Do You want to make an impact in the world? Join Eaton and help us to solve the world’s most urgent power management challenges while improving the quality of life and protecting the environment. Your career matters – and we’re here to make it work.

We have an exciting new opportunity for a talented EMEA Procurement Project Manager to join our GEIS (Global Energy Infrastructure Solutions) organisation with over 125 years of experience in protecting people, processes, and assets in the most challenging environments. Our strategic focus is on driving growth, leveraging innovation, and building capability across our global network towards diverse customer base - end-users, EPCs, integrators, OEMs and distributors.

What you’ll do:

The primary purpose of this role is to manage EMEA Direct and Indirect Material Cost Out and Business Critical projects. The role will also provide strategic and operational sourcing support to the EMEA GEIS sites. This is a fantastic opportunity for a seasoned Procurement professional who would like to accelerate their career in an exciting regional role . In this role you will have a unique opportunity to travel across EMEA and beyond to collaborate with suppliers and key stakeholders.

Internal Eaton applicants: the role can be based from anywhere in the EMEA region.

Responsibilities:

• Manage Direct and Indirect Material Cost out

• Manage Business Critical Projects (NPI and Resiliency)

• Drive VAVE events

• Conduct regular IDB events with the suppliers and the key stakeholders to identify material cost out opportunities

• Ensure close collaboration with Engineering, Site Procurement, Global Commodity Managers, Finance and CI Team

• Developing and maintaining relationships with key strategic suppliers and evaluating performance relating to delivery, cost and quality

• Manage project team members to ensure on time project execution

• Support Price Increases and urgent material shortages

Qualifications:

• Bachelor/Masters Degree in a relevant subject such as Business, Engineering or Supply Chain

• Previous experience in a Procurement function this could be either in a manufacturing setting or regional/global sourcing

• Engineering background and/or electrical/electronics would be a plus but is not a must have

Skills:

• Excellent communication skills

• Fluency in English

• Ability to present and organise events for diverse stakeholder portfolio

• Can do attitude and willingness to travel across EMEA (25-30%)

What we offer to you:

• Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team

• Flexible working solutions

• We make your aspirations matter – Eaton encourages internal promotion, whenever possible

• We make your growth matter - We invest in our employees for the long term – not just with salary and benefits, but with ongoing learning and development opportunities made available through Eaton University

• We make your wellbeing matter – We put your health and safety first. Wellness at Eaton is more than a program, it’s about changing the environment by offering the right tools to help empower employees to make that happen

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