Production Planner
At Trane TechnologiesTM and through our businesses including Trane® and Thermo King®, we create innovative climate solutions for buildings, homes, and transportation that challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. We're a team that dares to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities. We believe in a better future when we uplift others and enable our people to thrive at work and at home. We boldly go.
What’s in it for you:
Be a part of our mission! As a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable, and efficient environments, it’s our responsibility to put the planet first. For us at Trane Technologies, 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.
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, including in support of volunteer and parental leave needs.
- Educational and training opportunities through company programs along with tuition assistance and student debt support.
- Learn more about our benefits here!
Where is the work:
This position has been designated as On-Site.
Job Summary:
Trane Technologies is hiring a Production Planner in Grand Rapids, MI. In this role, you will prepare schedules for shipping and receiving materials to control flow of goods, implement materials handling procedures, and monitor the cost and effectiveness of activities to optimize resources. You will also oversee the maintenance of inventory control systems that track the status of purchase orders, inventory levels, and production requirements. Interprets inventory requests, production schedules, orders, and other documents to coordinate materials handling activities with the organization's current and anticipated demand for goods and materials.
What you will do:
- Coordinate material requirements.
- Establish production manufacturing priorities for the customer demands consistent with master scheduling requirements, inventory objectives, and service level goal
- Develop new product group schedules with requirement of the manufacturing build schedule
- Implement production tools for building to actual customer demands, Kanbans, prioritizing builds, expediting and automating transactions per Lean concepts.
- Manage aftermarket planning.
- Manage rejected and rework product planning.
- Coordinate manufacturing activities and monitors schedule performance against plan to maintain priorities and meet established schedules.
- Meet daily with cross-functional team to resolve delayed customer shipments, component shortages, overtime, priorities, and identified problems.
- Work the critical shortage reports on a daily basis and updates the appropriate cause codes for service level reporting. Identifies and resolves problems.
- Participate in identification and recommends disposition of obsolete and surplus assembly inventory.
What you will bring:
- Bachelor's degree preferred; 2-5 years of relative experience required in lieu of degree. High school diploma or equivalent required.
- APICS Certification in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) preferred.
- Experience with rate based or flow line (non-MRP) and job shop manufacturing environments.
- At least two years’ experience in operations, inventory management, MRP and lean manufacturing processes.
- Experience with visual management systems
- Proficient in Excel
This role has been designated by the Company as Safety Sensitive.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
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.