Indirect Procurement Manager, China

Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to protecting the environment and improving the quality of life for people everywhere. We make products for the data center, utility, industrial, commercial, machine building, residential, aerospace and mobility markets.

What you’ll do:

• Leads the development, management and oversight of standard supply chain processes and develops China strategies through consensus building to implement enterprise-wide cost effective solutions for Mobility. This position develops long term category strategic planning, creates category metrics and ensures category strategies are aligned, deployed and meet the requirements of Supply Chain Management across Mobility China operations.
• Develop and execute China indirect category strategies aligned with Mobility business objectives, including growth, cost-out, supply continuity, and operational excellence.
• Lead end-to-end sourcing and procurement activities for capital projects in partnership with plants and suppliers, ensuring compliance, competitiveness, and timely execution.
• Conduct market intelligence and commodity trend analysis to support sourcing decisions, identify risks, and implement mitigation plans for key indirect categories.
• Partner with site stakeholders to understand demand forecasts, business requirements, and growth plans, translating them into effective category strategies and sourcing roadmaps.
• Manage assigned indirect categories by working closely with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure supply reliability, competitive total cost, on-time delivery, risk mitigation, and quality performance.
• Collaborate with plant teams to identify cost-out opportunities, execute savings initiatives across indirect categories, and drive achievement of regional supply chain KPIs.
• Analyze spend data, prioritize sourcing opportunities, launch sourcing initiatives, and lead negotiations for complex projects in partnership with plant buyers.
• Engage proactively with internal customers and stakeholders to minimize operational disruption, reduce equipment downtime risk, and optimize total cost of ownership.
• Drive continuous improvement across procurement processes, team practices, and stakeholder engagement to improve efficiency, compliance, and scalability.
• Establish and monitor key procurement performance metrics to evaluate process effectiveness, supplier performance, cost competitiveness, and risk exposure.
• Communicate and collaborate with regional and global Supply Chain teams to align opportunities, best practices, and execution plans with overall category strategies.
• Participate in risk assessment and risk management activities with project teams, global supply chain leaders, and commodity managers to support business continuity.
• Lead governance reviews with internal and external stakeholders to ensure compliance with SCM policies, strengthen supplier performance, and enhance customer satisfaction.
• Leverage data analytics, digital tools, and automation opportunities to improve procurement visibility, decision-making, and functional excellence.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business Administration, or Engineering from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 5 years’ professional experience in indirect purchase Management covering all indirect categories
• Demonstrates strong knowledge of current trends and best practices in indirect procurement and supply chain management.
• Exhibits excellent communication, customer service and interpersonal skills necessary to converse with diverse group of stakeholders including senior management, (internal and at the suppliers), operations and supply chain management personnel.
• Demonstrates ability in strategic process creation and implementation.
• Demonstrates knowledge and experience in successfully deploying category strategies and driving cost-out.
• Demonstrates ability to lead cross-functional in the development, implementation, and achievement of business results for cross-functional business initiatives and category strategies.
• Must be able to take a leadership role in driving change in the organization.
• Must be a creative thinker and have a vision of how to drive the organization to the next level of strategic procurement management.
• Must have a demonstrated ability in the area of strategic process creation and implementation
• Must demonstrate a bias for action and implementation
• Must be able to manage multiple tasks regionally and globally
• Must be able to identify and implement emerging supply management tools.
• Must have strong motivation and mentoring skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Must have the ability to direct or indirectly lead and manage people within the organization

Eaton announced, on January 26, 2026, the intent to separate its Mobility Group (including both the Vehicle and eMobility segments) into an independent, publicly traded company. We expect to complete the separation by the end of the first quarter of 2027. The compensation and benefits that will initially be offered for this position are based on Eaton's plans, programs and practices. If you are offered and accept this position and are actively employed by the Mobility Group when the spinoff closes, the new company will provide further details to employees concerning compensation and benefits at that time.

At Eaton, we don’t just want to offer you a job, but a journey and experience. Our goal is to give you the space to find that sweet spot where your passion meets purpose.