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At Trane Technologies TM 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.

The Senior Premium Air Handler Product Manager is responsible for the strategy/roadmap to support residential air handler offerings throughout the product lifecycle, gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the vision, and working closely with key stakeholders to deliver growth. This includes the sale of equipment through company-owned and private distribution as well as supporting sales through strategic channels for all Trane and American Standard branded Air Handlers. This role works collaboratively and cross-functionally to ensure revenue, profitability, and customer satisfaction goals are met.

The preferred location for this role is our North American Headquarters in Davidson, North Carolina or Tyler, Texas, though other company locations will be considered.

Responsibilities:

• Lead Product Growth Team (PGT) through the product strategy process to define growth plans using standard work for strategy, in-line management, TLME, and GDLO in collaboration with Integrated Supply Chain and Engineering as well as Marketing, Sales, Project Management and Product Management.

• Own Premium Air Handler P&L; analyze profitability and sales of offerings

• Explore creative solutions and critically evaluate with an enterprise mindset to prioritize and progress impactful actions

• Actively review product and technology landscapes to identify innovative product solutions, create product differentiation in product and system pairings, and reduce product costs.

• Define, size and identify targeted market segments for growth opportunities; analyze the competitive and regulatory landscapes; actively identify portfolio gaps and opportunities

• Work collaboratively to provide accurate operational forecasts that integrate market growth, regional incentives and trends, strategic customer’s needs, and product phase in/phase out. Identify mid- and long-term operational capacity needs and work with Integrated Supply Chain to develop associated investment strategies.

• Deliver customer solutions through the development of clear and actionable product requirements. Build business cases and develop/execute commercialization plans for new products/product re-launch & channel/market programs. Ensure growth through post launch tracking and countermeasures.

• Review product sales metrics and work with sales and marketing on developing appropriate product selling plans and programs.

• Partner with Integrated Supply Chain to drive supplier collaboration for quality, delivery, and performance

• Provide residential air handler sales training & support

• Ensure customers’ needs are being met through the entire value stream

Qualifications:

• BS or BA in Engineering, Business, or other.

• 5-10 years of product management, product technical support, or product technical sales experience required

• Demonstrated ability to understanding product function and application and act as a translator of customer needs and technical requirements.

• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to continuously evaluate/re-evaluate requests to identify and execute portfolio priorities

• Strong organizational and program management skills to manage multiple projects at one time

• Sound decision-making, judgment, and problem resolution skills

• Ability to define and launch excellent products

• Ability to travel up to 25%

• The ideal candidate will have familiarity with Trane Technologies Business Operating System or similar (new product launch, product portfolio strategy management, pricing excellence, and inline management)

Key Competencies:

• Technical aptitude to understand and identify needs for product performance and application

• Executes agile and creative problem solving

• Engages with and actively advocates for the customer

• Delivers business results through pro-active review to identify risk/opportunities and actioned countermeasures

• Effective communicator

• Creates external awareness through multiple communication methods

• Motivates and collaborates with cross-functional teams to deliver strong results

Target Base Compensation Range is $110,000- $185,000 annually. Total compensation for this role also will include an incentive plan.

*Disclaimer: This base salary range is based on US national averages. Actual base pay could be a result of seniority, merit, geographic location where the work is performed.

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.

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