Purchasing Network Leader - Supply Planning

This Position is part of the Materials function of the Global Supply Chain CoE reporting to the Procurement Manager – Materials • The network leader will be responsible to support the Global Eaton ES EMEA sector with a cross-functional set of stakeholders across the divisions, to drive improvements in key Materials metrics work with teams like material planning & procurement for driving the key organizational initiatives.

1.To drive excellent collaboration with the Business SCM Leadership through communication & presentation skills to align with the objectives of the respective Business Group.
2. Has prior team management experience in the SCM Domain 
3. Lead a team of 15+ members and Build organizational capability though development plans, mentoring, driving accountability, cross-training & succession planning. Talent Management, hiring as when needed, gap assessment with existing team members and developing team’s functionals skills and competencies to meet business requirements. 
4. Should lead team by an example, Guide, drive, motivate & engage team to deliver on all key functional expectations such as SOTD, Exceptions management.5. Drive customer engagement and satisfaction by meeting customer expectations and needs, build customer facing KPIs, voice of customer thru periodic meetings and ensuring timely resolution to customer queries/feedback etc. To plan, schedule and manage the defined business services, delivering to agreed timescales, budget, quality criteria and commitments.
6. Will be responsible for growth of the team & scaling of existing roles from the supplier planning standpoint 
7. Excellent communication & presentation skills to work with teams from different geographies (Global, regional & local materials management teams) 
8. Enable the team to Own and drive Business Impact goals such as SOTD, Past Dues, Confirmations & exceptions. 
9. Deploy strong process rigor through the QMS processes to drive strong Escalation Management, Root Cause Analysis, Quality Check , Risk Analysis and mitigation, Skill & Competency Development 
11. Coach the Team members and leads in driving Continuous Improvement and demonstrate high impact and Positive turnaround of the issues
13. Proactive Data mining & Identify potential leakages/Area for Improvement in Business and provide recommendations from CoE Team.

Should be Graduate with Master’s degree (Preferably into Materials / Production / Operations Management) Engineering Graduate preferred

12 to 15 years of relevant experience into Materials Planning, procurement

Materials Planning and Inventory Management, Data Analytics, Power BI, SQL, Python, Complex calculations and understanding
Excellent communication, customer service, and interpersonal skills necessary to converse with diverse group of stakeholders including senior management, operations and Supply Chain Management personnel

Should have strong functional knowledge & working experience related to Materials management & detailed understanding of concepts related to replenishment planning, MRP/ material planning & Inventory performance measures like Forecasting Accuracy & DOH

Excellent communication, customer service, and interpersonal skills necessary to converse with diverse group of stakeholders including senior management, operations and Supply Chain Management personnel
Proven Track record in driving Continuous