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Senior Project Buyer

Eaton Wimborne – UK

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Eaton have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Buyer (Customer Facing/ Embedded in Internal Project Team).

In this role, you will be responsible for scoping, designing, the implementation and management of the total product supply chain throughout the product lifecycle process – from Bid stage through development and qualification/certification, to production and through life support. Meet cost and timing elements of the business case through creation and management.

Your main responsibilities:

Supply Chain Requirements Capture & Flowdown

• Management of supply chain inputs to bids within product portfolio (cost, schedule, risk, opportunities & commercial terms)
• Supply Chain requirements capture - technical, commercial, financial, schedule & quality
• Design external supply chain to integrate into product manufacturing plan
• Supply Chain requirement flowdown from above, through well-defined work packages
• Determine whether supply chains can be developed to support product opportunities at initial Bid/No Bid decision gate
• Creates/manages procurement plans to ensure program compliance to requirement and business case from initial bid, through delivery to through life support

Commercial Requirements Management and Compliance

• Customer Commercial requirements capture and flowdown to the supply base
• Compliance with customer flow-downs - offset, FARs & DFARs, quality requirements, etc

Delivery - Supply Chain Cost & Schedule Management

• Continuous improvement projects to improve processes, and product quality cost and delivery metrics
• Responsible for delivery of all established program objectives in supply chain via work packages, to cost and schedule
• Accountable for determining cost and implementation schedule for product level supply chains
• Understand critical dependencies impacting the schedule, including internal and supplier dependencies and manage any escalations accordingly
• Embed supply chain implementation schedule into overall program schedule.
• Establish and manages risk and opportunity plans
• Drives cost/schedule compliance for all supply chain work packages being delivered in the product B.O.M throughout the lifecycle; and any other Procurement budgets

People & Stakeholders

• Manages (in a matrix structure) wider procurement team members delivering supply chain work packages for their products; establishing sourcing strategies
• Customer facing role to represent Supply chain and Support customer meetings and audits as applicable
• Co-operates with management to meet the employer’s legal duties and take reasonable care of their own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions
• Coaching/mentoring procurement personnel

Qualifications

Your essential skills we are looking for:

• Supply chain design skills - e.g. setting up new suppliers/multiple supply chains, supplier transition, dual sourcing, supplier performance management
• Strategic sourcing experience – Improving QCD metrics & reducing risk through
• Program management skill set – requirements capture, flow down, project planning
• Schedule management – hold people to account to tasks, management of dependencies
• Change management – scope change, technical/commercial change
• Commercial acumen – awareness of different types of customer and supplier contract requirements, achieving compliance, knowledge of ITAR/TINA/DFARs/FARs/offset desirable
• Influencing skills; persuasively present thoughts and ideas; gain commitment and ensure support for proposed ideas
• Inter personal skills, creates open environment for team working, problem solving and improvements
• Self starter capable of reviewing the ‘current state’, identifying improvement & executing initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience of designing and re-designing supply chains, in conjunction with operations
• Experience of strategic supply chain/ category management
• Project/Program management: desirable to have knowledge of development/qualification programs, production and through life support
• Commercial and financial acumen, with experience of successfully negotiating complex contractual requirements
• Understanding of Lifecycle Management Processes / Engineering Design Gates
• Good team working skills – experience of working in a matrix organization to deliver new products
• Ideally a graduate in a Technical, Procurement and/or Program Management field(s)
• CIPS, IACCM and/or APM qualifications or equivalent desirable
• Please be sure to attach an SPQ after saving the requisition so that the recruiting team can discuss with you and prepare the position for posting

What we offer to you:

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Permanent contract in a fast-growing global company
• Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team
• We make ethics and culture matter – You will enjoy working in supportive and collaborative workplace where ethics and safety are in our DNA
• We make your perspectives matter - Different points of view are what drive innovation and collaboration, and at Eaton, innovation begins with top-to-bottom diversity. Our senior leadership is made up of individuals from diverse groups to help create an environment where employees feel represented and heard at every level.
• We make your aspirations matter – Eaton encourages internal promotion, whenever possible
• We make your growth matter - We invest in our employees for the long term – not just with salary and benefits, but with ongoing learning and development opportunities made available through Eaton University
• We make your contributions matter - reliability, safety, efficiency, and sustainability are at the core of our dedication to improving people’s lives and the environment through power management technologies.
• We make your wellbeing matter – We put your health and safety first. Wellness at Eaton is more than a program, it’s about changing the environment by offering the right tools to help empower employees to make that happen

Our recent awards:

• FORTUNE’s 2021 World’s Most Admired Companies list
• One of the World's Most Ethical Companies 2021 by Ethisphere
• Top 50 Employers List 2020 by Woman Engineer Magazine
• Best Place to work for LGBTQ Equality 2020 by Human Rights Campaign
• Named to 100 Best Corporate Citizens 2020 list for 13th consecutive year by 3BL Media
• 100 Best Corporate Citizens list for 11th consecutive year by Corporate Responsibility

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Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to improving the quality of life and protecting the environment for people everywhere. We are guided by our commitment to do business right, to operate sustainably and to help our customers manage power today and well into the future. By capitalizing on the global growth trends of electrification and digitalization, we’re accelerating the planet’s transition to renewable energy, helping to solve the world’s most urgent power management challenges, and doing what’s best for our stakeholders and all of society. Founded in 1911, Eaton has been listed on the NYSE for nearly a century. We reported revenues of $19.6 billion in 2021 and serve customers in more than 170 countries.

Our culture is built on a strong commitment to practicing our core values and supporting our employees with the tools they need to succeed. We have demonstrated our passion for sustainability with the announcement of cutting carbon emissions from the company’s operations by at least 50 percent by 2030.

Eaton is committed to having a workforce that is diverse and non-discriminatory at all levels, reflecting the diversity of our customers and the varied environments in which we conduct business around the world. Our success depends on our ability to attract and retain the very best people unlimited by race, color, social or economic status, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any protected status. Eaton follows relevant non-discrimination laws and regulations in the countries where we operate. It is the policy of the Company to make all decisions regarding employment, including hiring, compensation, training, promotions, transfers, or lay-offs, based on the principle of equal employment opportunity as defined above.

Job: Supply Chain / Logistics

Region: Europe, Middle East, Africa
Organization: AER MSD Mission System Division

Job Level: Individual Contributor
Schedule: Full-time
Is remote work (i.e. working from home or another Eaton facility) allowed for this position?: No
Does this position offer relocation?: No
Travel: No