Indirect Procurement Category Manager EMEA - Professional Services & IT

Role overview

What you will do

• Provide regional leadership and oversight for approximately $80 million of designated category spend.
• Develop and deploy category strategies with business units and global category leads.
• Deliver annual cost reductions, cost avoidance, and working cost improvement.
• Define preferred supplier lists and contracts roadmaps.
• Rationalize the supplier base and shift spend to strategic or approved suppliers.
• Lead or support RFP and RFQ exercises through full deployment.
• Drive continuous improvement using common standards and best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum 8–10 years of experience in indirect procurement and/or supply chain management.
• Proven indirect procurement experience in Professional Services and IT categories is required.
• Regional experience in EMEA, especially Europe.
• Experience using spend analysis, contracts databases, supplier management systems, and sourcing tools such as Ariba.

Required capabilities

• Strong sourcing and supplier-management process knowledge.
• Strong negotiation and contracting experience.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including communication with top managers.
• Ability to interact cross-functionally in a demanding environment.
• Efficient negotiation, communication leadership, and service orientation.

What Eaton offers

• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Challenging projects in a dynamic, collaborative team.
• Opportunities for internal promotion and ongoing learning through Eaton University.

About Eaton