Apprentice - P&E Indirect

Eaton; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton is seeking an experienced procurement professional focused on indirect materials and services across multiple sites. You will manage the P2P cycle, build strategic supplier relationships, negotiate terms, and drive cost improvements using ERP tools and reporting platforms.

The role requires strong Excel skills, exposure to SAP MM/Ariba, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to implement savings initiatives and ensure timely PO processing and invoice resolution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or supply chain management from an accredited university.
• Experience in indirect material purchases and supplier management across multiple sites.
• Strong negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manages P2P cycle for indirect material, maintains supplier relationships and ensures uninterrupted supply at optimum cost, quality, and service for each site.
• Negotiates net-pay terms with internal and external suppliers; resolves disputes and develops win-win solutions.
• Leverages procurement excellence tools and collaborates with category managers to optimize supplier base.
• Manages vendor add/change requests and updates ERP for amended POs to avoid penalties.
• Prepares RFQ packages with approved suppliers per internal policy and identifies competitive sources.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to implement cost-saving projects and improve visibility of strategic vs tactical spend.
• Closes open orders and resolves invoice issues within SLA.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Strategic thinking

Vendor relationship management

Negotiation

ERP knowledge

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

Education

Bachelor’s in engineering

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management

Tools

SAP MM

Ariba

ERP systems

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

Job description

What You’ll Do

The position focuses on purchases for indirect material and services from major suppliers, strategic commodities, and multiple locations. The position manages the assigned indirect material supply base for multiple sites to ensure uninterrupted supply at optimum cost, quality, and service for each site. Must be dedicated to maintaining strategic relationships and creating new ones in the spend categories with increased opportunity. Maintains an essential balance between supplier quality, delivery expectations, and cost reduction metrics for all indirect material purchases.

What You’ll Do

The position focuses on purchases for indirect material and services from major suppliers, strategic commodities, and multiple locations. The position manages the assigned indirect material supply base for multiple sites to ensure uninterrupted supply at optimum cost, quality, and service for each site. Must be dedicated to maintaining strategic relationships and creating new ones in the spend categories with increased opportunity. Maintains an essential balance between supplier quality, delivery expectations, and cost reduction metrics for all indirect material purchases.

Critical Outputs

• Manages P2P cycle for indirect material, maintain supplier relationships and ensure uninterrupted supply at optimum cost, quality, and service for each site, opportunities for product/supplier improvement, while ensuring adequate service levels are met.
• Acts and apply skillful negotiations (net-pay terms) with internal and external suppliers; conducts problem resolution and settles disputes; develops win-win solutions and creates positive relations with tact and expert judgment.
• Leverage Eaton procurement excellence tools in reporting Supplier Prices Increase Request and collaborate with Corporate/Business Category managers to leverage competitive suppliers
• Vendor management and maintenance of new/change supplier add requests, efficiently follow-up with functional team to update integrated ERP for issuing amended POs on time in avoiding penalties to business
• Prepare and release RFQ packages with approved suppliers in line with internal policies for identifying competitive suppliers and recommendation
• Collaborating with functional team in implementing cost saving projects, reporting/creating visibility to business on strategic purchase v/s tactical to avoid ineffective process
• Efficiently closing Open orders, resolving invoice issues, reducing invoice liability, business urgencies within SLA timelines

Essential Functions

• Manages and maintains all assigned current supplier contacts, business relationships and commercial responsibilities for the assigned sites.
• Assisting the corporate indirect material commodity teams implement projects for the sites assigned.
• Facilitate supplier questions on accounts payables and support any necessary activity for disposition of invoice resolutions and/or payment issues.
• Facilitates cross-functional collaboration with others to identify new areas of opportunity and achieve the greatest outcomes in support of SCM strategic goals and initiatives.
• Must have knowledge of Excel/Macro’s to on every operation, generating reports, advantage to have knowledge of Power Bi for creating and publishing reports at shared space

Qualifications

Bachelor’s in engineering Or bachelor’s degree in supply chain management from an accredited university.

Skills

• Possesses expert knowledge SAP MM for managing complete P2P Cycle, Ariba for P2P,
• Shows track records for demonstrating leadership and thinking and acting strategically. Demonstrated experience with commodity products and suppliers.
• Excellent communication, customer service, and interpersonal skills necessary to converse with diverse group of stakeholders including senior management, operations, SCM personnel, and external suppliers.
• Knowledgeable on ERP system operations, functions, and interfaces. Enterprise reporting systems and data mining.
• Skilled in Microsoft office applications, heavily influenced excel.