Chief Procurement Officer

Description

• Develop talent to ensure long term Organizational capability pipeline is healthy and capable of driving Eaton’s cost out performance to world-class levels.
• Responsible for driving and delivering the global material cost reduction goals, working capital improvement, quality and delivery improvements within each region’s profit plan.
• Supports strong collaboration with engineering, IT, business groups to secure data accuracy, deliver VAVE, Design to Value projects and availability.
• Leads the Organization in risk management to ensure continuity of supply for all businesses and locations.
• Ensure availability of products with the right quality, at the right time, with the price while managing a volatile demand profile of growing Industries such as Aerospace and Data Centers.
• Drive the construction, negotiation and execution of Long-Term Agreements (LTA) with key Suppliers to mitigate price and other commercial and legal risks.
• Responsible for a team of ~300 Procurement professionals globally with teams located in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.
• DPO, DOH, quality, delivery, identification and growth of strategic Suppliers, close management of supplier performance.
• Develop and maintain functional excellence in all facets of the Procurement function, from transaction activity through strategic sourcing.
• Responsible for partnering with the Vice President of Global Materials and Logistics to execute Eaton's Total Cost of Ownership Program to ensure the best possible sourcing process for Eaton.
• Flawlessly execute procurement processes and look for opportunities to continuously improve the processes.
• Create, develop and coordinate the global commodity strategies along with Global SCM Leadership, according to various Tax jurisdictions and global regulatory rules and regulations, with outcomes that include a reduced supply base, increased resilience, improved SCM metrics.
• Ensure the Procurement function maximizes supplier value contribution to achieve divisional and global/regional profit plans for cost out and working capital improvement.

Requirements

• Proven track record in global/regional Supply Chain leadership roles at a senior level with large industrials across the breadth of SCM disciplines including Materials & Logistics, Operations as well as Procurement/Sourcing.
• Minimum 15 years of professional experience
• Managerial, collaborative, and change management skills are necessary to achieve and meet SCM and customer requirements and to gain the support needed to move projects and initiatives forward.
• Strong financial acumen with superb negotiation skills, and operational experience desired.
• Experience in senior procurement leadership roles with responsibility for multi-billion dollar spend
• The successful candidate will have demonstrated the ability align the vision to business goals with Eaton’s Operating for Growth Strategy. This includes coaching and motivating team members while serving as a role model for the entire cross-functional team.
• Demonstrated experience in successfully developing / deploying commodity strategies and driving annual productivity performance.
• Possesses the ability to resolve issues on all levels. Must proactively recognize and solve complex cross-functional program issues in a collaborative leadership style
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams in the development, implementation, and achievement of results through cross-functional business initiatives and commodity strategies.
• Experience working in a global manufacturing organization
• Excellent analytical and strategic skills, great intellectual rigor and ability to learn fast. Good business judgment and problem-solving skills.
• 20 years’ business & functional leadership experience with a proven track record across the full breadth of SCM disciplines or business operations and P&L experience
• Demonstrated business & commercial acumen, ideally with experience running a successful P&L. Good understanding of Manufacturing Processes & Ecosystems in Global Organizations.
• Procurement leadership experience for industrial and electrical markets
• MBA or Master’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering or Finance
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum 10 years of direct leadership experience
• Passionate change leader with high energy and the ability to work effectively across a complex, global organization.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance