Strategic Sourcing Manager - Global Product Lines

Eaton Corporation • Syracuse, NY

3d • $130,000 - $190,000 • Remote

About The Position

Eaton’s GEIS division is currently seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager - Global Product Lines. This is a remote opportunity for candidates currently residing in the United States.
The Global Energy Infrastructure Solutions (GEIS) division is part of Eaton’s global electrical sector and has over 128 years of experience in enhancing efficiency, safety, and reliability for our customers. Our strategic focus is on driving growth, leveraging innovation, and building capability across our global network. We operate in dynamic and ever evolving markets, be this as a result of energy transitions, digitalization, safety, or a continued drive for greater efficiency within our customers, partners and suppliers. To deliver on this, we need the best people. We need diverse ideas, experiences, mindsets, and skills to imagine the future solutions our markets will need.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $130000 - $190000 a year. Please note the salary information shown is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
What you’ll do:
Leads global procurement within GEIS business for metal commodities and components supporting all global product families. Scope is 42% of the global direct material spend. Develops and executes category strategies to ensure supply continuity, competitive total cost, and compliance. Partners with Network Planners and the SIOP function to align raw material and component capacity with demand. Interfaces with Finance to provide guidance on Piece Price Variance (PPV) for impacted commodities. Acts as the resident steel and aluminum expert, advising Product Line and Pricing teams on market trends, cost drivers, and commercial implications while supporting global supply chain performance objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience leading global/regional commodity strategies, supplier negotiations, and multi site stakeholder management.
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1, H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, 1-485 job profitability, etc.

Nice To Haves

• Global category management expertise across metals (steel, aluminum, brass) and adjacent non‑metal commodities used in cable management and mechanical support products.
• Strong commercial negotiation skills, contract literacy, and experience with structured sourcing methodologies and phase‑gate procurement processes.
• Working knowledge of SIOP, Materials Planning (Kinaxis) and SAP.
• Ability to partner cross‑functionally with Finance, Engineering, Product Line Manager and SIOP to balance cost, risk, customer service, and technical requirements.
• Supplier management capability: performance governance, quality collaboration, capacity planning, and continuous improvement/lean concepts.
• Proficiency with enterprise procurement/ERP tools and data analytics to drive insights, compliance, and execution rigor.

Responsibilities

• Develops and deploys global category strategies and multi‑year roadmaps for metals and related commodities supporting global product families.
• Leads end‑to‑end sourcing events (RFQs, negotiations, award decisions) and executes sourcing projects using the Eaton Standard Sourcing Process (ESSP) and Supplier Contracting CLM workflows where applicable.
• Negotiates and finalizes supplier agreements (price, lead time, capacity, service, sustainability, and compliance terms) to optimize total cost and reduce risk.
• Implements resiliency actions (capacity expansion, geographic risk diversification, inventory/consignment, VMI, and contingency sourcing) to protect supply continuity.
• Provides monthly PPV actuals and forecast updates to Finance based on the corporate commodity guidance.
• Participates in the yearly profit planning cycle to estimate the global economic impact (ECOMAT) on metal commodities that he/she manages.
• Works as the main GEIS interface with the Eaton Global Commodity Managers (GPO team) to ensure that sourcing actions for the business align with overall category strategies.
• Coordinates with Network Planning, logistics, and plant teams to align demand forecasts, capacity plans, and supplier schedules for stable supply and lead‑time performance.
• Partners with engineering and manufacturing to drive specification alignment, value analysis/value engineering (VA/VE), and should‑cost / cost‑driver transparency.
• Monitors commodity market indices, supplier cost drivers, and currency/tariff impacts; recommends pricing mechanisms and risk‑mitigation levers as appropriate.
• Works towards meeting key performance indicators (KPIs), such as Cost Out, Supplier On-Time Delivery, Resiliency and Working Capital Improvement as it pertains to his to her categories.
• Ensures compliance with applicable policies, ethical sourcing requirements, and export/trade controls impacting global procurement activities.

Benefits

• Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview.
• 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.
• Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.
• You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level