Eaton Corp. is seeking an Supply Chain Management Program Specialist in Change Management for its Galesburg, Mich., operation.This is a full-time, mid-senior level management job.
Job Description
Eaton Corporation's Galesburg facility has an opening for an SCM Program Specialist, Change Manager supporting our Vehicle Corporate Supply Chain group.
This role will act as the primary Supply Chain Management (SCM) interface for Truck North America Change Management business process improvements impacting current and future model products, including the Change Window Process initiative. The person in this role also will lead SCM Program Management for TNA Change Management Projects to ensure the SCM functions meet all deliverables for timing, cost, quality and delivery for the projects.
For this role it is important to be competent in these areas: Strong technical aptitude, project-management experience, knowledge of all SCM functions and systems, drive for results, positive customer relationship-building, and managerial courage.
Responsibilities include:
• Act as SCM leader for Change Management projects and as primary interface for Program Management, Product Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Operations, Finance and Quality. Responsibility, Authority and Accountability (RAA) for SCM related project scope delivery and successful execution within technical, schedule, cost and quality commitments.
• Execute leadership for all change projects. Seek team input to promote rapid resolution to issues. Coach and provide feedback to individuals in accordance with performance indicators.
• Determine key SCM program deliverables and timing based on TNA’s Change Management process including sourcing, cost, quality, and flawless launch/ramp-up performance based on APQP disciplines. Provides direction to the project teams in areas of customer-related issues, potential changes in scope, and risk assessment
• Manage the complete BOM for the Change Management projects to ensure accuracy of content and that there is a robust sourcing and launch plan for each part. Follow up with respective Engineers to ensure design specifications are complete and released on-time to support SCM actions and with Commodity Buyers, SDE, SQE and Materials Planners to ensure SCM actions are executed on time with high efficiency.
• Where applicable, initiate and/or participate in Sourcing Council reviews supporting program/project source selection, consistent with Commodity Strategies.
• Develop Change Management workload metrics for SCM and assess SCM Program Management, Commodity Management, Materials and SDE resource requirements needed for sustained effective process execution.
• Provide SCM leadership and participate on cross-functional teams for Change Management process improvement initiatives, track and communicate initiative status to the SCM organization, ensure development of appropriate materials, forums and deployment plan for SCM implementation.
• Comply with established SCM policies and procedures and support continuous improvement of EBE processes for SCM Program Management.
• Ensure effective change management process is utilized.
• Ensure standard program management processes are utilized and provide appropriate support to the project teams by coordinating PM reviews, and preparing and publishing metrics/reports for all projects (e.g. cost, quality,and delivery through all project phases). Coordinate all risks and requirements of the project into a complete integrated entity. This is accomplished by planning, controlling, and integrating all SCM related project deliverables and measuring each element to ensure the requirements and goals are achieved. Provide updates to the business units as well as divisional• and group-level teams.
• Align SCM related deliverables with customer and supplier requirements/contracts, pricing, terms and conditions and contractual flow-down through the organization.
• Coordinate and monitor projects as One Eaton Truck Group across global regions and business units.
Basic Qualifications
• BS degree in business, engineering, or financial discipline from a nationally accredited institution with 5 years of experience in a manufacturing-based business.
• Minimum of Five years of experience with program/project management tools and techniques.
• Minimum of Five years’ experience in, and coupled with, ability to apply, purchasing and supplier management best practices • including supplier selection, APQP, performance metrics/reporting, quality assurance, and continuous process improvement methodologies.
• Minimum of three years’ experience in using quality tools/methodologies (PPAP, APQP, MSA, SPC, auditing)
• All candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship
Preferred qualifications
• Knowledge of automotive industry-specific quality registration (ISO/TS16949).
• Five years of experience with defining problems, eliminating root cause(s), and creating supply chain solutions and/or process improvements.
• Effective people/interpersonal, negotiation, communication and customer-care skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Three years’ experience in reading and interpreting complex drawings and specifications.
• Proficient computer/systems knowledge and application skills (Oracle, Matrix One, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project).
• Ability to think and act strategically.
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