Buyer COE
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 15, 2026. First seen by Alion on Jun 19, 2026. Eaton scores A on the Alion truth index.
Our SCM Center of Excellence in Santo Domingo is currently seeking a Buyer COE. We're looking for talented professionals who are passionate about supply chain, innovation, and operational excellence to join our dynamic team.
What you’ll do:
Job Summary
The purpose of the positon is to support Eaton manufacturing plants and other Eaton locations in the Americas region with operational procurement activities from our Center of Excellence CoE offices. Buyer will handle Low/Medium complexity networks assign components to ensure materials availability and supplier stability.
Job Responsibilities
*Procures direct materials following plant and corporate regulations (QA, SCM)
*Generate purchasing orders (PO's) in accordance to demand requeriments
* Communicates and coordinates with network schedulers for plan and execution updates
* Understands material requirements and processes requisitions to provide POs to Suppliers
* Works closely with suppliers to ensure on time delivery of material to plant
* Executes exception messages (Postponement/Anticipation/Cancellation of orders) and manage internal escalations
* Resolving internal discrepancies with operations and external issues with suppliers (e.g. delivery issues, claims, quality issues, etc)
* Works closely with logistics partners and suppliers for material delivery as per incoterms
* Evaluates and monitors supply performance (SOTD) and works with suppliers and category managers to implement corrective/preventive actions for on
time performance improvement
* Supplier invoice management and support in resolution of holds for timely payments
* Maintains inventory levels of materials in accordance with the objectives set and works with inputs from inventory analysts and network schedulers for
optimized inventory level.
* Coordinates with Supplier Quality and suppliers for RMA of defective parts and relates reverse logistics
* Works with Engineering, Products Managers and CMs for phase-in/ou (ECM Management)
* Maintains revelant purchasing data (Specific to price thorugh SPIT Policy) and other purchasing data (e.g. unit price change, supplier lead time, MOQ,
MOV, Single/dual sourced, among others) in collaboration with Data Health and Commodity Team
* Utilizes all digital tools available for SCM for maximized efficiency
* Responsible for sharing with the team best materials management practices, continuous improvement of process, development of process standards, compliance with materials planning processes, and reporting in alignment with the network and global supply chain organization
Qualifications:
Education level required
Bachelor Degree in Business Administration, Accounting or related field.
Fluent Spanish / English language capabilities
Years and area of experience required
Experience 1- 3 years in similar positions.
Technical knowledge
SAP MM advanced level, Mapics, Oracle, MS Office advanced level
Soft skills
- MS Office skills (Excel)
- Experience in purchasing/finance
- ERP system experience (SAP, Mapics, Oracle, Vista)
- Ability to communicate effectively
- CI mindset
- Proactive Can Do Attitude
- Ability to work in a team
- High level of accuracy
- Capacity and ability to work under pressure and prioritize
We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.