Material Planner

At Trane Technologies^TM  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.

Job Summary：

Trane Technologies is hiring a Material Planner in La Crosse WI. The Material Planner is responsible for managing raw material and component purchases and their timely delivery to the manufacturing plant to support the assembly operations.  The Material Planner will collaborate with enterprise strategic procurement, supplier representatives, logistics, scheduling, engineering, quality, finance and assembly operations teams to solve problems, improve processes and key metrics.

Thrive at work and at home:

• Benefits kick in on DAY ONE for you and your family, including health insurance and holistic wellness programs that include generous incentives – WE DARE TO CARE!  
• 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.  
• Paid time off, including in support of volunteer and parental leave needs.     
• Educational and training opportunities through company programs along with tuition assistance and student debt support.   
• Learn more about our benefits here!

Where is the work: 

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.
• Facilitates phase-in/phase-out projects associated with design changes, value-engineering, supplier sourcing changes and product lifecycle.
• Actively participates in lean projects, A3 problem-solving projects and Kaizen events.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Experience in supply chain planning, demand planning, logistics, purchasing.
• Experience with major ERP platforms, Microsoft Excel skillset must include pivot tables, lookup functions and charting.
• Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of manufacturing, quality control, production planning process warehousing or inventory control.
• Oracle R12 experience preferred.

Compensation: $60,000 - $90,000

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs. We are an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, age, marital status, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally protected status.