Network Purchasing Leader

a Disability Friendly Workplace, ensuring an inclusive environment for all our employees.

What you'll do:

The focus of this role would be to manage a team of local and remote Buyers in Hungary and other potential strategical sites while interacting with a variety of different business functions including Suppliers, Strategic & Operational Procurement, Customer Service, Warehouse, Supplier Development and Category Managers, Finance, Senior management team, IT and PLM globally to ensure effective and timely material availability.

Main Responsibilities:

• Act as team leader and manage up to 15 buyers both locally and internationally.
• Ensure that your team and you as a leader build up a good relationship and understand the constraints of our external vendors and communicate clearly internally and externally
• Develop and execute defined KPI's and measure your team and ensure that overall goals are achieved
• Cooperating with Process Excellence to deploy capability competency matrix and upskill the knowledge of your team and yourself
• Govern processes to improve planning parameters and replenishment strategies, like lot size, lead-time etc in the local ERP systems
• Managing changing scenarios like seasonality, forecast changes, supply chain changes and deploy the necessary changes
• Integrating strategical MP functions into EATON's SIOP process
• Ensuring that planning data (policies and parameters) on the ERP system are accurate and continuously adapted to current scenarios
• Keeping strong customer focus and give importance to reduce slow movers and obsolete material
• Working with the Supply Chain-Order Management Team leaders on improving with supplier in intercompany shipments within EMEA and re-structure the process if needed
• Contribute and support implementing new Digital tools defined by Eaton and implement these into our teams.
• Deploy successors and work on a talent pool with the senior leaders
• Assure team is adhering to EATON Life Saving Rules, ethics and other relevant global and local trainings and perform necessary trainings as direct manager

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required, preferably in a relevant field

• 5 years of experience in Supply Chain, and 2 years of experience in a comparable leadership role

Skills:

• Ability to use English in a professional capacity both orally and in writing

• Knowledge and experience in SAP MM preferred

• Advanced level in MS Office

• Proven leadership and people management skills

• Project Management knowledge, ability to hold presentations, and an ability to mentor and educate

What We Offer:

• Wide Range of Employee Benefits: Hybrid work model, Annual bonus, Cafeteria, Private Medical Insurance, Life Insurance, - Eye-glass refund, AYCM partnership, Internal reward system (E-Stars)

• Employee Wellbeing Support: Access comprehensive support programs designed to enhance your overall wellbeing

• Family Friendly: Enjoy a family-friendly environment with policies that support work-life balance

• Talent Management and Career Development: We are dedicated to your professional growth, with a strong focus on internal mobility, continuous learning, and peer coaching

• Dog-Friendly: Bring your furry friend to work in our dog-friendly office

• Dedicated Spaces: Utilize our family room, multi-prayer room, stretching room, and chill room for your comfort and convenience

• Company Yoga Sessions: Participate in regular yoga sessions to stay fit and relaxed

• Social Responsibility: Join a socially responsible organization committed to making a positive impact

• Employee Appreciation Day: Celebrate with us on Employee Appreciation Day, recognizing your hard work and contributions

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.