Senior Global Indirect Buyer Job at Eaton Corporation
Eaton Corporation Lathrup Village, MI
Eaton’s VEH EMB eMobility division is currently seeking a Senior Global Indirect Buyer. With a world-class portfolio of electric vehicle products with software and global expertise in electrical infrastructure development, Eaton is connecting the full EV ecosystem to drive advancements in technology. We are driving the way to the evolution of the transition from Automotive Combustion Engine products to future demand EV Electrification products. This Hybrid role can be supported on-site from our Southfield, Michigan or Tualatin , Oregon location.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $101250.0 - $148500.0 a year.
Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
What you’ll do:
Summary of Primary responsibilities:
- Independently identify cost-out opportunities (negotiation, resourcing, VAVE) with the global eMobility indirect and logistics supply base.
- Identify logistics continuous improvement opportunities by partnering with plant materials teams (Planners and Material Managers; Examples: change mode of shipment, air freight reduction, consolidation of shipments).
- Deploy Vehicle Group and Global Procurement office logistics strategies across eMobility.
- Lead execution of cost-out opportunities and timely implementation to budgeted cost-out.
- Manage cross functional teams, maintain action trackers and heatmaps and report on progress of cost-out projects.
- Maintain cost-out projects in Global Procurement SharePoint cost-out database (timing, benefit, milestones etc.).
- Actively drives supply base continuous improvement.
- Categorization of indirect spend and maintenance of supplier meta data in GPS (Global Procurement SharePoint).
- In times of high inflation, the role requires supplier price increase management including supplier negotiation, development of mitigation action plans, analysis and administration.
- Always aligns with Global Category Management on category strategy and strategic supply base.
- Ensures full leverage of Eaton Global Procurement Office tools and resources.
- Globally create preferred supplier base for indirect and Logistic sources in eMobility.
- Leads global cost out events for all eMobility in coordination with global category managers.
B.Partners with Eaton Global Procurement Office Category Managers to drive supply base improvements.
C.Compliance to Eaton’s sourcing process and global supply chain policies.
D.Aligns with Eaton Global Procurement Office Category Managers on strategy.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution.
- 5+ years of procurement experience with demonstrated ability to independently identify cost-out opportunities.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams through all project stages to execution of cost-out projects.
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in US without company sponsorship, now or in the future.
- No relocation benefit is being offered for this role, candidates must be located within 50 miles of Tualatin, OR .. or ..Southfield Mi .
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in an engineering discipline or supply chain.
- Past working experience in design engineering (ME/EE) or quality engineering.
- Past experience managing indirect categories, in particular drive cost-out.
Skills:
- Strong analytical and cognitive skills.
- Excellent SCM sourcing and supplier management process and deployment knowledge.
- Experience working with a centralized, global procurement organization.
- Excellent interpersonal relationship building and teamwork skills.
- Strong negotiation skills, knowledge, and experience.
- Strong experience in complex project management including but not limited to multi-country/regional scope and cross-functional coordination.
- Possess knowledge of the various Manufacturing related categories and EPR system processes e.g. SAP.
- Advanced understanding of Logistics processes and freight management tools.
- Proficiency in using Word, Power Point and Excel.
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