The Euclid facility has approximately 400 employees and is a leader in the design, development, manufacture and delivery of Aerospace Fuel Pumping components, systems and services to the global aftermarket and OEM markets.
Essential Responsibilities:
The primary function of the Procurement Manager is to lead all aspects of the delivery of materials to support plant goals. This position directs and coordinates activities of personnel engaged in the purchasing/buyer functions to maintain optimal balance between demand /supply and working capital to help ensure operations run efficiently, meet customer delivery schedules and maximize profitability. This role will build organizational capability through teaching, coaching, mentoring and leadership.
The successful candidate will be able to do the following:
- Manage purchase orders, change notices, and expedites of delivery of materials.
- Oversee cost-out actions of purchased materials.
- Negotiate stocking agreements with suppliers, issue blanket POs (Scheduling Agreements and releases for JIT inventory).
- Establishing, managing and executing inventory strategy (MRP, KanBan, ROP, VMI, and Consignment).
- Control of In Direct expenses and MRO procurement.
- Responsible for minimizing purchase price variance.
- Support the implementation of new products and processes using the PROLaunch process.
- Works with Supply Chain team to develop systems to ensure on time delivery to our customer and plant and supplier stocking levels support and exceed company sales and inventory goals.
- Provides data and analysis on vendor performance and works with team to improve lead time, quality, and price from supply base.
- Designs, implements, manages, and monitors purchasing using ERP system to meet company requirements, works with production management to ensure materials are on site on time per customer request.
- Works with cross functional teams to ensure collaborative and system wide approach to problem solving and quality planning methods.
- Prepares weekly and monthly reports for customer on time delivery, inventory accuracy, and inventory dollars and turns. Provides finance and management with predicted month end cost.
- Drives root cause of performance failures and puts sustained, corrective action in place to avoid future misses, creates opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Participate in development of plant strategic plans and align departmental goals.
- Establish and maintain procedures for department.
- Ensure site adheres to Supply Chain Policies and Corporate procedures and programs.
- Provides guidance and development to the team.
- Visibly and actively supports other functional plant initiatives including safety, wellness, engagement, etc.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredit intuition
- 5 years of procurement experience within a manufacturing environment
- 1 year managerial experience
- Must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship
- This position requires use of information or access to hardware which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Lean Manufacturing
- Supplier Negotiation skills
- Ability to lead cross-functional process improvement teams
- Strong problem solving an analytical skills
- Demonstrated success in driving results through others
- Demonstrated skills in team development and competency excellence
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, Power Point)
- Experience in driving aligned actions through groups that don't directly report to them
- Self-motivated with the ability to simultaneously manage multiple time-sensitive tasks
- Must be detail-oriented and possess excellent prioritization skills
- Strong communication and presentation skills. Must be able to effectively interact with all levels of staff
- MBA preferred
- APICS certification a plus
Eaton
1000 Eaton Boulevard
Cleveland
Ohio United States
www.eaton.com
Eaton is a power management company with 2015 sales of $20.9 billion. Eaton provides energy-efficient solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power more efficiently, safely and sustainably. Eaton has approximately 97,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 175 countries. For more information, visit www.eaton.com. At Eaton, we see things differently. We see opportunities to innovate, go above and beyond, and we work hard because what we do reflects who we are. If you see things differently if you're determined, motivated and focused on improving the world around you then it's time to see where a career at Eaton can take you. For more information, visit www.eaton.com/careers. Eaton is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Eaton is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.
