Supply Chain Manager

Eaton Corporation • Los Angeles, CA

23h • $149,000 - $219,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Eaton’s IS AER FMC division is currently seeking a Supply Chain Manager at our Los Angeles site location! This person will be a part of defining and transforming supply chain functions within this plant, defining ownership within teams, and clarity to all network level decisions to be implemented within the site.
With almost 300 employees, the Los Angeles facility designs and manufactures quality valves, regulators, and other fluid controls used mostly by the Aerospace Industry.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $149000 - $219000 a year. This role is also eligible for a variable incentive plan.
Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
This position is responsible for managing key Supply Chain related functions such as materials planning, scheduling and ordering activities associated with the delivery of specific customer products, direct and indirect material purchasing, inventory control and warehousing, shipping and receiving. Manages and directs supply chain personnel in the procurement, receipt, disbursement, and inventory control of material to ensure on-time delivery of customer orders while maintaining assigned inventory levels. Is expected to train and educate direct reports on the use of supply chain management techniques, various business systems, varieties of reports and other related tools to ensure timely and economical completion of customer requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum 4 years of related professional and supervisory/managerial experience
• Minimum 7 years Purchasing and Planning experience in a manufacturing or operations environment
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.
• This position requires use of information or access to hardware which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee
• No relocation benefit is offered for this position. Only candidates residing within 50 mile radius of Los Angeles, California (Zip code 90039) will be considered. Internal Eaton employees are exempt from this requirement.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Business or Engineering from an accredited institution
• Experience in aerospace, complex machined manufacturing, or a startup environment heavily preferred
• CPIM, C.P.M. certification
• Knowledge and experience with any of the following systems: ○ Kinaxis ○ PowerBI ○ SAP ○ Oracle ○ MFGPro ○ Cognos/ OBIEE
• 3+ years experience with CI or Lean Manufacturing
• 3+ years' experience with an operations or supply chain transformation within manufacturing
• Ability to read and interpret Engineering drawings, which include geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
• Full knowledge of materials planning systems (MRP/ERP) requirements and order generation process logic
• Thorough understanding of Supply Chain Management operational concepts surrounding production planning, scheduling, purchasing, supplier selection, inventory control, logistics, stockroom operations, shipping/receiving.
• Thorough knowledge of purchasing techniques and practices, including procedures associated with sourcing internationally.
• Detailed knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and Process Variation Reduction (Six Sigma) concepts and tool sets as they relate to materials management.
• Demonstrated procurement activity of, but not limited to, the following: Tools, Equipment, Machines, Castings, Forgings, Bearings, Complex machine parts including a variety of gears and major sub-assemblies

Responsibilities

• Manages current and future demand requirements with manufacturing and supplier capabilities / capacities to ensure completion of customer requirements
• Implements methods, practices and techniques to ensure the most economical movement of materials through the supply chain to achieve cost-effective logistics practices and inventory levels while meeting customer delivery requirements
• Manages plant purchasing activities for items procured on local basis in order to compliment centrally purchased items
• Establish standard work and attainment of KPIs (leading and lagging)
• Analyzes data, including enterprise requirements, planning information and prepares consolidated managerial reports as needed to facilitate and recommend actions to ensure plant / product line optimal supply chain execution
• Ensures correct planning parameters and transaction disciplines are utilized in order execution systems (such as MFGPro) to ensure proper order generation and inventory balances
• Manages material cost and schedule impact of proposed engineering changes in addition to taking necessary actions to ensure successful implementation and incorporation of approved engineering releases
• Ensures quality of shipping documentation to meet corporate financial and customer audit requirements
• Devises and manages physical inventory audit methodology which meets corporate, governmental and customer specifications
• Champion and deploy continuous improvement leveraging tools such as internal assessments ( MMA,OPA), visual management, standard work and value stream mapping Evaluates operational performance of the group in order to facilitate performance management, merit promotions, job transfers, dismissals, commendations, etc.
• Coordinates with central Corporate Supply Chain Function to provide data and participate in teams in order to drive best practices across Eaton Corp.
• Support compliance initiatives and corporate commodity, logistics, and inventory strategies to achieve synergy across the operation.
• Responsible for the administration of Indirect and MRO purchasing function according to policies and practices determined by Eaton standards.
• Responsible for generating short-term production scheduling aligned the plan defined by the Network
• Responsible for monitoring execution of production schedule defined by the Network ( schedule labor on factory floor, monitor execution of the production plan)
• Responsible for escalation of of material availability to the COE and Network teams

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.

What This Job Offers

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