Supply Chain Program Manager - Aerospace

Company: Eaton
Location: Jackson
Posted on: March 17, 2023

Job Description:

Eaton's Aerospace Group is currently seeking a Supply Chain Program Manager to join our team. This position can be based at any Eaton US facility or US based remote home office.
Position Overview:
The Supply Chain Program Manager is responsible for managing, in a matrix environment, subcontractors of critical components during the development phase of New Programs. Subcontract Program Management focuses on ensuring Program Management discipline is integrated into the Supply Chain, ensuring suppliers meet the program Cost/Schedule/Performance requirements in accordance with the PROLaunch process. This role focuses on the management of the subcontractor versus the subcontract (i.e., management of the supplier versus management of PO deliverables) from Phase 0 Concept thru Phase 6 Transition to Production ensuring maximum supplier involvement from project launch through rate production.
Specific tasks associated with the role include aligning the Supply Chain to meet program critical path requirements, ensuring compliance with customer flow-down requirements (offset, DFAR, quality, etc.), and ensuring success of the overall program sourcing strategy. Strong supplier development and relationship modeling expertise is required to ensure contractual requirements are met and to support growth of the business relationship between Eaton and the selected subcontractors. This position interfaces through the Program Office, ensuring smooth flow of supply chain processes and complete alignment of supplier through to customer.
Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each and every day. It's where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential-and where you can help us reach ours.
In this function you will:

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  Be responsible for the smooth and effective Program Management of the subcontractor, ensuring smooth flow of customer requirements through the supply chain to support NPD across the FMC Division. This position is oriented toward management of the SUBCONTRACTOR as opposed to management of a SUBCONTRACT.
  
  
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  Manage, with the Commodity Lead, subcontract negotiations ensuring Non-Disclosure (NDA), Long Term Agreements (LTA), or other contractual vehicles include protection of Eaton Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Proprietary data, and Non-Compete requirements.
  
  
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  Manage the subcontractor by leading the entire business plan with assigned subcontractor through regularly scheduled program reviews with defined agendas and action lists for follow-up/close out.
  
  
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  Ensure project compliance to all government and commercial contracting laws and regulations as applicable (FAR, DFAR, ITAR, et.al.).
  
  
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  Utilize common processes, procedures, practices, and templates from project inception through completion. Proposes new processes, procedures, practices, and templates to the SCPM council when required.
  
  
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  Understand critical paths within the programs (proposal stage, pending win, win) including supplier dependencies and new program awards
  
  
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  Co-lead, with the project manager the Supply Chain Integrated Product Team (IPT), Eaton project team leads and engineering, ensuring effective teaming to support the program.
  
  
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  Develop with the IPT the Risk Management / Mitigation plan and ensure the plan is fully understood, deployed, and periodically reviewed by the IPT and Eaton management.
  
  
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  Integrate supplier in the Design Phase assuring participation in Design Reviews to maximize leverage during the design phase of design alternatives and solutions focusing on Cost as an Independent Variable.
  
  
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  Establish link from Customer Requirements to Supplier Statement of Work and Performance Based Specifications. Ensures SOW and PBS are kept current as design decisions are made.
  
  
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  Manage and document major milestone progress and completion such as PDR, CDR, TRR, etc. and ensures purchased material budget and profit plan for assigned projects.
  
  
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  Accept flex assignments from time to time as required by Division.
  
  
  Eaton will consider for employment, qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the FCIHO.
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  Qualifications
  Required (Basic) Qualifications:
  
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    Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
    
    
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    Minimum of five (5) years' experience in Supply Chain, Program Management, Manufacturing, Engineering or Contracts.
    
    
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    This position requires use of information or access to hardware which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e., 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee.
    
    
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    Must be authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship now or in the future.
    
    
    Preferred Qualifications:
    
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      Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing or Engineering from an accredited institution.
      
      
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      Experience in an Aerospace Manufacturing environment.
      
      
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      Experience of high mix/low volume manufacturing.
      
      
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      Five plus (5+) years in Supply Chain or Program management.
      
      
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      Experience in metal fabrication, electronics, purchasing and materials management positions a plus.
      
      
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      CPIM, CSCP, and/or PMP certification.
      
      
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      Background and knowledge in/or Enovia (product life cycle management), Oracle, MFG/Pro, Cognos and other equivalent ERP / MRP software packages.
      
      
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      Travel up to approx.25% although for short periods of critical activity may be more.
      
      
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      Candidate residing in USA Midwest region preferred.
      
      
      Eaton provides a competitive total rewards package commensurate with applicable skills, knowledge, and experience and consistent with internal and external market practices. The annual salary range for this role is $98,400-135,300.
      At Eaton, we know that good benefit plans are important to employees and their families. In addition to a competitive base salary, Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits at a Glance. (http://www.eatonbenefits.com/ecm/groups/public/@pub/@eatonbenefits/documents/content/pct_1804713.pdf)
      What you will get from us
      Eaton's mission is to improve the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services. We provide sustainable solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power - more safely, more efficiently and more reliably. Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each day. It's where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential-and where you can help us reach ours. Eaton's 2020 revenues were $17.9 billion, and we sell products to customers in more than 175 countries. We have approximately 85,000 employees.
      We make work exciting, engaging and meaningful for our employees through our dedication to tackling some of the toughest power management challenges on the planet and by never losing sight of what matters. Our culture is built on a strong commitment to practicing our core values and supporting our employees with the tools they need to succeed. We pledge to always foster a diverse and inclusive environment, including inclusion resource groups that bring together employees who share a common purpose, interest or background. In the past year, our company has received top employment recognition by the Human Rights Campaign and almost fifty percent of our Board of Directors represented diverse groups. When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we - as individuals and as a company - are stronger.
      We have demonstrated our passion for sustainability with the recent announcement of cutting carbon emissions from the company's operations by at least 50 percent by 2030. We are ethical, passionate, accountable, efficient, transparent and committed to learning. We are confident we can deliver on our promise to improve the quality of life and the environment because of the attributes that our employees embody.
      We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.
      Job: Supply Chain / Logistics
      Region: North America - US/Puerto Rico
      Organization: AER FMC Fuel Motion Control Systems
      Job Level: Individual Contributor
      Schedule: Full-time
      Is remote work (i.e. working from home or another Eaton facility) allowed for this position?: Yes - Remote
      Does this position offer relocation?: No
      Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time

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