Trane Technologies

Procurement Program Manager

Trane Technologies$75K — $135K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree preferred; experience can substitute for degree.
  • 5+ years in procurement, project management, or operations in a diversified industrial company.
  • Strong analytical skills with a proven ability for independent thinking and multi-tasking.
  • Excellent communication, influencing, and negotiation skills to engage various teams.
  • Experience in supplier development or materials management is a plus.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Project or similar project management tools.
  • Willingness to travel up to 20% as needed.

Responsibilities

  • Lead procurement programs and projects, ensuring execution and alignment with timelines and goals.
  • Drive initiatives for cost improvement and operational performance in the supply chain.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams for project execution and desired outcomes.
  • Maintain project plans with clear milestones, updates, and risk management strategies.
  • Identify and eliminate barriers to project progress, fostering accountability within teams.
  • Facilitate gate reviews to communicate sourcing needs and project timelines effectively.
  • Assess supplier capabilities against requirements to ensure optimized sourcing decisions.

Benefits

  • Health insurance and wellness programs start on DAY ONE for you and your family.
  • Family-building benefits include fertility coverage and adoption assistance.
  • 401K match up to 6%, plus an additional 2% core contribution.
  • 15 vacation days, 9 paid holidays, 3 floating holidays, sick leave, and parental leave options.
  • Educational support with tuition assistance and student debt relief programs.
Full Job Description
Where is the work:
Monday to Thursday, work onsite with your colleagues. Fridays, choose your work location, balancing what your work requires.

Job Summary:

The Procurement Program Manager is a strategic thinker responsible for owning and executing critical procurement programs and cross-functional projects that drive productivity, support large-scale business initiatives, and deliver continuous improvement across the organization. This role requires strong end-to-end ownership, disciplined execution, and the ability to lead complex projects from initiation through implementation while ensuring alignment to procurement strategy and business objectives.

The ideal candidate combines strategic thinking with strong project management capabilities and a bias for action. This role is accountable for leading the projects it owns, driving progress across cross-functional teams, removing barriers, managing risk, and ensuring results are delivered on time and with measurable business impact. In addition to program leadership, this position plays an active role in executing procurement responsibilities within each initiative, helping to optimize supply chain performance, support sourcing decisions, and align commodity strategies with business unit priorities.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead multiple procurement programs and projects with ownership for execution, timeline, stakeholder alignment, and results.
  • Drive strategic procurement initiatives that deliver productivity, cost improvement, supply chain optimization, and operational performance.
  • Partner cross-functionally with commodity management, materials, operations, engineering, finance, quality, and field operations to execute projects and achieve targeted business outcomes.
  • Establish and maintain clear project plans, milestones, status updates, risk mitigation actions, and escalation paths to ensure successful execution.
  • Proactively identify and remove roadblocks, resolve issues, and drive accountability across project teams to maintain momentum and meet commitments.
  • Lead and support gate review processes, clearly communicating sourcing requirements, supplier decisions, supply chain risks, commercial considerations, supply agreements, and project timelines.
  • Identify performance gaps to goals and develop effective countermeasures in collaboration with stakeholders to close gaps and exceed target metrics.
  • Ensure project deliverables are aligned with commodity strategies, procurement priorities, and business unit objectives.
  • Evaluate business requirements against supplier capabilities to select suppliers that best meet quality, delivery, cost, and capacity needs.
  • Apply strong commercial and procurement acumen to manage supplier relationships and enable effective sourcing decisions.
  • Partner with category managers to ensure supply agreements and sourcing strategies are in place to support new business and ongoing operational needs.
  • Standardize and deploy project management best practices and procurement standard work to improve execution, visibility, and repeatability across initiatives.


Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree preferred; Will consider experience in lieu of a degree. High school diploma or equivalent required.
  • 5+ years of previous work experience in a diversified industrial company in the areas of procurement, project management, and/or operations.
  • Strong Analytic experience
  • Demonstrated ability for independent thinking and multi-tasking. Proven ability to plan pro-actively, anticipate issues and have excellent problem resolution records with little or no input or assistance. Excellent follow-through.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills. Strong influencing and negotiating skills across organization. Possess strong interpersonal skills. Ability to lead, develop and motivate suppliers and cross-functional team.
  • Experience in supplier development, materials management, project management, and/or supplier quality a plus.
  • Must be a strategic thinker and have demonstrated experience driving strategies
  • Microsoft Project Expertise or similar systems a plus
  • Ability to travel up to 20%


Annual Base Salary Range or Hourly Base Pay Range:
$75,700.00 - $135,834.99
Compensation Type:
Salary
Incentive Eligible:
Yes
Sales Commission Eligible:
No

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.


Safety Sensitive Role:
Yes
The company designates certain roles as Safety Sensitive. Safety Sensitive roles may require that you pass additional drug screening.

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs.

About Trane Technologies

Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator. Through our strategic brands Trane and Thermo King, and our portfolio of environmentally responsible products and services, we bring efficient and sustainable climate solutions to buildings, homes and transportation. Our innovative solutions have helped make buildings and homes comfortable, while more energy efficient and environmentally friendly. We also provide transport temperature control solutions that are used in the food, beverage and pharmaceutical sectors. Trane Technologies is committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2030 and has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the tenth consecutive year.
Learn more about Trane Technologies
Size
37,000 employees
Market Cap
$39 billion
Industry
Net Income
$854.8 million
5 Year Trend
+0.9%
Revenue
$12.4 billion
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