Material Readiness & Risk Coordinator

Eaton Corporation; Beaver (Beaver County); On-site; USD 69,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Corporation in Beaver, PA is seeking a Material Specialist to strengthen material readiness and coordination across Operations, Materials, Quality, Engineering, Planning, and the procurement team. This role emphasizes site execution, material flow, and proactive risk identification to protect the manufacturing schedule.

You will identify shortages, manage escalation and recovery actions, and support root-cause analyses for material disruptions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 2+ years in manufacturing or materials management.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Ability to analyze production schedules, inventory levels, shortages, and material status.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams.
• No relocation is offered; reside within 50 miles of Beaver, PA.
• No immigration sponsorships will be provided.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the primary liaison between Operations, Scheduling, Materials, Quality, and Procurement to ensure alignment on production priorities, material health, supply constraints and recovery actions.
• Identifies, analyzes, and communicates material shortages, supplier constraints, and schedule risks through daily tier processes, material walks and coordination with Procurement, Operations, Planning, Materials and Quality to support uninterrupted production.
• Develops and maintains a forward-looking view of material readiness by analyzing production schedules, inventory positions and supplier commitments to identify and mitigate emerging risks before they impact manufacturing.
• Coordinates and drives shortage recovery, expediting efforts and cross-functional action plans, maintaining ownership of risk tracking, escalation processes and follow-up activities until issues are resolved or appropriately escalated.
• Supports root-cause analyses for material disruptions and drives actions to prevent future occurrences.
• Identifies and escalates inventory and system discrepancies that could impact material availability.
• Partners with the Quality function to disposition rejected material while coordinating communications, documentation, and follow-up activities related to supplier quality issues.
• Supports continuous improvement initiatives focused on material flow, shortage management, risk identification, escalation processes and system utilization.

Skills

Excel

Cross-functional teamwork

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain / Operations / Engineering

Tools

SAP

MAPICS

Oracle

Vista

BaaN

Job description

Eaton Corporation in Beaver, PA is seeking a Material Specialist to strengthen material readiness and coordination across Operations, Materials, Quality, Engineering, Planning, and the procurement team. This role emphasizes site execution, material flow, and proactive risk identification to protect the manufacturing schedule.

You will identify shortages, manage escalation and recovery actions, and support root-cause analyses for material disruptions.