What are the responsibilities and job description for the Supply Chain Manager position at Eaton?
Eaton’s ES AMER ARS PDCAD division is currently seeking a Supply Chain Manager. This leadership opportunity is located at our site in Arden, NC. Relocation offered to those currently residing in the U.S outside 50 miles of the site location.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $120075.03 - $176110.04 a year. This position is also eligible for a variable incentive program.
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.
What you’ll do:
The Supply Chain Manager will manage and lead strategic initiatives to drive the flow of materials into the facility, through the facility and outbound, in a way that maximizes on time delivery while minimizing inventory and logistics cost.
- Manage and oversee the procurement of all goods, supplies, and services to support the production cycle time requirements
- Maintain continuous knowledge of company sales & market trends of products manufactured at the plant to determine current inventory volumes and future materials and inventory needs
- Lead the SIOP process for the plant and maintain continuous knowledge of sales, demand, capacity, and inventory to achieve OTD, inventory, and productivity goals.
- Develop and maintain effective contacts and working relationships with key suppliers
- Plan and manage the preparation and communication of product specifications for bid and manage negotiations
- Manage and coordinate quality audit programs for new and existing suppliers
- Lead sourcing responsibilities
- Ensure material availability to support business goals.
- Develop and manage automated information systems to plan, monitor, and coordinate on-going inventory levels to provide maximum support for the production needs.
- Plan, recommend, justify, and manage annual operating budgets and financial targets in accordance with known operational needs, strategies, and objectives.
- Plan and manage training, instruction, and guidance to all subordinate supervisory and other employees to ensure their knowledge of proper equipment and use of accepted work processes and standards.
- Utilize continuous improvement framework, lean concepts, and problem-solving tools to design and improve the performance of the extended supply chain function.
- Lead the material cost out initiatives for the facility, including identifying and leading deck building events with suppliers and Eaton teams.
Qualifications:
Basic (Required) Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution
- Three (3) years supply chain management experience
- Two (2) years manufacturing experience
- Two (2) years experience managing or leading people
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship, now and in the future
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree in supply chain management or related field from an accredited institution
- APICS CPIM or related supply chain professional certifications
Skills:
- Excellent communication, customer service, and interpersonal skills to converse with diverse group of stakeholders
- Strong ERP system skills
- Whole-to-part thinking
- Demonstrated experience in successfully deploying commodity strategies and driving cost-out
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams in the development, implementation, and achievement of results through cross-functional business initiatives and commodity strategies
- Managerial and collaborative skills to achieve and meet SCM and customer requirements and to gain the support needed to move projects and initiatives forward
- Strong analytical problem-solving abilities are necessary to understand operational inefficiencies and separate/resolve legitimate supplier performance issues.
- Sound knowledge of lean theory, deployment and metrics
- Sound knowledge of global service / material modes, capabilities and practices
- Strong financial knowledge and business understanding to drive supply chain objectives in support of business goals.
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