Buyer, Business

Buyer

Eaton's GEIS division is currently seeking a Buyer. The expected annual salary range for this role is $71000 - $105000 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.

The Indirect Buyer position is responsible for coordinating the master schedule & initiating the timely release of purchase orders as well as negotiating contracts for production materials. The Buyer will be working with SAP to source a variety of complex materials and services in order to effectively support the production requirements for the plant; develop appropriate stocking strategies; work with corporate resources to identify product supply sources, and review and negotiate purchase price;

work with supplier quality team to qualify vendors to ensure the overall conformance of materials purchased to manufacturing specifications; assist facility with new product development; and manage vendor relationships/quality/delivery/inventory levels in accordance with plant objectives.

Essential Responsibilities:
• Procurement – identifies qualified suppliers, issues RFQs, and evaluates supplier reliability; procures complex items (material, parts, supplies, and equipment) following established purchasing policies and procedures and optimizing price, delivery, and terms
• Negotiation – negotiates price, terms, quality, delivery, and replenishment strategy, claims, etc., supporting required material flow and supplier performance and relationship development. Negotiates supplier delivery schedules and advanced replenishment methods.
• Supplier Management – proactively monitors supplier performance (order placement, order changes, order performance, etc.); proactively identifies and executes solutions to ensure material flow to customer demand; manages issue resolution and recovery; develops/builds supplier relationships; effectively mitigates and escalates related risk to minimize impact to business/material flow and customer commitments.
• Building Organizational Capability – provides tactical execution oversight and direction to ensure tactical execution; develops meaningful relationships with other Supply Chain and Functional Team Members across the site and business – Commodity Mgmt., Supplier Development, Plant Operations, Customer Service, Quality, Engineering, EH&S, etc. Develops tools for themselves and the team to drive efficiency improvements.
• Continuous Improvement – works to drive continuous improvement in material quality and delivery; uses data to support decision making and related improvements; initiates and actively supports continuous improvement opportunities; participates in rapid improvement events. Looks for and develops solutions to issues with existing processes and procedures.

• Lead the buying processes by participating in identifying, communicating, and resolving supplier problems through the development and maintenance of ethical supplier relationships that foster a desire to furnish new ideas and promote cooperation with Eaton on an on-going basis.
• Develop, support, and maintain adequate supply of assigned commodities and inventory needs.
• Resolve problem situations related to selection of source, price, deliveries, specifications, quality and other terms with suppliers and various internal departments.
• Maintain part parameters with MRP.
• Determine adjustments to inventory as a result of scrap, damage, or loss of parts.
• Support Value Stream Managers to improve deliveries when necessary.
• Support weekly production meetings with accurate shortage information.
• Create and maintain supplier schedules on a weekly basis to ensure accurate and on-time information flow to suppliers.
• Develop and maintain purchase part strategy (PFEP)
• Improve performance optimization by identifying, tracking, and reporting on KPIs critical to supply chain success, providing actionable insights for informed decision-making.
• Analytics leadership in creating and managing complex models, dashboards, and tools by integrating internal…