Supply Chain Manager

The Crouse Hinds (Global Energy Infrastructure Solutions) division is part of Eatons electrical sector and has 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 a diverse customer base - end-users, EPCs, integrators, OEMs and distributors. Our Luton plant is the highest turnover site in Europe and second highest across EMEA, with a unique attractive cultural diversified plant with 16 different nationalities working.

Responsibilities

• Manage and direct supply chain personnel in procurement, receipt, disbursement, and inventory control to ensure on-time delivery of customer orders while maintaining inventory levels.
• Train and develop direct reports on supply chain management techniques and business systems.
• Responsible for Sales and Sales Planning and supports delivery of plant-based operational metrics like OTD, Gross Inv, and financial deliverables.
• Engage direct and indirect teams, stakeholders, and leadership within Eaton GEIS EMEA to represent site goals and strategy.
• Manage demand requirements with manufacturing and supplier capabilities to ensure customer requirements are met.
• Implement cost-effective logistics practices and inventory levels.
• Oversee plant purchasing activities for locally procured items to complement centrally purchased items.
• Implement and maintain the plants SIOP process.
• Analyze data and prepare managerial reports to ensure optimal supply chain execution.
• Ensure correct planning parameters and transaction disciplines in order execution systems for proper order generation and inventory balances.
• Manage material cost and schedule impact of proposed engineering changes and ensures successful implementation of approved engineering releases.
• Ensure quality of shipping documentation to meet corporate financial and customer audit requirements, supporting compliance initiatives and corporate strategies.
• Devise and manage physical inventory audit methodology to meet corporate, governmental, and customer specifications.
• Evaluate operational performance to facilitate performance management, promotions, job transfers, dismissals, and commendations.
• Identify and develop top talent to create a high-performance team.
• Maintain metrics for Safety, OTD, Cycle Count Accuracy, Stockroom efficiency, and others as assigned.
• Troubleshoot inventory errors and understands ERP logic for problem-solving.
• Manage Cycle Counting program, ensuring daily counts and timely resolution of discrepancies.
• Ensure integrity and audit capability of the Cycle-Count process.
• Train and develop team members and provides oversight and coaching.
• Drive continuous improvement through the Eaton Business System (EBS) and Continuous Improvement initiatives.
• Champion Lean activities to eliminate waste in key processes.
• Implement cost-out goals and reports actual cost-out results.
• Coordinate with internal departments for shipping materials, forklift repairs, and maintenance.
• Plan and coordinate annual physical inventory.
• Establish performance criteria to measure efficiency in materials handling functions.
• Maintain standard work and requirements.
• Optimize stockroom layout for efficiency in kitting processes and ensures FIFO pulling of material.
• Ensure integrity of multiple stockroom locations for production, projects, and engineering, maintaining inventory accuracy above 95%.
• Conduct quarterly review and disposal of Excess and Obsolete inventory per company guidelines.

Qualifications

• Degree of Higher Education is required.
• At least 4 years of experience in a similar position.
• Proven Leader of People: Multiple years of related professional and supervisory/Managerial experience.
• Full knowledge of materials planning systems (MRP/ERP) requirements and order generation process logic.
• High Digital Skillset including Excel, Microsoft Office 365 and associated programs.
• Thorough understanding of Supply Chain Management operational concepts surrounding production planning, scheduling, purchasing, supplier selection, inventory control, logistics, stockroom operations, and shipping/receiving.
• Detailed knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and Process Variation Reduction (Six Sigma) concepts and tool sets as they relate to materials management.
• Ability to lead cross-functional process improvement teams.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team.
• Flexible working solutions (remote, flexible working hours, compressed week, part time etc.).
• 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 contributions matter - reliability, safety, efficiency, and sustainability are at the core of our dedication to improving peoples lives and the environment through power management technologies.
• We make your wellbeing matter - We put your health and safety first. Wellness at Eaton is more than a program, its about changing the environment by offering the right tools to help empower employees to make that happen.

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.