Strategic Material Planner – Lean & Supplier Collaboration

Trane Italia; Wisconsin; On-site; USD 56,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Wellness programs

Fertility coverage

Adoption assistance

PTO 15 days

401K match

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Trane Technologies in La Crosse, WI is seeking a Material Planner to manage raw material and component purchases, ensuring timely delivery to support assembly operations. You will partner with procurement, logistics, engineering, and finance to optimize inventory, forecast demand, and maintain supplier performance.

The role emphasizes collaboration across manufacturing teams, use of forecasting tools, ERP systems, and data-driven decisions to reduce stockouts and improve material availability.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in supply chain planning, demand planning, logistics, or purchasing.
• Exposure to manufacturing, quality control, production planning, warehousing, or inventory control.
• Experience utilizing forecasting models and demand planning software to analyze data and make planning decisions.
• Experience with major ERP platforms / manufacturing databases.
• Great written and verbal communication skills – you’ll be sending lots of emails to suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Plan purchased raw material and components by category and supplier to maintain optimal inventory levels to support production requirements and inventory turn goals.
• Active partnership with procurement, supplier representatives, logistics, scheduling, engineering, quality, finance and assembly operations.
• Maintain forecast and planning parameters to optimize inventory levels, minimize stockouts, and improve material availability.
• Fulfill orders by expediting, deferring, or canceling delivery of goods, and oversees supplier compliance. Resolve problems related to purchases, pricing discrepancies, and receipt-to-invoice reconciliation.
• Resolve problems related to purchases, pricing discrepancies, and receipt-to-invoice reconciliation.
• Support inventory management, data accuracy and operational effectiveness.
• Engage in product life-cycle initiatives associated with design modifications, value-engineering and supplier sourcing changes.
• Participate in lean problem-solving projects and events to create sustainable standard work.

Skills

Supply chain planning

Demand planning

Logistics

Purchasing

Forecasting models

ERP systems

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Data analysis

Tools

ERP platforms

Job description

Trane Technologies in La Crosse, WI is seeking a Material Planner to manage raw material and component purchases, ensuring timely delivery to support assembly operations. You will partner with procurement, logistics, engineering, and finance to optimize inventory, forecast demand, and maintain supplier performance.

The role emphasizes collaboration across manufacturing teams, use of forecasting tools, ERP systems, and data-driven decisions to reduce stockouts and improve material availability.