Vice President, Operational Excellence

Be a part of our mission! As a world leader in creating comfortable sustainable and efficient climate solutions for buildings homes and transportation its our responsibility to put the planet first. For us at Trane Technologies and through our businesses including TraneandThermo King sustainability is not just how we do businessit is our business. Do you dare to look at the worlds 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 whats possible for a sustainable world.

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We boldly go.

Where is the work:

Whats in it for you:
Be part of our mission. As Trane Technologies accelerates its GISC transformation Operational Excellence is a critical enabler of our growth productivity and sustainability goals. As we build the future supply chainmore digital more reliable more resilient and more scalableour factories and distribution centers must operate at worldclass levels of flow stability quality and efficiency.

As the VP of Operational Excellence you will own the enterprise Business Operating System (BOS) lead the global lean and continuous improvement strategy and build the capabilities standards and operating rhythms that elevate performance across all regions SBUs and plants. You will deliver measurable business results through standardized processes lean problemsolving waste elimination and digital enablementempowering our operations to scale for future growth.

If you are inspired to build worldclass operational systems and drive measurable performance improvement we invite you to boldly challenge whats possible.

What you will do:

The VP Operational Excellence is the enterprise leader responsible for defining governing and advancing the Business Operating System (BOS) and operational excellence capabilities across Trane Technologies Global Integrated Supply Chain. Reporting to the SVP of GISC this role sets global standards for lean daily management problem solving flow productivity and operational performance management.

This leader defines performance standards drives measurable productivity improvement and creates an integrated roadmap that advances cost quality delivery and safety outcomes across the enterprise. They will partners deeply with Manufacturing Engineering Quality Supply Chain Planning Logistics Procurement Sustainability and Digitization to ensure that operational excellence is embedded into every stage of the value chainfrom product design through finished goods delivery.

The role is accountable for delivering year-over-year productivity gains supporting structural COGS improvement building global lean capability accelerating automation and digital tools and enabling factories and SBUs to achieve worldclass performance.

What You Will Do

Build Global Lean and Operational Excellence Capability

• Define and execute the enterprise Operational Excellence strategy aligned to COGS growth and efficiency objectives.

• Champion a culture of continuous improvement problem-solving and operational accountability.

• Strengthen leadership behaviors at all levels to drive reliability discipline and data-driven decision making.

• Establish global standards for value stream mapping problem solving waste elimination flow and standard work.

Drive Measurable Productivity & COGS Improvement

• Deliver year-over-year productivity gains through lean methods automation line balancing and waste reduction.

• Partner with SBUs and plant leaders to improve OEE labor productivity flow and bottleneck elimination and reduce waste rework and variability.

• Provide targeted Operational Excellence support for enterprise-level initiatives capacity expansions automation deployments and footprint optimization.

• Provide enterprise visibility into productivity performance root causes and improvement plans.

Improve Plant Stability Flow and Operational Discipline

• Lead enterprise initiatives to improve flow takt alignment standard work adherence and cycletime stability.

• Drive consistency in production system execution across SBUs and plants.

• Strengthen stability and adherence to standard work to reduce variability and improve throughput.

Enable Digital Lean Automation and Advanced Productivity Tools

• Partner with the Supply Chain Digitization team to deploy:

  • Real-time performance dashboards

  • Digital work instructions

  • Computer visionenabled process control

  • IoTbased loss analysis

• Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering to align automation with standard work and flow design.

• Ensure the BOS integrates seamlessly with automation technologies and digital tools.

Lead the Global Business Operating System (BOS)

• Own and govern the enterprise BOS architecture standards tools leader routines and performance management rhythm.

• Define and deploy common processes visual management daily management systems and performance rhythms.

• Maintain governance and clarity on roles expectations and leadership behaviors across SBUs plants and functions.

Leadership Talent & Culture

• Ensure operational excellence principles are embedded in cross-functional processes including new product development and supplier collaboration.

• Drive alignment across the global Operational Excellence network to ensure consistency shared learning and accelerated scaling of best practices.

• Establish a culture of accountability transparency and continuous improvement.

• Build a global high performing enterprise Operational Excellence organization with a credible brand and clear roles across regions SBUs and plants.

What you will bring:

• 15 years of progressive leadership in manufacturing operational excellence Lean or industrial operations.

• Demonstrated success building and scaling Lean operating systems in global multi-plant industrial environments with complex supply chains.

• Deep expertise in lean systems value stream transformation daily management flow design and problem solving.

• Experience with enabling automation digital performance tools and Industry 4.0 concepts within Lean systems strongly preferred.

• Proven leadership in complex global matrixed environments.

• Bachelors degree required; Engineering or technical field preferred.

• Advanced degree or Operational Excellence certification (e.g. Six Sigma Black Belt Lean Master) strongly valued.

• Ability to travel globally up to 2530%.

Leadership & Competencies

• Resultsdriven operator with a strong bias for action and a strong sense of operational discipline.

• Enterprise thinker able to connect strategy systems processes behaviors results.

• Capable of balancing strategic system design with practical on-the-ground execution.

• Skilled communication who can simplify complexity create alignment and drive clarity in ambiguous situations.

Builder of talent and culture; capable of raising leadership expectations across all levels.

Annual Base Salary Range or Hourly Base Pay Range:

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Incentive Eligible:

Sales Commission Eligible:

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.

Disclaimer: Benefit offerings may vary depending on Collective Barraging Agreements and local/state regulations.

Safety Sensitive Role:

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. 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.