Edkedsha (KeeKee) Mathis, Sr. Leader, Supplier Sustainability & Diversity for Trane Technologies, focuses on recognizing opportunities in the complex supply chain risks involving climate, geopolitical, cybersecurity, pandemic, and human rights. She systematically updates policies and conducts supply chain assessments to help suppliers improve their operations. An example is providing integration support in the Preferred Suppliers Program and providing ESG training. Edkedsha is the lead for Supplier Sustainability and Supplier Diversity. She provides training on supplier diversity topics internally and externally and collaborates with the Global Procurement leadership team on supplier selection using a decision matrix.
Edkedsha maintains alignment with Trane Technologies Purpose, Strategy, and Leadership Principles as a change agent. She is a thought leader, bringing diverse perspectives together and strives to ensure inclusion, transparency, and fairness in all supplier sustainability and diversity practices. Edkedsha believes change agents must fully understand the current teams and resources available and identify needs by evaluating the breadth and depth of current talent for capacity planning purposes. The goal of capacity planning is to become increasingly efficient, organizing teams capable of consistently delivering on commitments within budget and timelines.