Supply Chain Supervisor at Eaton

You will provide country-specific Supply Chain and Procurement functional leadership covering Sub -Sahara Africa by securing local governance, thought leadership, and opportunities for leveraging one Eaton in the local market – including leveraging scale and spend across sectors / businesses in associated SCM and Procurement programs. At a minimum, this will include having responsibility for regional indirect procurement, logistics, trade management & risk.

In this role you will report directly to the Managing Director, Truck Business in South Africa, and be functionally aligned to the Dir SCM for Vehicle Group in EMEA.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery against Key Performance Indicators
• Collaborates, leverages and negotiates contracts and programs for defined local categories that fully satisfy stakeholder requirements, to reduce business risk, total cost of material & services, or eliminate inflationary pressures through validated cost avoidance actions.
• Recommend and implement measures to improve performance of the Indirect, Logistics & Trade Management projects
• Through a strong coalition with Truck Finance, manage the effective definition, validation & reporting of value for SCM and Procurement led initiatives to ensure recognition of contribution & specifically impact to the bottom line of business results, maintaining the records of savings projects within the Cost Out Database for locally deployed
• Lead performance management & coaching in personal / management development of local team, ensuring effective development plans, including SCM curriculum use and deployment

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Appropriate degree or experience in the field
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in the aftermarket related to the automotive business
• Knowledge regarding medium and heavy duty transmission and clutches will be an advantage
• Systems knowledge MFGPro/ Oracle
• Microsoft Office Skills (Excel knowledge essential)
• Effective communication

What Eaton Offers

• Inclusion & Diversity - Openness to diversity widens our access to the best talent. Inclusion allows us to engage that talent fully
• Great promotional opportunities – We encourage internal promotion, whenever possible
• 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