Material Specialist

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

Job summary

Eaton’s Beaver, PA facility is seeking a Material Specialist to ensure material readiness, monitor shortages, and coordinate with Operations, Materials, Quality, Engineering, Planning, and the COE team to protect the production schedule.

The role emphasizes site execution and material flow, with a focus on risk identification, escalation, and continuous improvement of inventory and processes. On-site requirement applies with no supplier negotiation responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree or higher in supply chain, operations, business administration, engineering, or related field.
• 3+ years in manufacturing, materials, production planning, supply chain, inventory control, logistics, or operations support.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel.
• Ability to analyze production schedules, inventory levels, shortages, and material status.
• Understanding of manufacturing operations, material flow, inventory transactions, and production support processes.
• Ability to prepare shortage reports, action trackers, escalation summaries, and management updates.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including Operations, Quality, Engineering, Planning, Warehouse, Inventory Control, and Procurement/COE.
• No relocation—residents within 50 miles of Beaver, PA.

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.
• 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

Microsoft Excel

Data analysis

Manufacturing ops

Shortage reporting

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Associate's Degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business Administration, Engineering, or related field

Tools

SAP

MAPICS

Oracle

Vista

BaaN

Job description

Eaton’s EPG CPD PCD Power Components Division division is currently seeking a Material Specialist. This position is based out of our Beaver, PA facility and requires on-site presence.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $69000 - $101000 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.

Job Summary

The purpose of this position is to support the manufacturing site by ensuring material readiness, shortage visibility, and timely communication between Operations, Materials, Quality, Engineering, Planning, and the centralized Procurement/COE team. This role serves as the site connection point for production material risks, helping identify shortages based on the production schedule, coordinating internal actions, executing site-controlled material processes, and escalating risks to the appropriate buyer, planner, or functional owner. This position does not own supplier commercial management, purchase order placement, price negotiation, or sourcing decisions. The role is focused on site execution, material flow coordination, production support, and proactive risk identification to protect the manufacturing schedule.

Job 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.

Education level required

• Associate's Degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business Administration, Engineering, or related field.

Years And Area Of Experience Required

• 3+ years of experience in manufacturing, materials, production planning, supply chain, inventory control, logistics, or operations support.

Qualifications

• Strong Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel.
• Ability to analyze production schedules, inventory levels, shortages, and material status.
• Understanding of manufacturing operations, material flow, inventory transactions, and production support processes.
• Ability to prepare shortage reports, action trackers, escalation summaries, and management updates.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including Operations, Quality, Engineering, Planning, Warehouse, Inventory Control, and Procurement/COE.
• No relocation is offered for this position. All candidates must currently reside within 50 miles of Beaver, PA. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

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, H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, 1-485 job profitability, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

• ERP system experience, such as SAP, MAPICS, Oracle, Vista, BaaN, or similar systems.
• Basic knowledge of supplier quality documentation processes, including rejected material, deviations, PPAP, RMA, and containment actions.
• Experience with consignment inventory, warehouse coordination, receiving processes, or production-line material support.

Soft Skills

• Strong sense of urgency and ownership.
• Proactive communication and escalation mindset.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Strong follow-up discipline and attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritize based on production impact and customer needs.
• Problem-solving mindset.
• Ability to work effectively with multiple functions and levels of the organization.
• High level of accuracy in data validation and documentation.
• Continuous improvement mindset.
• Accountability for commitments and action closure.

Organizational Chart

• Supervisor Purchasing Manager
• Functional Manager (if applicable) COE Leader
• Incumbent (if applicable) TBD
• Peers (if applicable) Production Scheduler
• Direct Reports (if applicable) None
• Indirect/Functional Reports (if applicable) None

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