Job Description

Job Req ID

49333

Work Type

Hybrid

Department

Supply Chain Management

What you'll do:

The position focuses on purchases for indirect material and services from major suppliers, strategic commodities, and multiple locations. The position manages the assigned indirect material supply base for multiple sites to ensure uninterrupted supply at optimum cost, quality, and service for each site. Must be dedicated to maintaining strategic relationships and creating new ones in the spend categories with increased opportunity. Maintains an essential balance between supplier quality, delivery expectations, and cost reduction metrics for all indirect material purchases.


Critical Outputs:

A. Manages P2P cycle for indirect material, maintain supplier relationships and ensure uninterrupted supply at optimum cost, quality, and service for each site, opportunities for product/supplier improvement, while ensuring adequate service levels are met.

B. Acts and apply skillful negotiations (net-pay terms) with internal and external suppliers; conducts problem resolution and settles disputes; develops win-win solutions and creates positive relations with tact and expert judgment.

C. Leverage Eaton procurement excellence tools in reporting Supplier Prices Increase Request and collaborate with Corporate/Business Category managers to leverage competitive suppliers

D. Vendor management and maintenance of new/change supplier add requests, efficiently follow-up with functional team to update integrated ERP for issuing amended POs on time in avoiding penalties to business


E. Prepare and release RFQ packages with approved suppliers in line with internal policies for identifying competitive suppliers and recommendation

F. Collaborating with functional team in implementing cost saving projects, reporting/creating visibility to business on strategic purchase v/s tactical to avoid ineffective process

G. Efficiently closing Open orders, resolving invoice issues, reducing invoice liability, business urgencies within SLA timelines


Essential Functions:

A. Manages and maintains all assigned current supplier contacts, business relationships and commercial responsibilities for the assigned sites.

B. Assisting the corporate indirect material commodity teams implement projects for the sites assigned.

C. Facilitate supplier questions on accounts payables and support any necessary activity for disposition of invoice resolutions and/or payment issues.

D. Facilitates cross-functional collaboration with others to identify new areas of opportunity and achieve the greatest outcomes in support of SCM strategic goals and initiatives.

E. Must have knowledge of Excel/Macro's to on every operation, generating reports, advantage to have knowledge of Power Bi for creating and publishing reports at shared space


Qualifications:

Bachelor's in engineering Or bachelor's degree in supply chain management from an accredited university.


Skills:
Possesses expert knowledge SAP MM for managing complete P2P Cycle, Ariba for P2P, Shows track records for demonstrating leadership and thinking and acting strategically. Demonstrated experience with commodity products and suppliers. Excellent communication, customer service, and interpersonal skills necessary to converse with diverse group of stakeholders including senior management, operations, SCM personnel, and external suppliers. Knowledgeable on ERP system operations, functions, and interfaces. Enterprise reporting systems and data mining. Skilled in Microsoft office applications, heavily influenced excel.
Eaton strives to provide benefits and programs that are competitive and focused on employee well-being. These programs are offered across the United States and Puerto Rico, but specific programs and options available may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic locations, date of hire, employment type and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

About Us

Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to protecting the environment and improving the quality of life for people everywhere. We make products for the data center, utility, industrial, commercial, machine building, residential, aerospace and mobility markets. We are guided by our commitment to do business right, to operate sustainably and to help our customers manage power today and well into the future. By capitalizing on the global growth trends of electrification and digitalization, we're helping to solve the world's most urgent power management challenges and building a more sustainable society for people today and generations to come.

Founded in 1911, Eaton has continuously evolved to meet the changing and expanding needs of our stakeholders. With revenues of nearly $25 billion in 2024, the company serves customers in more than 160 countries. For more information, visit www.eaton.com Follow us on LinkedIn.

Our commitment to Inclusion & Diversity and Sustainability

We are powered by our vision, driven by strategy, guided by our aspirational goals and committed to doing business right. We believe diversity is our strength and diverse thinking powers innovation and growth. In our second annual Global Inclusion and Diversity Transparency Report, we look at the progress we've made in our journey and the work that's still left to do. Our latest sustainability report features our progress toward our 2030 Sustainability Goals, which include science-based greenhouse gas reduction targets and our commitment to become carbon neutral by 2030.

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2018-2025 World's most admired companies, Forbes 2016-2023 Best Place to work for LGBTQ Equality, HRC 2023-2024 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces, Newsweek 2012-2025 World's Most Ethical Companies, Ethisphere

Eaton in India was recognized as a Great Place to Work in 2022 CII Ideathon HR & IR in Excellence in Community Impact 2022 Top 20 Most Innovative Practices -- Women Returnee Programs (DivHersity Awards 2022) We are recognized as India's Best Workplaces in Manufacturing 2023 - Top 25 Eaton in India was recognized as a certified DEI Crusader during 'The Progressive Places to Work Conclave 2023' by Times Group India 2022-2023 Top 100 Best Companies for Women in India (BCWI) MICI '(Most Inclusive Companies Index)' - in 2022 and 2023 * Eaton is recognized by 'The Global DEI Alliance' as a progressive change advocate of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) - 2023