Category Manager

What you’ll do:

• Drives purchasing practices for Long Steel Global Category Management, understanding, Commodity, Market and Business needs.
• Responsible for region alignment needs with the Global Commodity Strategy, ensuring the best quality, delivery, and specification requirements at the lowest possible costs.
• Identifies new suppliers (internal and external) and managing current suppliers including, potential phase out analysis, Long Term Contracts, price adjustments, market trends analysis, and be the connection with other Functional areas as Engineering, operations, quality, sales. Stablishing a good relationship with Suppliers and also with Global Eaton Leadership Team.
• Will be responsible for leading long term cost out strategy, working Capital improvements, Resiliency and any other initiatives to achieve Mobility Group EMEA strategy plan and also stablish connections with all Regions to maximize opportunities and minimize risks.  
• Responsible for EMEA Long Steel Category management, and Key Global Suppliers, with high spend $70Mi, with global exposure and interfac.
• Understand Product Line Strategy, Market trends, Specific Regions needs and link to Global Strategy.
• Stablish good relationship with Eaton Leader Ship Team, pairs and Opps team.
• Applies skillful negotiations with local/ Global suppliers and internal key stakeholders; problem solves and settles disputes; develop win-win resolutions, and creates positive relations with tact, diplomacy, and appropriate judgment for the function.
• Defines and applies complex data analysis and analytical tools for process improvements.
• Creates innovative approaches for utilizing and applying negotiation strategies and project management tools and techniques for procurement applications.
• Possesses sound knowledge and applications skills of the value chain process; and possesses strong to expert ability to analyze and interpret cost drivers when developing cost out strategies and also be able to hold price increase requests.
• Deep dive on Commodity Strategy considering strategy reviews, footprint changes, goals definitions and action implementation to assure expected performance.
• Coordinates long term cost out initiatives to create a health pipeline for cost reduction and projects implementation interfacing with other operational and functional areas, to achieve MG strategy plan.
• Implement initiatives to improve working Capital as DPO/ DOH/ inventory reductions.
• Define and implement initiatives to increase Resiliency level.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required (or in conclusion) in Business Adm/Engineering/Supply Chain Management.
• 5 years of professional experience in SCM procurement.

Skills:

• Fluent English; strong communication and customer care skills
• Proficient in MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Power BI)
• Knowledge of ERP systems (Oracle); purchasing management (vendor selection, performance metrics, process improvement)
• Negotiation skills; interpersonal communication and professional presence
• Self-motivated, disciplined, quick learner, accountable
• Results-driven, adaptable to change

We offer

• Being part of a company that has been in business for more than 100 years, is well known in the industry, and has a major impact on the energy industry.
• Work in a company with commitment to Inclusion & Diversity and Sustainability (Foster an inclusive culture with a strategic goal to increase a female representation including in Leadership)
• Annual mentoring program, Eaton University, a reward, and recognition system
• Ongoing Learning and Career Development Opportunities in a global company. Build your career and apply internally for our open positions worldwide.
• Strong, agile, and diverse team locally and globally
• Strong processes and state-of-the-art systems and tools
• Structured employee development processes, open feedback culture with development plans
• Detailed induction support and well-structured onboarding
• Balance your work and life with a hybrid worktime model