Lean Transformation Leader

At Trane Technologies® we Challenge Possible. Our brands – including Trane® and Thermo King®  - create access to cooling and comfort in buildings and homes, transport and protect food and perishables, connect customers to elevated performance with less environmental impact, dramatically reduce energy demands and carbon emissions, and innovate with a better world in mind. We boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world.

 

Our Thermo King business is connecting our transport HVAC and refrigeration products and providing digital solutions to help our customers efficiently protect drivers, passengers, and cargo.  Using our connected solutions, our customers reduce fuel consumption, carbon emissions, and downtime while increasing the comfort and safety of passengers and shelf life of cargo, including essential cargo like food and pharmaceuticals.
 

Role Summary:

We are hiring for a Lean Transformation Leader within our Operational Excellence team. This position can be located in Minneapolis, MN or Hastings, NE. This is an influential role involving all functions within Thermo King SBU, all plants, and functional teams external to the business. This is a high impact role due to influencing major transformational initiatives across our Strategic Business Units (i.e. New Product Development).  This role will have coordination across all functions within our Strategic Business Units including engineering, sales, product management and operations and is responsible for creating the innovation road maps for the Business Units. 

• Delivers sustainable results that are achieved through ideal behaviors,
• Creates a culture of continuous improvement that drives ownership to the lowest levels in the organization.
• Builds leaders with the confidence and capability to lead a culture of continuous improvement.
• Has a relentless focus on problem solving and eliminating waste.
• Promotes a true coaching culture as the primary source for developing leaders, managers & associates

 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with 10 -15 years lean experience.  Preferable experience working with the Toyota Production System or equivalent that focuses on a balance of tools and people development.

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs that help our employees thrive in both their professional and personal lives. We are proud of our winning culture which is inclusive and respectful at its core. We share passion for serving customers, caring for others, and boldly challenging what’s possible for a sustainable world.

We are committed to achieving workforce diversity reflective of our communities. We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, pregnancy, age, marital status, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally protected status.