Services Operations Leader

Trane Technologies; Saint Paul (MN); Hybrid; USD 133,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K match

Paid time off

Education opportunities

Job summary

Trane Technologies seeks a Services Operations Leader to guide the company-owned dealer network across the United States. You will shape service strategy, standardize operating models, and drive profitability through disciplined execution.

The role demands a strategic, hands-on leader with deep field credibility among technicians, back-office teams, and branch managers, capable of delivering scalable improvements and enterprise-wide impact.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in progressive service-operations leadership.
• Experience leading multi-site, geographically dispersed teams.
• Proven ability to drive growth and improve profitability.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead national service operations strategy for dealer network.
• Design and deploy a scalable BOS across the organization.
• Lead enterprise as center of excellence for service operations.
• Establish national operating standards, performance metrics, and routines.
• Monitor performance and drive improvements across branches.

Skills

Leadership

Service operations

Multi-site management

Financial acumen

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Operations/Engineering

Tools

BOS (Business Operating System)

Job description

Be a part of our mission! As a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable, and efficient climate solutions for buildings, homes and transportation, it's our responsibility to put the planet first. For us at Trane Technologies, and through our businesses including Trane® and Thermo King, sustainability is not just how we do business—it is our business. Do you dare to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities? Do you want to contribute to making a better future? If the answer is yes, we invite you to consider joining us in boldly challenging what's possible for a sustainable world.

Where Is The Work

Monday to Thursday, work onsite with your colleagues. Fridays, choose your work location, balancing what your work requires.

What's In It For You

Join Thermo King as our Services Operations Leader! In this role, you will serve as an integral member of the leadership team on Thermo King’s growing company-owned dealer network, with responsibility for shaping service strategy, improving operating performance, and driving profitable growth across service and parts.

You will define and lead the service operating model across locations nationwide, helping create a more standardized, disciplined, and scalable services organization. You will play a key role in transforming service operations across a complex, multi-site network by building consistency in execution, improving productivity, strengthening performance visibility, and driving operational excellence.

You will lead the design, deployment, and continuous improvement of the Business Operating System for service operations, establishing clear standards for service execution, parts performance, process discipline, and operating rigor. You will work closely with area leaders and cross-functional partners, and will influence the broader organization to align around shared priorities and deliver sustained business improvement.

This role gives you the opportunity to make enterprise-level impact while using influence and leadership to drive results across a nationally distributed organization. You will help harmonize operations, remove barriers, strengthen management systems, and build the structure needed to support a rapidly expanding network.

You will be a strong fit for this role if you bring deep service operations experience, a commercial mindset, field credibility within service teams, technicians, and back-office operations, and a track record of leading transformation across complex service environments. Success in this role will require you to be both strategic and hands-on, with the ability to lead change, align teams, and deliver results at scale.

What You Will Do

• Define and lead the service operations strategy for Thermo King’s company-owned dealer network, with accountability for standardization, operating performance, and profitable growth across service and parts.
• Design, deploy, and continuously improve a scalable Business Operating System (BOS) to drive consistency, operating discipline, and business results across the national services organization.
• Serve as the enterprise leader and center of excellence for service operations, parts operations, service process design, and branch-level operating performance.
• Establish and drive national operating standards, performance metrics, and management routines that improve productivity, labor efficiency, cycle time, customer satisfaction, quality, and profitability.
• Lead the identification, development, and deployment of best practices across branch locations with varying levels of operational maturity and consistency.
• Analyze service workflows, time and material activity, technician productivity, parts performance, and branch operating results to identify opportunities for growth, margin expansion, and improved execution.
• Build and sustain management reporting, operational dashboards, and information flows that enable strong performance management, decision-making, and organizational planning.
• Influence and align branch leaders, service managers, parts teams, technicians, and back-office teams around common operating standards, service expectations, and financial objectives.
• Lead the operational integration and standardization of acquired dealer locations into a consistent, scalable, company-owned dealer model.
• Serve as a key architect and leader in systems harmonization efforts, helping define future-state business processes, organizational design, data discipline, and system adoption across the services organization.
• Partner with leadership and cross-functional teams to remove barriers, resolve operational issues, and accelerate execution of strategic initiatives.
• Monitor business performance against financial and operational targets and provide clear recommendations to improve growth, profitability, productivity, and customer outcomes.
• Provide regular updates to leadership on services business performance, progress against strategic priorities, operational risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and operational excellence across a geographically dispersed field organization.
• Travel regularly to branch locations across the United States to assess performance, coach local leaders, reinforce standards, and ensure consistent execution. Travel of 25-50% is expected.

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Industrial Management, or a related field preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive leadership experience in service operations, including responsibility for service teams, technicians, and back-office operations in a commercial setting.
• Experience in transportation, commercial vehicle, dealership, industrial service, heavy equipment, or similarly complex service environments strongly preferred.
• Experience designing and deploying best practices, operating disciplines, and performance standards across disparate or uncoordinated teams.
• Demonstrated experience leading multi-site service organizations across geographically dispersed operations. Track record of building, leading, and enabling high-performance teams and service cultures.
• Proven accountability for financial performance, including revenue growth, profitability, productivity, and operational results.
• Demonstrated success leading organizational change, overcoming barriers to execution, and driving adoption across field-based operations.

Annual Base Salary Range Or Hourly Base Pay Range

$133,190.00 - $169,300.00

Compensation Type

• 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.
• Paid time off includes up to 15 vacation days, paid holidays, sick leave, and additional options to support volunteer and parental leave.
• 401K match up, educational and training opportunities through company programs along with tuition assistance and student debt support.

Disclaimer: Benefit offerings may vary by site as well as Collective Bargaining Agreements and local/state regulations

Safety Sensitive Role

Yes

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.