Buyer Team Leader (French Speaker)

Join Eaton, a global leader where equality and inclusivity are at the heart of our mission. Here, everyone is valued and belongs. Be part of a team that delivers cutting-edge, energy-efficient solutions, making a tangible impact on the world. We empower our customers to manage electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical energy more effectively, safely, and sustainably. At Eaton, we're dedicated to enhancing quality of life and protecting the environment with our innovative energy management technologies and services.

Our EMEA Business Service Center (BSC) in Budapest is Eaton's largest office in the region. With a diverse team of over 700 people, representing 40+ nationalities and speaking 20+ languages, the BSC is the central hub for business services. It empowers seamless operations and drives exceptional results across our electrical, industrial, and corporate teams. We are proud to be a Disability Friendly Workplace, ensuring an inclusive environment for all our employees.

What you'll do:

The scope of this role would be to lead and manage a team of buyers; providing guidance, support and performance feedback, as well as building strong collaboration with variety of different business functions including suppliers, network planners, network schedulers, customer Service, warehouse, supplier development, category managers, finance, senior management team, IT and PLM.

Main Responsibilities:
• Manage and lead a team of up to 9 buyers on the same location
• Active involvement of the critical vendors with the highest volume, act as a subject matter expert on day-to-day activities, and provide functional guidance to team members
• Ensure that your team and you as a leader build up a good relationship and understand the constraints of our external and internal vendors and communicate clearly internally and externally.
• Align with your peers if your strategy for external and internal vendors fits with the overall strategy and guidelines.
• Develop and execute defined KPI's and ensure that overall goals are achieved for your team.
• Be the escalation point of contact in-case of supply disruptions, and coordinate with suppliers for effective line of balance to keep the supplies in place
• Drive forecast attainment aligned with the MPS resulted from the SIOP plan
• Supervising and ensure team is working and following approved RASCI matrix and SOP
• Proactively monitor and improve Supplier On-time Delivery with corrective actions while collaborating with Category Management and Supplier Development Teams
• Oversee the end-to-end procurement process for external vendor components, ensuring timely and cost-effective deliveries to manufacturing site
• Collaborate with internal departments, including production, logistics, and quality assurance, to ensure seamless integration of components into the manufacturing process
• Managing changing scenarios like seasonality, forecast changes, supply chain changes and deploy the necessary changes
• Continuously improving processes that affect leading indicators with external and internal vendors
• Ensuring that purchasing data (policies and parameters) on the ERP system are accurate and continuously adapted to current scenarios
• Contribute and support implementing new digital tools defined by Eaton and ensure adoption in team
• Deploy succession plan and work on a talent pool with the senior leaders
• Assure team is adhering to EATON Life Saving Rules, ethics and other relevant global and local trainings and perform necessary trainings as direct manager

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required, preferrably in a relevant area
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a comparable leadership role
• Advanced functional knowledge and exposure in Operational Buying and Planning, preferably in a manufacturing environment
• Ability to use both English and French in a professional capacity.

Skills:

• Materials Planning and Inventory Management
• Data Analytics, Power BI, Complex calculations and understanding, MS Office advanced Level
• Change management, mentoring and educating, and an ability to communicate on different levels of the organization

What We Offer:

• Wide Range of Employee Benefits: Hybrid work model, Annual bonus, Cafeteria, Private Medical Insurance, Life Insurance, - Eye-glass refund, AYCM partnership, Internal reward system (E-Stars)
• Employee Wellbeing Support: Access comprehensive support programs designed to enhance your overall wellbeing
• Family Friendly: Enjoy a family-friendly environment with policies that support work-life balance
• Talent Management and Career Development: We are dedicated to your professional growth, with a strong focus on internal mobility, continuous learning, and peer coaching
• Dog-Friendly: Bring your furry friend to work in our dog-friendly office
• Dedicated Spaces: Utilize our family room, multi-prayer room, stretching room, and chill room for your comfort and convenience
• Company Yoga Sessions: Participate in regular yoga sessions to stay fit and relaxed
• Social Responsibility: Join a socially responsible organization committed to making a positive impact
• Employee Appreciation Day: Celebrate with us on Employee Appreciation Day, recognizing your hard work and contributions

The successful applicant will be in contact with US ITAR controlled technology, goods and information. As a condition of employment, employees with access to US ITAR controlled technology and goods may be required to undergo an additional screening process as part of the recruitment process.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.