Senior Buyer/Planner

Eaton’s Power Components Division is seeking a Senior Buyer/Planner to join our team. This position is based out of our Beaver, PA location. Must reside within a 50-mile radius of the work location(s) listed on this posting. No relocation is being offered for this role.

Position Overview:

The Senior Buyer/Planner will be responsible for the timely procurement of materials and related production support activities. This role will be responsible for resolving any procurement, quality, invoice, production and inventory-related issue, including appropriate ERP transactions. This position will report directly to the Supply Chain Manager and interface with customer service, internal and external suppliers, Product Engineering, and Production to ensure a high level of support to satisfy the customer.

Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention, and discovery become a reality daily. It's where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential—and where you can help us reach ours.

Essential Functions:

• Balance inventory and manage fill rate to deliver maximum value.
• Through MRP review, forecast management, and vendor collaboration, ensure product availability.
• Review requisitions, place purchase orders, issue change notices, review exception messages, and follow up and expedite delivery of materials or services to ensure adherence to production schedules and delivery to meet supplier on-time delivery (SOTD) goals.
• Monitor in-stock and delivery status to take expediting steps and share accurate "available to promise" information with key internal stakeholders.
• Maximize effective use of the ERP system and other company technology platforms to increase material management efficiency.
• Maintain Material Master records for assigned materials; Ensure accurate ERP records and source lists to reconcile supplier invoices for payment promptly.
• Understand system queries in the operating system by writing or running queries as required.
• Cycle count and reconcile ERP inventory, including support of physical inventory to ensure inventory accuracy within a goal.
• Review and maintain internal/external Kanban replenishment, vendor-managed programs, scheduling agreements and blanket orders.
• Ensure work orders for their areas of responsibility are current, not past due, and not in pick status for long periods
• Define and apply complex data analysis and analytical tools for process improvements.
• Drive process channel knowledge for acquiring materials and/or services to ensure delivery requirements for commodities and/or service customers.
• Provide reporting and deliver annual cost reduction/process improvement goals to support facility metrics.
• Complete understanding of total supply chain logistics.

When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we — as individuals and as a company — are stronger.

Qualifications

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution.
• Three (3) years of purchasing and negotiation experience.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.
• Must reside within a 50-mile radius of the work location(s) listed on this posting. No relocation is being offered for this role.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Five (5) years of purchasing and negotiation experience
• Planning experience
• Certification in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)
• APICS Certification.

Position Criteria:

• Technical knowledge:
  • Understanding of customer requirements, quality requirements, and lead times.
  • Expert knowledge in work order management, scheduling, production, capacity planning
  • BOM material management, item master setup, MRP principles
  • Has expert experience in demand planning and scheduling.
  • Strong communication and customer care skills when interacting with internal and/or external customers.
  • Sound knowledge of supply chain and purchasing reporting systems.
  • Sound knowledge of Eaton commodity products and supplier resources.
  • Sound knowledge of quality assurance and reporting accuracy.
  • Sound knowledge and application skills of process improvement.
  • Possesses excellent problem-solving skills in complex and demanding situations requiring continuous priority changes.
• Soft skills:
  • Proficient in Excel
  • Supplier Development
  • Continuous Improvement Mindset
  • Possesses the talent to resolve business challenges and influence others
  • Willingness to learn to decipher technical data to make purchasing decisions
  • Demonstrated ability to support a cross-functional team
  • Ability to learn and apply commodity strategy.

Why work at Eaton?

We provide benefits that are industry competitive and focused on employee well-being. Listed below are programs that are offered globally, but program availabilities may vary by site.

• Flexible work options to help balance work/life demands (at participating Eaton sites)
• Healthcare/retirement savings programs
• Competitive compensation packages to reward skills and performance
• Tuition assistance or financial help for ongoing learning and development
• Health, Dental, Vision & Wellness programs
• Donation matching (U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico)

We are 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.

At Eaton, we know that good benefit plans are important to employees and their families. In addition to a competitive base salary, Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits at a Glance.

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What you will get from us

Eaton’s mission is to improve the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services. We provide sustainable solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power – more safely, more efficiently and more reliably. Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each day. It’s where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential—and where you can help us reach ours. Eaton’s 2020 revenues were $17.9 billion, and we sell products to customers in more than 175 countries. We have approximately 85,000 employees.

We make work exciting, engaging and meaningful for our employees through our dedication to tackling some of the toughest power management challenges on the planet and by never losing sight of what matters. Our culture is built on a strong commitment to practicing our core values and supporting our employees with the tools they need to succeed. We pledge to always foster a diverse and inclusive environment, including inclusion resource groups that bring together employees who share a common purpose, interest or background. In the past year, our company has received top employment recognition by the Human Rights Campaign and almost fifty percent of our Board of Directors represented diverse groups. When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we — as individuals and as a company — are stronger.

We have demonstrated our passion for sustainability with the recent announcement of cutting carbon emissions from the company’s operations by at least 50 percent by 2030. We are ethical, passionate, accountable, efficient, transparent and committed to learning. We are confident we can deliver on our promise to improve the quality of life and the environment because of the attributes that our employees embody.

We are 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.

Job: Supply Chain / Logistics

Region: North America – US/Puerto Rico
Organization: EPG CPD PCD Power Components Division

Job Level: Individual Contributor
Schedule: Full-time
Is remote work (i.e. working from home or another Eaton facility) allowed for this position?: No
Does this position offer relocation?: No
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time