Assistant Manager SCM

Eaton Corporation; Ahmednagar; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Corporation is seeking an experienced procurement professional in India to manage indirect sourcing, material planning, and logistics optimization across multiple plants. The role focuses on cost-out projects, supplier development, and ensuring timely material flow to support manufacturing operations.

Your responsibilities include maintaining PFEP data, optimizing stores discipline, and coordinating with purchasing to fulfill shortages while ensuring safety and inventory accuracy.

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in mechanical engineering with 5–8 years in manufacturing, PPC and logistics.
• Experience in shop floor management and coordination with management/production teams.
• Ability to build relationships at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Drive cost optimization through strategic sourcing initiatives.
• Manage supplier selection, development, negotiation, and performance.
• Ensure on-time delivery and long-term partnerships.
• Maintain PFEP in Stores – Location, Shelf-Life, FIFO.
• Plan inventory and Kanban/daily loading across three shifts.

Skills

ERP system knowledge

MS Office proficiency

Education

Degree / Diploma in Mechanical engineering

Tools

Outlook

Word

Excel

Job description

What you’ll do:

Eaton announced, on January 26, 2026, the intent to separate its Mobility Group (including both the Vehicle and eMobility segments) into an independent, publicly traded company. We expect to complete the separation by the end of the first quarter of 2027. As a standalone company, the Mobility business will be more focused and agile, creating exciting opportunities for employees to grow, innovate, and help shape the future of mobility. The separation reflects strong confidence in the Mobility team and positions the new company as an employer of choice in the automotive and commercial vehicle industry.

To manage and execute indirect sourcing activities for assigned commodities while ensuring effective indirect material planning and scheduling that meets customer requirements and supports seamless material flow across the supply chain.

Responsibilities:

The position is responsible for driving cost optimization through strategic sourcing initiatives, identifying and implementing savings opportunities, and developing effective commodity strategies.

• Complete store administration and ensure compliance with policies and procedures.
• Manage supplier selection, development, negotiation, and performance to achieve cost savings, on‑time delivery, and long‑term partnerships.
• Drive cost‑out projects for indirect material.
• Achieve monthly spending within budget.
• Ensure optimization of logistics for material movement.
• Scrap management for direct / indirect material.
• Maintain PFEP (Oracle Based) in Stores – Location, Shelf‑Life, FIFO.
• 5’S in stores, yellow marking, lane identifications, trolley marking, daily discipline in handling of parts in stores – ongoing.
• Implementation of processes, policies, and standard operating procedures in stores function across plants, utilization of storage space by planning inventory volumes & optimum store space utilization & ensure adherence to various norms and safety conditions in the process.
• Review shortages of materials and ensure action steps for fulfilment of shortages, timely availability of store items, spares & raw materials, by efficiently coordinating & planning with the purchase team.
• Ensure assembly and machining shop loading as per Kanban/daily loading plan in all the three shifts.
• Consumables stored as per the applicable storage guidelines pertaining to temperature, volume, hazardous material, etc.
• Ensure on time GRR transactions (real time) in all three shifts.
• Explore and implement Industry4.0 concept (WMS, barcode scanners).
• Explore and implement Kanban methodology.
• Slow‑moving & non‑moving analysis and improvement.
• Review in‑warding materials – online GRN and 100% part counting for receipt process.
• After inspection of material, physical handover the material to the inventory section.
• Provide the proper information about the material stock to all internal customers.
• Supervise stock, storage space and preservation standards of all material.
• Ensure inventory adjustments on time, root‑cause analysis and improvement, clear RTV on daily basis.
• Hold material reduction meeting with operations.
• Review of ERP HC dials with material analyst.
• Ensure on time OSP transactions.
• Excess & obsolete inventory analysis.

Qualifications:

Degree / Diploma in Mechanical engineering, 5-8 years of experience in manufacturing, PPC and logistics dept. roles with prior shop floor management experience. Effective coordination with management and production team and can build effective relationships at all levels.

Skills:

• Good knowledge of ERP system.
• Experience with Microsoft Office software (Outlook, Word, Excel).