Supply Chain Manager - Sherman, TX
About The Position
Eaton’s Global Energy Infrastructure Solutions (GEIS) division is seeking a Supply Chain Manager for its Sherman, Texas manufacturing facility. The role has overall leadership responsibility for the Sherman plant’s supply chain, including planning, procurement, and inventory control of materials to support on-time customer delivery while maintaining assigned inventory levels. The manager works with Supply Chain Network leaders on capacity and lead-time management and with Corporate Commodity teams on supplier performance and cost-reduction programs. Key functions include materials planning, scheduling and ordering; direct and indirect material purchasing; direct-source material; inventory control and cycle counting; and warehousing. The manager also leads the plant supply chain team, oversees shipping and receiving strategy and execution, maintains the plant’s SIOP process, analyzes SAP system health and settings, and advances continuous improvement and organizational capabilities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
- Minimum five years of supply chain experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Minimum two years of experience managing or leading people.
- Applicants must not require employment immigration sponsorship or support from Eaton.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Supply Chain, or Engineering from an accredited institution.
- APICS, CPIM, CSCP, or CPM certification.
- SAP or Oracle experience.
- LEAN implementation experience.
Responsibilities
- Serve on the plant’s senior management team and provide leadership and support for local, division, and corporate initiatives and objectives.
- Manage current and future demand requirements against manufacturing and supplier capabilities and capacities to meet customer requirements.
- Implement and maintain the plant’s SIOP (Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning) process.
- Analyze enterprise requirements planning data, prepare consolidated managerial reports, and recommend actions to facilitate effective supply chain execution.
- Analyze SAP system health and settings to support collaboration with external suppliers on purchasing, planning, and forecasting.
- Manage plant purchasing activities for items procured locally.
- Manage tooling and supply costs with support functions, identify issues, and take corrective actions to support plant profit plan objectives.
- Oversee shipping and receiving strategy, resource planning, and tactical execution in alignment with plant and divisional profit plans and financial forecasts.
- Use continuous improvement frameworks, lean concepts, and problem-solving tools to design and improve the extended supply chain function.
- Meet or exceed metrics for days on hand, gross inventory, plant and supplier on-time delivery, cycle count accuracy, supplier invoice on-hold metrics, and profit plan and budget forecasts.
- Ensure physical inventory accuracy to support timely customer fulfillment while maintaining beneficial inventory levels.
- Promote Eaton’s vision and continuous improvement while aligning with supply chain functional requirements, including Materials Management Assessment.
- Develop supply chain organizational capabilities and bench strength through functional excellence, training, and coaching.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance is available.
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
