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Eaton Corporation Senior Buyer in Wimborne, United Kingdom
Join Eaton and be a part of our commitment to providing impactful, energy-efficient solutions that shape a sustainable future. At Eaton, we make what matters work, and we're dedicated to fostering a workplace where ethics, inclusion, diversity, and our people are at the forefront.
What you’ll do:
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 of:
Programme supply chain requirements e.g. schedule, technical, commercial and quality requirement flow downs
With cross-functional stakeholders, developing the supply chain design including the supply base, Make vs Buy, condition of supply, kitting/tiering, etc
Generating robust material cost models and NRC costs inc. timing of implementation for all elements of the product B.O.M
Ensuring supply chains are in place that enable the products to be supported through life, particularly post serial manufacture – involving supplier transitions, product support agreements, sourcing and obsolescence management
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 programme 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 programme 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 programme 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:
- Ideally a graduate in a Technical, Procurement and/or Programme Management field(s)
Skills:
Experience of designing and re-designing supply chains, in conjunction with operations
Experience of strategic supply chain/ category management
Project/Programme management: desirable to have knowledge of development/qualification programmes, 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 organisation to deliver new products
CIPS, IACCM and/or APM qualifications or equivalent desirable
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