Senior Buyer

Eaton's Electrical Division is currently seeking a Senior Buyer to join our team in Richmond, VA. The Senior Buyer is responsible for the procurement of a variety of complex materials and services in order to effectively support the production requirements for the plant; develop appropriate stocking strategies; work with corporate resources to identify product supply sources, and review and negotiate purchase price; work with supplier quality team to qualify vendors to ensure the overall conformance of materials purchased to manufacturing specifications; assist facility with new product development; and manage vendor relationships/quality/delivery/inventory levels in accordance with plant objectives.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $80,250 - $117,700 a year.

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:

• Procurement - identifies qualified suppliers, issues RFQs, and evaluates supplier reliability; procures complex items (material, parts, supplies, and equipment), where detailed specification is involved, and following established purchasing policies and procedures and optimizing price, delivery, and terms

• Negotiation - negotiates price, terms, quality, delivery, and replenishment strategy, claims, etc., supporting required material flow and supplier performance and relationship development. Negotiates supplier delivery schedules and advanced replenishment methods.

• Supplier Management - proactively monitors supplier performance (order placement, order changes, order performance, etc.); proactively identifies and executes solutions to ensure material flow to customer demand; manages issue resolution and recovery; develops/builds supplier relationships; effectively mitigates and escalates related risk to minimize impact to business/material flow and customer commitments.

• Commodity Management Support/Cost Out/Sourcing Transitions - supports development of strategy for assigned commodities; advocates and influences supplier selection and sourcing process; identifies strategic cost out opportunities; leads activities supporting supplier transitions - supplier approval process, spec/print package, RFQ, market tests, cost estimates, and other related activities; mitigates cost add challenges and maximizes cost out opportunities.

• Building Organizational Capability - partners with global tactical support team to maximize accountability and tactical execution and supports partner buyer development and building organizational/functional capability; provides tactical execution oversight and direction to ensure tactical execution; develops meaningful relationships with other Supply Chain and Functional Team Members across the site and business - Commodity Mgmt., Supplier Development, Plant Operations, Customer Service, Quality, Engineering, EH&S, etc. Develops tools for themselves and the team to drive efficiency improvements.

• Continuous Improvement - works to drive continuous improvement in material quality and delivery; uses data to support decision making and related improvements; initiates and actively supports continuous improvement opportunities; participates in rapid improvement events. Looks for and develops solutions to issues with existing processes and procedures.

• Manages and resolves problems due to delivery, quality and pricing in raw materials in a timely manner.

Additional job duties:

• Understands upstream and downstream stakeholder requirements to ensure no interruptions.

• Ensures system information accuracy and timeliness.

• Informs other departments of all relevant information regarding shortages in materials, supplier movements, delivery lead times and individual supply situations.

• Attends daily Gemba walks to sustain effective working relationships with other departments.

• Complies with all applicable U.S export control and security regulations; complies with and ensures department compliance with Company health, safety and environmental policies.

Basic (Required) Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.

• Two (2) years of experience in Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations or a combination of those functions.

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.

• Must reside within a 50-mile radius of Richmond, VA. No relocation is being offered for this role. Active Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business or Engineering from an accredited institution

• Minimum three (3) years of Buying experience within a Manufacturing environment

• Experience with MRP/ERP systems.

• Proficiency with Microsoft applications (Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.).

Position Criteria:

• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills

• Ability to work in a matrix environment, get results and drive change through others

• Ability to manage by influence through solid relationships and process focus

• Ability to effectively present results and recommendations to senior-level executive team

• Strong leadership and communication skills

• Effective communication and team leadership skills are essential. Ability to drive results by developing and empowering teams

• Proven experience in process development, implementation and sustainability

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