Senior Buyer

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Process and follow up purchase orders in a timely manner ensuring best quality, service, quantity, delivery and cost in accordance with organizational objectives and sourcing strategies.
- Develop and implement long-term supply chain strategies in support of business growth.
- Drive commodity cost reduction activity.
- Research commodity sourcing opportunities for assigned products categories in order to leverage international/regional advantages and/ or Eaton's consolidated purchasing power. To conduct competitive biddings, negotiations and purchase agreements to sustain competitive position of supplies
- Implementation of supplier agreements and/or superior supply strategies (Consigned inventory, vendor-managed inventory, external safety stock, capacity allocations, form of delivery, etc.
- Execute material planning to procure raw materials through a consistent process reducing variation on the supply base.
- Accountable for inventory performance of set of suppliers/commodities to maintain balance of on time delivery and working capital performance.
- Utilize MRP to the fullest extent to ensure timely and accurate communication of supplier schedules and/or discrete purchase order releases.
- Manage the ramp up/ramp down of new productions in conjunction with the APQP process to ensure consistency of delivery and minimization of obsolete inventories
- Accountable for monitoring ERP health measures to ensure the consistent use of MRP in managing suppliers and schedules.
- Work closely with the Hydraulics Americas Central Materials Team to drive continuous improvement and consistency in item master and standard planning processes.
- Minimize all inbound/outbound premium freight (PFA)
- Complete root cause analysis on all supplier interruptions; develop robust improvement plans to ensure consistency of material flow.
- Support and work with other departments and/or functions to resolve materials issues.
- Review and adhere to establish processes.
- Propose continuous improvement initiatives both internal and external to the function, which drive efficient use of resources.
- Communicate forecast to suppliers (particularly with long lead time items) to ensure material flow in the supply chain.
- Follow escalation process to expedite materials and/or any other supply issue according to business needs.
- Participate and provide support in cost outs and continuous improvement projects.
- Support all activities related with accounts payable to ensure on time payment to suppliers and avoid accounts "credit hold".
- Maintain relationships with supplier base to ensure efficient and transparent flow of two-way communication.
- Identify, evaluate, approve and add new suppliers through Eaton source policies
- Price Increase Negotiation following SPIR process.
- Credit Term Negotiation following Eaton Policy. #LI-DG2

Qualifications:

Education level required
- Bachelor degree. Preferably in International Trade, Industrial Engineering or similar

Years and area of experience required
- 2 to 5 years of related professional experience in Purchasing (Desirable)

• Manufacturing industry backkground (Must)

Technical knowledgec
- Bilingual (English/Spanish), APICS-CPIM training/certification (desirable),MRP experience (MFG-Pro system desirable),experience in metal-mechanic material purchasing, commodity management, expertise in supplier agreements, price negotiation, cost saving projects management experience.

Skills:

Possesses effective communication skills, demonstrates a collaborative style, drives for results, makes decisions/solves problems, promotes and champions change, pursues personal development, possesses Interpersonal Savvy (Supplier/Customer Relationships) , strong ethics and professional presence required, strong oral and written communication skills, sense of urgency, proactive and organized, teamwork player.

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