Program Manager - Global Procurement

Job Description

Do you want to work for a global company where promoting gender equality is central to our vision of creating a truly diverse and inclusive business? Where everyone matters, and everyone belongs.

This role can be based at any Eaton facility or an approved remote location including Dublin, Budapest, Vienna, Germany, and Hengelo.

Our supply chain management team creates bottom-line impact by driving cost management and operational benefits. Within our supply chain, the Program Manager - III manages and leads resourcing and VAVE projects created by the Global Procurement Organization with the objective of ensuring all projects / programs are properly defined and executed to meet organizational goals and requirements. This role develops and implements processes and policies, directs project team members, and works with other department leaders to define, prioritize, and execute projects and programs as per defined expectations.

PRIMARY FUNCTION:

• Initiate several global projects with varying levels of complexity and dollar impact by defining project scope, resources, timelines and objectives (e.g. technical, cost and quality commitments) and obtaining appropriate level of sponsorship.
• Drive program execution through planning, resource management, scope management, performance tracking, and identifying risks, issues & opportunities using Agile stage gate methodology and other project management methodologies.
• Cultivate customer focused mindset and stakeholder partnership through team empowerment, collaboration, effective communication, and mentoring and coaching project team members.
• Provide weekly project updates (i.e. Project Status Report – Green/Yellow/Red) to GPO and business unit leaders of the current status relating to milestones and problem/high risk areas (e.g., technical, cost, and schedule).
• Participate in developing strategic business solutions and executing the overall program plan to achieve GPO cost-out
• Create and share program management best practices working in a cross-disciplinary manner with other departments (e.g., Product Engineering, Marketing, Category Mgt., Manufacturing, Business Mgt., etc.) at the enterprise global level.

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum of seven (7) years’ professional experience in Supply Chain, Operations and/or Program Management
• Must be legally eligible to work in the region on an on-going basis without Company sponsorship
• No relocation is offered for this position. All candidates must work from an EMEA Eaton Facility or remote facility to be considered.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Fully demonstrating in Portfolio, Program and Project Management methodologies, processes and tools
• Ability to provide strong leadership in a matrix environment to promote best practices in managing interrelated projects and programs to ensure successful delivery
• Strong project management and excellent organizational skills are fundamental, as is the ability to liaise with people at different levels of the organization
• Demonstrate managerial courage in driving actions and timelines to ensure success of projects and to avoid any delay in timeline & budget runs beyond established baseline.
• Creating / executing / communicating vision, strategy, structure, goals, processes and ensuring alignment with functional / locational / divisional priorities.
• Comfortable and professional approaching higher levels of management at the enterprise level

What we offer:

• At Eaton, we aspire to be a model of inclusion and diversity in our industry—a place where everyone matters and everyone belongs. These aren’t just words, they are part of our culture and code of ethics
• Learning & Development - 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

Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each and every day. It’s where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential—and where you can help us reach ours.

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What you will get from us

Eaton’s mission is to improve the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services. We provide sustainable solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power – more safely, more efficiently and more reliably. Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each day. It’s where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential—and where you can help us reach ours. Eaton’s 2020 revenues were $17.9 billion, and we sell products to customers in more than 175 countries. We have approximately 85,000 employees.

We make work exciting, engaging and meaningful for our employees through our dedication to tackling some of the toughest power management challenges on the planet and by never losing sight of what matters. Our culture is built on a strong commitment to practicing our core values and supporting our employees with the tools they need to succeed. We pledge to always foster a diverse and inclusive environment, including inclusion resource groups that bring together employees who share a common purpose, interest or background. In the past year, our company has received top employment recognition by the Human Rights Campaign and almost fifty percent of our Board of Directors represented diverse groups. When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we — as individuals and as a company — are stronger.

We have demonstrated our passion for sustainability with the recent announcement of cutting carbon emissions from the company’s operations by at least 50 percent by 2030. We are ethical, passionate, accountable, efficient, transparent and committed to learning. We are confident we can deliver on our promise to improve the quality of life and the environment because of the attributes that our employees embody.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Job: Supply Chain / Logistics

Region: Europe, Middle East, Africa
Organization: Corporate Sector

Job Level: Manager
Schedule: Full-time
Is remote work (i.e. working from home or another Eaton facility) allowed for this position?: Yes
Does this position offer relocation?: No
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time