effectively - Team oriented, must have the ability to work cohesively with others. - Must be able to work well with external suppliers. - Must possess ability to work well in a manufacturing environment. - Must be detail-oriented and self-motivated, able to work with mínimal supervision. - Must be able to work in a fast-paced, multi-tasked environment. Experience and Skills Required: - Masters degree in supply chain, Operations, Engineering or related field. - Language: Fluent in English is mandatory - French skills can be a bonus - Considerable knowledge of industry related supply base. - Skilled in production and supplier scheduling. - Knowledgeable of supplier processes and capabilities. - Able to provide direction and training to peers as needed. - Basic mathematical skills - Experience with rate based or flow line (non-MRP) and job shop manufacturing environments. - Experience i