Indirect Procurement Category Manager EMEA

Eaton

Employer Active

Posted 4 hrs ago

Experience

8 - 10 Years

Education

Bachelor of Science

Nationality

Any Nationality

Gender

Not Mentioned

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

Under the leadership of the EMEA Professional Services & IT Procurement Lead, in conjunction with respective business unit stakeholders and the Corporate GPO Global Category Leads, develop, align and deploy effective key Category strategies for the related categories, with accountability to positively impact associated annual category spend.

Deliver an annual Cost Out into the businesses P&L & drive Cost Avoidance of inflationary and discretionary spending items (where appropriate), impacting Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for assigned categories, increasing leverage across a rationalized set of preferred supplier partners.

Deliver Working Cost Improvement across the supply base on an annual basis (Total ~$80m spend)

Responsible to define and document a Preferred Supplier List and contracts roadmap, working collaboratively with business units to convert spend to either strategic or approved supply base. With this approach, create and leverage a rationalized supply base that covers the majority of spend and is managed at a strategic level.

Lead and occasionally support RFP/RFQ exercises on supported categories and sub-categories, including coordination with all the regions and project management until deployment is fully executed

Drive a culture of continuous improvement, through deployment of common standards and best practice

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Desired Candidate Profile

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor s Degree
  • Minimum 8-10 years of experience in the Indirect Procurement and/or Supply Chain Management
  • Proven track record of Indirect Procurement of Professional Services & IT (e.g. HR, Office Products, IT, Finance, Legal) is a must
  • Regional experience in EMEA, especially in Europe
  • Experience in use of Procurement tools such as Spend Analysis, Contracts Database, Supplier Management Systems and Sourcing tools (e.g. Ariba)

Skills:

  • Excellent SCM sourcing and supplier management process and deployment knowledge
  • Strong negotiation skills, contracting experience and customer orientation
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, strong ability to effectively communicate with Top Managers
  • Inter-functional interaction in a highly demanding environment
  • Efficient negotiator, leadership in communication, service oriented

Department / Functional Area

Keywords

  • Indirect Procurement Category Manager EMEA

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Eaton

Eaton is a power management company where we provide energy-efficient solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power more efficiently, safely and sustainably. Eaton is dedicated to improving the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technology and services. Eaton has approximately 96,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 175 countries.

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