This Position is part of the Materials function in the Global Supply Chain Center of Excellence (CoE) reporting directly to the Global CoE Materials Lead, Pune and functionally to the EMEA CoE Materials Lead. Primary role is to lead the teams involved in Material Supply Planning  Management and Optimization with a team size of 40+ team members based out of Pune and Budapest. This role will provide a functional leadership for a set of networks, in achieving Strategic objectives of the Materials function. Identify and drive high impact projects in alignment with the Electrical Sector EMEA Materials Strategy and in alignment with the Business SCM. Learning & Development and Talent Management is also a key aspect of the role.

"1. To provide leadership direction to the team of part of GSCCoE & build a scalable and capable organization through development and deployment of standard processes across all business which should be accepted by businesses as a benchmark solution by allowing better Material management & Planning with all cross functional key stakeholder including SIOP and Network Planner .
2. Provide leadership to Manager of people in order to manage and develop Buyer and Planner team, implement and maintain Buyer and Planner metrics.
3.Build organizational capability though development plans, mentoring, driving accountability, cross-training & succession planning would be one of the primary objectives of this position.
4. The scope is further extended to increasing breadth and depth of engagement in Supply Planning, Value enhancement of current work, standardization of processes and suggesting best practices to Eaton sites with proven results.  
5. Drive Key initiatives of the Materials COE Goals & priorities in People, Processes and Tools. Drive digitalization to bring more efficiency.
6. Enable the team to Own and drive Business Impact goals such as On Time Delivery, , past due reduction and Excess & obsolete inventory reduction and control. Support various analytical requirements from materials management. 
7. Customer Engagement and Satisfaction: – Drive Stakeholder engagement and satisfaction by meeting expectations and needs, Monitor KPIs, voice of customer through periodic meetings and ensuring timely resolution to customer queries/feedback etc. To plan, schedule and manage the defined business services, delivering to agreed timescales, budget, quality criteria and commitments 
8. This role will be responsible in adhering to transition process of all operational buyer roles to CoE and identify any risk collaborating with Project Team
9. This individual will have to interact with CoE Team across the Global and drive effective improvement in process.
10. Handle team dynamics by keeping the team motivated & connected; Fair performance evaluation through Strong feedback mechanism . Identify and deploy right training and upskilling measures for the team
11. Handle and train the team to work with Global customers
12. Individual will have team management responsibilities of a team ~ 40 Buyers     "    

Should be Graduate with Master’s degree (Preferably into Materials / Production / Operations Management) Engineering Graduate 
15+ Year of Experience in Materials Management 

SAP/ MFG Pro/ Oracle.  will be added advantage & Kinaxis Understanding 
"Excellent communication, customer service, and interpersonal skills necessary to converse with diverse group of stakeholders including senior management, operations and Supply Chain Management personnel
Proven Track record in driving Continuous Improvement projects"