Strategic Buyer

Eaton's Electrical Sector is currently seeking a Strategic Buyer to join our team. This position is based at our Richmond, VA location.

The Supply Chain orchestration from customer to supplier requires a strong operational partner to manage, measure and maintain business relations with external supply chain partners. The Strategic Buyer is responsible for complex procurement of custom products and services and related supply chain aspects such as purchase orders, inbound volumes, spend, procurement volumes, forecast and capacity commits and supplier performance and compliance. The Strategic Buyer's focus lies on new and defined suppliers for a range of products procured from outside of Eaton.

Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each and every day. It's where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential-and where you can help us reach ours.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $83250.0 - $122100.0 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:

• Procure parts and services with complex or custom requirements
• Perform supplier capabilities qualification and enforce quality requirements
• Receive, validate and communicate Engineering Specs for parts with support of Engineering
• Monitor new tender or portfolio needs, validate make/buy & facilitate timely RFx and vendor onboarding
• Assess market conditions and define critical materials, sourcing strategy
• Negotiate price-volume-lead time-service level-warranty T&Cs for optimal and risk-efficient balance
• Engage suppliers in tender preparation and align on responsibilities for delivery, installation and maintenance
• Manage Material Forecast collaboration and receive capacity commits from suppliers
• Align on FAT / FWT testing execution with the support of Engineering/Quality or Customer representatives
• Track supplier performance, compliance and facilitate monthly and quarterly review and quality audits.

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum 1 year of experience in manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, operations or a combination of those functions
• Minimum 1 year of experience working with SAP or a similar ERP System
• Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and within the future

Preferred Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in business or engineering from an accredited institution
• 2+ years of procurement or supply chain experience within a manufacturing environment
• 2+ years' experience with SAP MRP/ERP system preferred
• 2+ years' experience working in a high mix, low volume manufacturing environment

Position Criteria:

• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work in a matrix environment, get results and drive change through others
• Effective oral and written communication skills as well as planning and organizational skills
• Ability to manage by influence through solid relationships and process focus
• Ability to effectively present results and recommendations to senior-level executive team
• Proficiency with Microsoft applications (Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.)

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 believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.

You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.