SCM Indirect Purchasing Manager

to leverage Eaton's purchases and reduce costs across all relevant business units.

• Align and deploy effective strategies for Corporate Indirect Procurement, with accountability to positively impact associated annual commodity spend, cost out and cost avoidance. This will be demonstrated with appropriate metrics - achieved in close collaboration with each site, increasing leverage across a rationalized set of preferred supplier partners, particularly with high-Indirect consuming business units.

• Create a rationalized supply base that covers a majority of spend and that is managed at a senior management level in both organizations.

• Communicate and collaborate among related function teams to effectively resolve purchasing issues and maximize customer satisfaction.

• Collaborate with Regional Category Manager to deploy and implement category strategy and support key cross manufactory initiatives and programs.

• Continue to optimize the indirect purchasing process and supplier base to support business unit's performance, facilitate the purchasing process, deliver better performance and productivity.

• Coach and build a pipeline of high performing, diverse team and build team's capabilities that apply their skills and different perspectives.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or above

• Above 10 years purchasing related work experience.

• Procurement of indirect/direct Category & Commodities for Eaton through bidding, benchmarking, and negotiation.

• Collaborates with stakeholders to achieve assigned special projects and initiative outcomes.

• Supplier base development and optimization, prequalification and management to ensure cost-effective supply with consistent quality and acceptable service & delivery levels.

• Understands technical specifications, product performance requirements, manufacturing processes, and end user expectations.

• Responsible for monthly reports regarding indirect procurement activities

• Coordinate with all levels of Eaton businesses and external suppliers whilst maintain excellent stakeholder relationships.

• Digitalization platform and tools application to drive better performance and productivity.

• Have understanding of the business needs at a sub-regional level.

• In compliance with Eaton procurement policy and T&Cs; Monitors and reports Operations' compliance to service agreements and strategy

• Keep efficient communication with user department and SCM interfaces.

• Builds team's capabilities.

• Digitalization mindset (ESSP, GPS, SAP,DocuSign-CLM, Costverse)

• Strong negotiation and supplier management skills

• Strategic thinker and conflict resolution

• Results-oriented and teamwork

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