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Strategic Buyer

Youngsville, United States

Eaton’s Electrical Sector is currently seeking a Strategic Buyer to join our team in Youngsville, NC.

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.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $83,250 - $122,100 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 (APQP,etc.)
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.

Basic (Required) Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
Minimum two (2) years of experience in manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, operations or a combination of those functions
No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 50-mile radius of Youngsville, NC will be considered. Active Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation
Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in business or engineering from an accredited institution
Two (2)+ years of procurement or supply chain experience within a manufacturing environment
Two (2)+ years experience with SAP MRP/ERP system preferred

Position Success 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.)

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