Senior Strategic Buyer

Eaton’s DCPD division is currently seeking a Senior Strategic Buyer. This position is based at our Electrical Manufacturing facility in Santa Ana, CA. 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 Senior 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 Senior 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 $99,000 - $145,000 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.

• Procure parts and services with complex or custom requirements
• Perform supplier capabilities qualification and enforce quality requirements
• 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

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution OR in lieu of degree, H.S Diploma and six (6) years' experience in supply chain within a manufacturing plant
• Minimum of two (2) years' experience in purchasing or sourcing
• Minimum 1 year of experience in manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, operations or a combination of those functions
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future. 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.
• No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 50-mile radius of Santa Ana, CA will be considered. Active Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation

• Bachelor’s degree in business or engineering from an accredited institution
• 2+ years of procurement or supply chain experience within a manufacturing environment
• 2+ years’ experience with SAP MRP/ERP system
• 2+ years’ experience working in a high mix, low volume manufacturing environment

• 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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