Senior Buyer

Eaton Corporation; Vantaa; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Corporation in Vantaa, Finland, invites applications for a sourcing role focused on local supplier management and optimizing the supply base to support growth.

The job involves RFQ processes, collaboration with R&D, production and quality teams, and ongoing cost reductions while ensuring delivery, quality and resilience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in logistics, SCM or business administration.
• Experience in purchasing and sourcing from manufacturing.
• Fluent Finnish and English.

Responsibilities

• Participate in New product Development projects as sourcing representative
• Secure timely sourcing activities with R&D, production and quality teams
• Drive RFQ process and supplier selection according to Eaton policies
• Ensure optimal supplier base to meet cost, quality and availability targets
• Develop local supply capacity to enable growth and resiliency
• Identify supply risks and create mitigation strategies
• Collaborate with global procurement and CoE teams
• Drive cost reductions through negotiations and monthly savings reporting

Skills

Fluent Finnish

Fluent English

Negotiation

Sourcing analytics

Education

Bachelor of Science/Logistics/SCM/Business Administration

Tools

SAP

Job description

Eaton's new campus for its critical power systems in Vantaa, Finland, was completed in November 2023. The 16,500 m² site houses research and development, manufacturing, warehousing, sales and service under one roof, which will create plenty of additional jobs.

As one of the world’s largest manufacturers of three-phase uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), Eaton’s expansion in this area is driven by strong business growth and the demand for systems that ensure business continuity. Situated in a prime location next to the Helsinki airport, the Vantaa facility serves as Eaton’s Critical Power Solutions headquarters and a center of excellence for data centers.

What you’ll do:

Take tactical responsibility of local key suppliers. Manage sourcing flow from requirement identification to material delivery. This includes NPD sourcing activities, new item RFQ process, supplier selection, price negotiations, saving project identification and reporting.

Support business growth by ensuring supplier resiliency, capacity increase, and key KPI improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate in New product Development projects as sourcing representative
• Secure timely sourcing activities in co-operation with key stakeholders (R&D engineering, production, quality teams)
• Driving new item creation RFQ process according to Eaton policies
• Ensure optimal supply base to meet agreed targets (cost, quality, availability)
• Develop local supply capacity to enable Eaton growth and resiliency, ansure supplier complaince to Eaton terms of business
• Identify potential supply risks and create mitigation tactics
• Act as key local stakeholder towards global procurement, CoE sourcing team and CoE buyer teams
• Drive cost reduction via negotiation, re-sourcing and manage monthly reporting of savings

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science/Logistics/SCM/Business Adminstration
• Experience in purchasing and sourcing from manufacturing industry

Skills:

• Fluent Finnish and English
• Sourcing process skills, negotiation, analytics tools (BI, excel)
• SAP experience