The Soucing & Supplier Quality Manager will lead global sourcing strategy and supplier management for Eaton's Distributed IT (D-IT) business, supporting a design-led, supplier-partnered operating model. This role is responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies across key commodities, ensuring cost competitiveness, supply continuity, and alignment with rapid business growth.
Serves as a critical partner to Engineering, Operations, and Finance to support new product introductions (NPI), optimize total cost, and enable scalable, high-performance supply chain solutions across a global supplier network.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $113,000 - $165,000 a year.
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.
What you'll do:- Develop and execute global sourcing strategies aligned with business growth, product roadmaps, and regional requirements while building a scalable, innovative supplier network.
- Lead supplier relationship and performance management through KPI-driven scorecards, business reviews, quality initiatives, and continuous improvement programs.
- Drive cost optimization and productivity through strategic negotiations, should-cost analysis, design-to-cost initiatives, and cross-functional savings programs.
- Partner with Engineering on new product introductions (NPI), ensuring supplier readiness, qualification, and balanced sourcing decisions across cost, quality, and speed-to-market.
- Establish supplier quality strategies, mitigate risks, resolve quality issues, and ensure compliance with regulatory, customer, and enterprise quality standards.
- Manage supply continuity and risk by addressing capacity constraints, geopolitical risks, supplier financial health, and single-source dependencies through contingency and dual-sourcing strategies.
- Collaborate with Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Finance to align sourcing decisions with business objectives, inventory management, manufacturability, and working capital goals.
- Implement sourcing processes, governance, analytics, and best practices to improve decision-making, standardize operations globally, and ensure policy compliance.
This role could be the next step in your career if you demonstrate the following experience:- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field
- Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in sourcing, procurement, or supply chain
You will set yourself apart by demonstrating some or all of the following:- Experience managing suppliers and driving sourcing strategies across global regions, with particular expertise in APAC supplier networks and market dynamics.
- Strong negotiation and supplier management skills
- Experience in data center, electrical, or industrial technology sectors
- Experience supporting new product introductions (NPI)
- Familiarity with cost modeling, should-cost analysis, and value engineering
- Experience working in a matrixed, global organization
We will not consider candidates who:- 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 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc
Keys to role success:- Ability to travel up to 25%
- Strategic sourcing and supplier management
- Cost and margin optimization
- Cross-functional collaboration and influence
- Analytical and data-driven decision-making
- Problem-solving and risk management
- Change and continuous improvement mindset #LI-LR1
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We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. 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. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
