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Eaton

Regional Commodity Manager

Glendale Heights, IL

Eaton's VEH Vehicle Group division is currently seeking a Regional Commodity Manager. This is a remote position that supports commodity management for our Power Connections business within our Vehicle Group North America.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $116250.03 - $170500.04 a year. This position is also eligible for a variable incentive program.

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:

As the Regional Commodity Manager for Metals, copper and aluminum, you will develop long term category strategic planning, create category metrics and ensure regional category strategies are aligned with Business and Corporate goals, deployed concurrently and meet the requirements of Supply Chain Management function and Vehicle Group North America operations. You must develop deep category knowledge and become a true expert, knowing the complex spend portfolio as well as the product end markets in order to provide category guidance for the businesses and the purchasing organization. You must build and maintain strong relations with stakeholders and be political savvy when deploying organizational resources and supporting functions in reaching their goals. You must collaborate with other functions (operations, quality, logistics, R&D) for new product line development as well as solving any existing supply continuity challenges and to prevent reoccurrence of such.

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Primary Function

  • Establish and lead the development of strategies to leverage Business spend.
  • Ensure that key metrics for the procurement function such as Cost Out, Cost-Out idea generation, DPO, Resiliency and Diversity Spend is achieved according to business profit plans.
  • Initiate, develop, and execute business strategic initiatives to facilitate cross-business synergies and increase leverage across a rationalized set of global preferred supplier partners.
  • Present to senior management using advanced planning tools, methods, technical analysis, standards summarizing procurement opportunities.
  • Lead the team in conducting Supplier Business Reviews with top strategic suppliers on a regular basis annually and execute the negotiation calendar to negotiate strategic spend annually.
  • Drive Eaton's Go Green process to meet business goals and understand market gap available in category through Ariba RFQs, E-Auctions, Should Cost, Supplier Total Waste Elimination Events and market intelligence
  • Work closely with global category suppliers and manufacturing facilities to ensure that plants are supplied at all times at the most competitive price.
  • Establish and lead supply chain teams in developing Aftermarket and Outside Processing strategies to leverage Eaton's Vehicle Group world-wide buy, generate cost-outcome results, optimize supply base and improve quality and service performance.
  • Review, approve, monitor and report compliance to commodity agreements and strategies based upon Eaton SCM strategic directions.
  • Initiate innovative business solutions, forecasts, and commodity projections.

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business, or engineering from an accredited institution
  • Eight (8) or more years of experience in supply chain
  • Five (5) or more years of commodity management at a regional level within a manufacturing organization
  • Ability to travel up to 20% as needed.
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship now or in the future.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • In depth market knowledge for copper and aluminum.
  • MBA or master's degree from an accredited institution.

Skills:

Position Success Criteria:

  • Clear understanding of cost drivers and industry best purchasing practices.
  • Acknowledged expert in identifying and understanding current trends in supply chain management specifically in copper.
  • Exhibits excellent communication, customer service and interpersonal skills necessary to converse with diverse group of stakeholders including senior management (internal and at the suppliers), operations and supply chain management personnel.
  • Global business experience is required with experience in negotiating with global suppliers.
  • Demonstrated ability in strategic process creation and implementation, knowledge and experience in successfully deploying category strategies and driving cost-out.
  • Demonstrated ability to create price gaps and drive results via fact-based negotiations.
  • Ability to effectively manage multiple priorities with challenging time constraints.
  • Must be a creative thinker who can deal with ambiguity to create a vision of how to drive the organization to achieve desired results.
  • This position requires self-direction and self-motivation in analytical and problem-solving skills, which include knowledge of complex supply chain and commodities strategies and solutions.
  • This position requires an individual who catalyzes commitment to and vigorous pursuit of a clear and compelling vision while stimulating higher performance standards.
  • This position requires creativity for ensuring results and knowledge of supply chain industry best practices to achieve value-added outcomes.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Eaton considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with local laws. To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.

We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Client-provided location(s): Carol Stream, IL, USA
Job ID: Eaton-687210540877
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Health Reimbursement Account
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • On-Site Gym
    • Pet Insurance
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • Virtual Fitness Classes
  • Parental Benefits

    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Adoption Assistance Program
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Casual Dress
    • On-Site Cafeteria
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Leave of Absence
    • Summer Fridays
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Performance Bonus
    • Relocation Assistance
    • Financial Counseling
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Internship Program
    • Work Visa Sponsorship
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)

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