Category Manager - Refrigerants & Oil

Overview

Be among the first to apply for a Category Manager-Refrigerants & Oil role in Davidson, NC. Trane Technologies and its brands create innovative climate solutions for buildings, homes, and transportation. We pursue a sustainable future by challenging what’s possible and enabling our people to thrive at work and at home.

Trane Technologies is hiring a Category Manager-Refrigerants & Oil in Davidson, NC
. This critical role for our Procurement team owns the space, strategy, supply base, and performance of the Refrigerants & Oil Category, staying current on market trends and conditions as SME for the category.

• Be part of our mission. As a world leader in sustainable environments, sustainability is our business and our responsibility.
• Learn more about our benefits here.

This position has been designated as a Hybrid work schedule with onsite work 3 days each week in Davidson, NC
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• Collaboration:
  
  Identify, engage and align with internal stakeholders (engineering, operations, quality or other business partners) to capture category requirements and ensure supplier qualification and quality.
• Partner with business unit Procurement teams to transition suppliers as needed; support region/sector New Product Development (NPD) Procurement teams through preferred supplier programs.
• Strategy:
  Develop and execute detailed category strategy, expand the Preferred Supplier Program and segmentation based on business needs and procurement principles.
• Negotiations:
  Manage contract lifecycle and compliance, ensure supply continuity and deliver best total value through RFx activities for supplier selection and negotiation.
• Risk Management:
  
  Monitor and mitigate supplier risk including financial, capacity, quality and compliance.
• Cost Management:
  Deliver category productivity through price, value analysis (VA) or continuous improvement projects.
• Supplier Management:
  Oversee Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and regular supplier reviews for all strategic suppliers within the category to meet Quality/Cost/Delivery targets.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering or related field
• 5+ years of procurement/sourcing experience with large-scale, complex and/or regional/global categories of spend
• Demonstrated success in assessing, negotiating and managing vendors
• Collaborative, facilitation, consultation and conflict resolution skills; ability to collaborate and influence in a highly matrixed environment
• Professional communication: verbal and written

Base Pay Range: $72,000- $125,000. Total compensation for this role will include a commission/incentive plan.

Disclaimer:
This base pay range is based on US national averages. Actual base pay could be a result of seniority, merit, and geographic location where the work is performed.

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.