Strategic Sourcing Manager - Global Product Lines

Eaton is a global electrical sector company with over 128 years of experience in enhancing efficiency, safety, and reliability for customers. They are seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager for their Global Energy Infrastructure Solutions division to lead global procurement for metal commodities, develop category strategies, and ensure supply continuity.

Responsibilities:

• Leads global procurement within GEIS business for metal commodities and components supporting all global product families
• Develops and executes category strategies to ensure supply continuity, competitive total cost, and compliance
• Partners with Network Planners and the SIOP function to align raw material and component capacity with demand
• Interfaces with Finance to provide guidance on Piece Price Variance (PPV) for impacted commodities
• Acts as the resident steel and aluminum expert, advising Product Line and Pricing teams on market trends, cost drivers, and commercial implications while supporting global supply chain performance objectives
• Develops and deploys global category strategies and multi‑year roadmaps for metals and related commodities supporting global product families
• Leads end‑to‑end sourcing events (RFQs, negotiations, award decisions) and executes sourcing projects using the Eaton Standard Sourcing Process (ESSP) and Supplier Contracting CLM workflows where applicable
• Negotiates and finalizes supplier agreements (price, lead time, capacity, service, sustainability, and compliance terms) to optimize total cost and reduce risk
• Implements resiliency actions (capacity expansion, geographic risk diversification, inventory/consignment, VMI, and contingency sourcing) to protect supply continuity
• Provides monthly PPV actuals and forecast updates to Finance based on the corporate commodity guidance
• Participates in the yearly profit planning cycle to estimate the global economic impact (ECOMAT) on metal commodities that he/she manages
• Works as the main GEIS interface with the Eaton Global Commodity Managers (GPO team) to ensure that sourcing actions for the business align with overall category strategies
• Coordinates with Network Planning, logistics, and plant teams to align demand forecasts, capacity plans, and supplier schedules for stable supply and lead‑time performance
• Partners with engineering and manufacturing to drive specification alignment, value analysis/value engineering (VA/VE), and should‑cost / cost‑driver transparency
• Monitors commodity market indices, supplier cost drivers, and currency/tariff impacts; recommends pricing mechanisms and risk‑mitigation levers as appropriate
• Works towards meeting key performance indicators (KPIs), such as Cost Out, Supplier On-Time Delivery, Resiliency and Working Capital Improvement as it pertains to his to her categories
• Ensures compliance with applicable policies, ethical sourcing requirements, and export/trade controls impacting global procurement activities

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience leading global/regional commodity strategies, supplier negotiations, and multi site stakeholder management
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1, H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, 1-485 job profitability, etc
• Global category management expertise across metals (steel, aluminum, brass) and adjacent non‑metal commodities used in cable management and mechanical support products
• Strong commercial negotiation skills, contract literacy, and experience with structured sourcing methodologies and phase‑gate procurement processes
• Working knowledge of SIOP, Materials Planning (Kinaxis) and SAP
• Ability to partner cross‑functionally with Finance, Engineering, Product Line Manager and SIOP to balance cost, risk, customer service, and technical requirements
• Supplier management capability: performance governance, quality collaboration, capacity planning, and continuous improvement/lean concepts
• Proficiency with enterprise procurement/ERP tools and data analytics to drive insights, compliance, and execution rigor