Senior Buyer COE

Our SCM Center of Excellence in Santo Domingo is currently seeking a Senior Buyer COE. We're looking for talented professionals who are passionate about supply chain, innovation, and operational excellence to join our dynamic team.

What You’ll Do

Job Summary

The purpose of the positon is to support Eaton manufacturing plants and other Eaton locations in the Americas region with operational procurement activities from our Center of Excellence CoE offices. Senior Operational Buyer will handle Medium/High complexity networks assign components to ensure materials availability and supplier stability.

Job Responsibilities

Procures direct materials following plant and corporate regulations (QA, SCM)Generate purchasing orders (PO's) in accordance to demand requeriments Communicates and coordinates with network schedulers for plan and execution updates Understands material requirements and processes requisitions to provide POs to Suppliers Works closely with suppliers to ensure on time delivery of material to plant Executes exception messages on active orders (Postponement/Anticipation/Cancellation of orders) and manage internal escalations Resolving internal discrepancies with operations and external issues with suppliers (e.g. delivery issues, claims, quality issues, etc) Works closely with logistics partners and suppliers for material delivery as per incoterms Evaluates and monitors supply performance (SOTD) and works with suppliers and category managers to implement corrective/preventive actions for on

time performance improvement

Supplier invoice management and support in resolution of holds for timely payments Maintains inventory levels of materials in accordance with the objectives set and works with inputs from inventory analysts and network schedulers for

optimized inventory level.

Coordinates with Supplier Quality and suppliers for RMA of defective parts and relates reverse logistics Works with Engineering, Products Managers and CMs for phase-in/ou (ECM Management)

Long Description

Maintains inventory levels of materials in accordance with the objectives set and works with inputs from inventory analysts and network schedulers for

optimized inventory level.

Coordinates with Supplier Quality and suppliers for RMA of defective parts and relates reverse logistics Works with Engineering, Products Managers and CMs for phase-in/ou (ECM Management) Maintains revelant purchasing data (Specific to price thorugh SPIT Policy) and other purchasing data (e.g. unit price change, supplier lead time, MOQ,

MOV, Single/dual sourced, among others) in collaboration with Data Health and Commodity Team

Utilizes all digital tools available for SCM for maximized efficiency Responsible for sharing with the team best materials management practices, continuous improvement of process, development of process standards,

compliance with materials planning processes, and reporting in alignment with the network and global supply chain organization

Qualifications

Education level required Bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering, Business Administration or similar careers.

Years And Area Of Experience Required

Minimum 3 years of experience in similar areas.Fluent Spanish / English language capabilities

Technical knowledge

Kinaxis, SAP MM advanced level, Mapics, Oracle, MS Office advanced level

Soft Skills

MS Office skills (Excel) Experience in purchasing/finance ERP system experience (SAP, Mapics, Oracle, Vista) preferred Ability to communicate effectively CI mindset Proactive Can Do Attitude Ability to work in a team High level of accuracy Capacity and ability to work under pressure and prioritize.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.