Senior Buyer

Join Eaton, a global leader where equality and inclusivity are at the heart of our mission. Here, everyone is valued and belongs. Be part of a team that delivers cutting-edge, energy-efficient solutions, making a tangible impact on the world. We empower our customers to manage electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical energy more effectively, safely, and sustainably. At Eaton, we're dedicated to enhancing quality of life and protecting the environment with our innovative energy management technologies and services.

Our EMEA Business Service Center (BSC) in Budapest is Eaton's largest office in the region. With a diverse team of over 700 people, representing 40+ nationalities and speaking 20+ languages, the BSC is the central hub for business services. It empowers seamless operations and drives exceptional results across our electrical, industrial, and corporate teams. We are proud to be a Disability Friendly Workplace, ensuring an inclusive environment for all our employees.

What you'll do:

As a Senior Buyer, you will

• manage value stream from supplier to distribution centre and production pants, will be responsible for material availability and electrical finish goods inventory management
• Maintain system inventory records and enters transactions
• Achieve customer satisfaction through effective planning and executions
• Manage flow of goods between Suppliers/Factories and Distribution Center and production plants
• Ensure demand for materials is met and deliveries are made on time
• Set up weekly/ monthly calls with critical vendors
• Be responsible for a clear open purchase order book to vendors: regular check of overdue /non confirmed/open purchase orders and respective PO rescheduling (expedite, push out, cancel)
• Communicate to customer service/OM/ production planners in case there are changes to the supply plan that affect promised sales order dates/production order
• Ensure KPI are achieved based on daily/monthly/ quarterly reviews
• Develop and maintain good relationships with suppliers, planners, OM, SCC, CM, OP, SP, Process Excellence
• Purchasing data maintenance in SAP to ensure that pruchase orders to suppliers for several areas can be processed timely and in the correct way
• Review current SOPs and processes, highlight areas where development/change is necessary - but this is maybe already part of leading CI actions - including RCA
• Allocate stock based on Order Management/other department approved request and manage inquiries from customer service and be the person to go at the first escalation level
• Manage order confirmation from suppliers - including manual maintenance - first interface to suppliers for all needed clarifications regarding deviation order confirmation (prices, quantities, dates)
• Being first point of escalation in case of absence of Team Leader
• Key user in SAP and Kinaxis, first contact point for other team members in case of technical questions
• Investigate and solve reasons of blocked Invoices weekly (clarification in case of deviation price- qty)
• Provide Forecast to Vendors and understand the impact
• Track and take continuous improvement actions for KPI - On-time Delivery (OTD); Stock fill rate (SFR and S-OTD) etc
• Escalate if the MRP planning parameters are not correct in SAP to inventory specialist
• Understand and managing risks to minimize impact on planning KPI's
• Take follow up actions in relation to material shortages to the DC's and production plants (end to end ownership)
• Support any kind of challenging projects and stakeholder of several improvements
• Response to queries from Warehouse (ticket system mainly) and support to solve the inbound discrapencies
• Support the CM by anayise on price, consumption, MOQ, material list etc.
• Support stock take in case of consignmentCreation/Maintenance PIR, SL for Internal & External suppliers
• Creation/Maintenance PIR, SL for Internal & External suppliers

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in relevant area preferred
• At least 2 years of experience in SCM/CC/OM

Skills:

• SAP MM advanced level
• MS Office advanced level
• Fluency in English (both written and spoken)
• Open, proactive and cooperative
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Willing to take ownership
• Analytical and cognitive
• Ability to analyze operational problems in a short time based on data-driven KPIs and / or unexpected critical situations (eg Delivery Problems)

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.