Procurement Manager

TheProcurement Manageris responsible for the supplier demand planning and delivery of all direct materials and services including subcon, while assuring continuity of material supply required for Titchfield. This person will be responsible for overall supplier on time delivery, parts quality and cost requirements.

Job Responsibilities:

• Building a competent and sustainable team of Procurement Buyer-Planners, providing leadership in development of individuals within the direct, indirect and service procurement functions
• Being responsible for supplier delivery on time, inventory levels through the supply chain while supporting quality and cost.
• Establishing Supplier capacity planning model including constraint management in collaboration with the SIOP team
• Being responsible for cost out and delivery project initiation and timelines. and being responsible for Sourcing, Cost Out, Business Model Changes with the need to meet and exceed MPV targets in line with PP commitments.
• Being responsible for the Management of ECN and MPS changes which affect the direct material in the supply chain, while working closely with Commodity Managers, Engineering, Operations, Supplier Quality and Supplier Development teams
• Executing projects related to the commodity strategy to support divisional cost, quality, delivery, supplier reduction, and sourcing goals.
• Working closely with Supplier Quality and Supplier Delivery team on improving the current supply base and developing new suppliers, as needed.
• Expertise on the sustainability of ERP Data
• Coordinating with Commodity Management and Material Planning for the establishment and implementation of pull production / stocking arrangements (Kanban/DLF) with suppliers including consignment internal and external to Eaton facilities e.g. VMI.
• Maintaining ERP (for example MFGPro) supplier parameters including Supplier Time Fences, MOQ, Min/Max levels, safety time, safety stock management (while aligning with the Material Planning team) in alignment with SIOP. Establishing and maintaining Plan for Every Part (PFEP).
• Managing supplier compliance and communications associated with Eaton Corporate initiatives (Ethics compliance, EHS requirements, etc.)
• Ensuring appropriate performance measure (Quality, Cost and Delivery) of supply base and feedback of results

Masters Level or Bachelors qualification in SCM, Business or related discipline

Full knowledge and understanding of materials planning systems (MRP/ERP) requirements and order generation process logic (for example MFGPro)
CIPS/APICS CPIM certified (or working towards it)
Thorough understanding of SCM operational concepts surrounding production planning, scheduling, purchasing, and inventory control.
Ability to lead cross-functional process improvement teams
Procurement management experience preferred
Manufacturing industry experience preferred
Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills
Minimum 5 years buying experience
Demonstrated project leadership success
Broad commodity or technical experience preferred

What We Offer To You

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team
• We make your aspirations matter Eaton encourages internal promotion, whenever possible
• We make your growth matter - We invest in our employees for the long term not just with salary and benefits, but with ongoing learning and development opportunities made available through Eaton University
• We make your contributions matter - reliability, safety, efficiency, and sustainability are at the core of our dedication to improving peoples lives and the environment through power management technologies.
• We make your wellbeing matter We put your health and safety first. Wellness at Eaton is more than a program, its about changing the environment by offering the right tools to help empower employees to make that happen.

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