Residential Transportation Planning Team Leader

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.
Job Summary

• Support SBU transportation leaders with executing projects including completion of standard work for assigned transportation team.
• Supervising and training of logistics planners within the team.
• Support scheduling of meetings and project management activities including updating project status.
• Ensure that transportation decisions to include rates, on-time delivery, and quality create the "best value" for both Trane and the customer.
• Participate in continuous improvement and rapid improvement events and provide support including documentation, analysis, and follow-up activities.

Responsibilities:

• Provide logistics planning for assigned facilities
• Provide day-to-day leadership and development for a Transportation Planning Team with responsibility for the physical movement of inbound and outbound shipments for assigned manufacturing and warehousing facilities. Back up other Transportation Planning Teams, as required
• Initiate, develop, and implement innovative and aggressive approaches to transportation process and price reduction improvements
• Establish meaningful metrics for Transportation Planning and provide timely reporting whenever an issue is identified
• Contribute to long-range planning and priority setting for the transportation team
• Lead all IT system enhancement projects related to transportation
• Other duties, as directed

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, Engineering, or related field
• 2-5+ years' experience in Supply Chain or Transportation preferred
• Strong Analytic experience preferred
• Experience with Transportation Management System, Oracle or OTM preferred
• Demonstrated supervisory experience
• Proficiency with Microsoft applications with emphasis on Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Experience with large complex cross cross-functional projects
• Ability to read and interpret documents and instructions from customers, vendors, and other team members
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers, vendors, and other team members
• Ability to perform work activities requiring cooperation and instruction
• Ability to work within the appropriate level of independence
• Ability to travel, as required

Key Competencies:

• Logistics Acumen - Supports and executes logistics strategy for the assigned team to achieve optimal Trane Technologies results that are Quality, Delivery, Price, and Service balanced and corporate/governmental compliant.
• Project Management - Identifies needed resources, develops project plans, and drives project execution.
• Global Business Thinking/Strategizing - Demonstrates global knowledge of carriers, industry trends, emerging markets, and technology.
• Problem Solving - Identifies potential problems, conducts root cause analysis, and leads corrective action plan implementation.
• Relationship Management - Works collaboratively with cross-functional stakeholders within North America Logistics, shares transportation research with the entire enterprise, and manages "Trane Technologies voice" to carrier base.

What's in it for you:

• Benefits kick in on day one!
• 6% 401K match, plus an additional 2% of eligible pay in core contributions
• 3 weeks of vacation per calendar year, plus paid holidays
• Benefits*: https://www.tranetechnologies.com/en/index/careers/benefits.html

Salary: $80,000 - $106,000 base salary. Total compensation will include an incentive.
Disclaimer: This "range" could be a result of seniority, merit, geographic location where the work is performed, education, experience, travel requirements for the job, or because of a system the employer uses to measure earnings by quantity or quality of production (so, for example, positions that may not have traditional salary ranges).
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.