Purchasing Network Leader Full Time NEW

This Position is part of the Materials function of the Global Supply Chain CoE reporting to the Procurement Manager – Materials

• Provide leadership direction to the team of analyst at GSCCoE & build a scalable , capable organization through development and deployment of standard processes across all sites. The scope is further extended to taking new transitions, developing standard models, and suggesting best practices to Eaton sites with proven results.
• This individual will be responsible for collaborating with a cross-functional set of stakeholders across the divisions, to drive improvements in key Materials metrics work with teams like SIOP and inventory for driving the key organizational initiatives.
• To drive excellent collaboration with the Business SCM Leadership through communication & presentation skills to align with the objectives of the respective Business Group.
• Has prior team management experience in the SCM Domain
• Lead a team of 15+ members and Build organizational capability though development plans, mentoring, driving accountability, cross-training & succession planning. Talent Management, hiring as when needed, gap assessment with existing team members and developing team’s functionals skills and competencies to meet business requirements.
• Should lead team by an example, Guide, drive, motivate & engage team to deliver on all key functional expectations such as COTD, CSI
• Drive customer engagement and satisfaction by meeting customer expectations and needs, build customer facing KPIs, voice of customer thru periodic meetings and ensuring timely resolution to customer queries/feedback etc. To plan, schedule and manage the defined business services, delivering to agreed timescales, budget, quality criteria and commitments.
• Will be responsible for growth of the team & scaling of existing roles from the supplier planning standpoint
• Excellent communication & presentation skills to work with teams from different geographies (Global, regional & local materials management teams)
• Enable the team to Own and drive Business Impact goals such as Inventory DOH reduction, Cost Out / Avoidance Opportunities
• Deploy strong process rigor through the QMS processes to drive strong Escalation Management, Root Cause Analysis, Quality Check , Risk Analysis and mitigation, Skill & Competency Development
• Coach the Team members and leads in driving Continuous Improvement and demonstrate high impact and Positive turnaround of the issues
• Proactive Data mining & Identify potential leakages/Area for Improvement in Business and provide recommendations from CoE Team.

Qualifications

Should be Graduate with Master’s degree (Preferably into Materials / Production / Operations Management) Engineering Graduate preferred

12 to 15 years of relevant experience into Materials Planning, Excellent communication, customer service, and interpersonal skills necessary to converse with diverse group of stakeholders including senior management, operations and Supply Chain Management personnel

Skills

Materials Planning and Inventory Management, Data Analytics, Power BI, SQL, Python, Complex calculations and understanding

Excellent communication, customer service, and interpersonal skills necessary to converse with diverse group of stakeholders including senior management, operations and Supply Chain Management personnel

Should have strong functional knowledge & working experience related to Materials management & detailed understanding of concepts related to replenishment planning, MRP/ material planning & Inventory performance measures like Forecasting Accuracy & DOH

Proven Track record in driving Continuous Improvement projects.