Procurement Leader - Thermo King

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Where is the work:

The Procurement Leader will provide strategic thought leadership, influence and hands on engagement to negotiate and coordinate the sourcing of materials and services for the Thermo King Americas Business Unit (BU). 

This role will drive world-class excellence by improving cost, quality, delivery, and cash impact of the supply base while rationalizing the supply base, localizing as necessary for new market growth and increasing flexibility through lead time reduction and supply chain resilience.

The Procurement Leader is in a unique position to ensure alignment with key Product Growth Team stakeholders and to drive strategic alignment across the functions (including engineering, operations, materials, quality) and corporate category teams as it relates to supplier requirements and performance.

The Procurement Leader will report to the Vice President, Procurement Americas and will be based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Principal Responsibilities

• Lead BU procurement strategy development and execution including supplier/supply chain improvements

• Develop relationships and strategies with internal partners to identify business needs and align supply base to achieve strategic direction.

• Lead BU Procurement organization including support of talent development, employee engagement and performance management

• Drive process standardization efforts across regions to ensure accurate and actionable reporting through utilization of standard work

• Evaluate and assess current business needs, and partner with corporate category team to establish the procurement vision and strategy. 

• Evaluate and establish appropriate regional supply chain as required for the business to ensure best total landed cost and resilience.

• Understand and model commodity variations and impact to the total business

• Identify and Manage supply chain risk mitigation strategies in support of product strategies in partnership with Category teams

• Own Supplier Delivery Escalation Process including ensuring timely response, engagement, and mitigation by team members to minimize impact to production

• Ensure proper and timely execution of projects, including risk mitigation, productivity, quality, and new product development (NPD) through standard gate process

• Responsible for BU Procurement goals and metrics within region including addressing any gaps in achieving goals. Balance overall metrics with individual plant and/or product scorecards

• Responsible for accurate forecasting and reporting of Procurement financial metrics, including productivity and inflation, across responsible plants within region, develop Procurement’s portion of Annual Operating Plan

• Responsible for Procurement participation in plant or product Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VAVE) or Major Model Review (MMR) events

Candidate Profile

The successful candidate will be an outstanding leader with excellent communication skills and an established track record of driving world class sourcing processes. 

This leader will exhibit a deep understanding of lean and have direct experience managing suppliers.  It is essential that the appropriate candidate have a strong customer focus, particularly with a view toward serving the end customer’s needs.

• 12+ years experience or progressively increasing responsibility in sourcing and supply chain in a global industrial environment

• Strong global sourcing background with a minimum of 3 years experience managing global supply chain operations

• Deep Lean background and broad commodity background required

• Excellent financial acumen especially as related to sourcing and supply chain

• Superior process skills (development, analysis, documentation, improvement and management)

• Exceptional leadership and negotiation skills are required

• Ability to break down complex problems and develop comprehensive action plans to drive improvements

• Demonstrated success includes supplier development across regions, responsibility for high-level negotiations, leading/participating on multi-functional projects, and team development

• Strong academic background supported by a bachelor’s degree in business administration, supply chain, engineering, finance or related field, coupled with an MBA (preferred)

Key Competencies

• Supply Chain Acumen – Establishes long-term strategies, champions’ development and utilization of globally competitive tools and processes, drives for optimal business results focused on meeting the needs of the business

• Problem Solving - Understands customer expectations; keeps abreast of competitor/related industry problems; feeds learning into IR to anticipate and avoid potential problems; oversees team problem solving and corrective action plan implementation.

• Global Business Thinking/Strategizing - Demonstrates deep global knowledge of suppliers, industry trends, emerging markets and technology, builds this knowledge into strategies/playbooks, develops team’s capabilities & talent.

• Relationship Management – Creates collaborative environment with cross-functional senior peers, assures regular/appropriate two-way communication flow, builds/maintains relationship with industry peers and supplier leaders, and reinforces to the supply base.

• Project Management – Collaborates with cross-functional leaders to align objectives, manages global project portfolio, oversees overall implementation.  Reviews and approves teams’ project plans, balances projects between short and long-term focus, secures alignment with cross-functional partners.  Manage prioritization of team resources.

• Communication Skills – Exhibits enthusiasm, influences customers, represents Procurement with BU leadership, presentation and messaging skills (understanding the audience)

• Change Management - Develops and utilizes change management tools to educate business on key strategies and business objectives to support vision of indirect procurement.

Travel requirements are approximately 30%

At Trane Technologies® we Challenge Possible. Our brands – including Trane® and Thermo King® - create access to cooling and comfort in buildings and homes, transport and protect food and perishables, connect customers to elevated performance with less environmental impact, dramatically reduce energy demands and carbon emissions, and innovate with a better world in mind. We boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world.

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.

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Disclaimer: We strive to provide competitive compensation for this position, tailored to a variety of factors. The actual compensation will depend on elements such as seniority, merit, geographic location, education, experience,  travel requirements, and union designation.   Our compensation range is generally based on the national average for the country.  Additionally, benefits may vary depending on the region, business alignment, union involvement, and employee status.

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 includes 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 along with tuition assistance and student debt support.

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

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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.