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Network Planning Manager - Supply Chain Planning & Execution

Join Eaton, a global leader where equality and inclusivity are at the heart of our mission. Here, everyone is valued and belongs. Be part of a team that delivers cutting-edge, energy-efficient solutions, making a tangible impact on the world. We empower our customers to manage electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical energy more effectively, safely, and sustainably. At Eaton, we’re dedicated to enhancing quality of life and protecting the environment with our innovative energy management technologies and services. Our EMEA Business Service teams empower seamless operations and drive exceptional results across our electrical, industrial, and corporate teams.

What you’ll do:

The Supply Chain Network Planning Manager is a leading role in the integrated, intelligent and agile supply chain organization, focusing on the full SIOP horizon including execution ( 0-36 months). The Network Planning Manager is responsible for demand-supply balancing for their value stream and providing insights on demand at risk for their respective portfolio. This role focuses on setting and maintaining the guardrails by which the consensus supply plan is generated; taking into consideration constraints, allocation, and prioritization rules for the full horizon, while managing critical exceptions in mid-term.

Main Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of Network Schedulers/MPS planners responsible for value stream in the 0-3 months window and functionally collaborate with a team of Buyers, Material Planners and Order Managers.
• Manage capacity vs. demand (0-36 months horizon), flagging any exceptions, driving solutions and decision making to close the gap.
• Partner with operations, warehousing and operational procurement if capacity gaps require escalation.
• Manage replenishment strategy across value stream in line with the inventory policy, and conducts regular parameters audits.
• Create the consensus supply plan, balancing FG inventory and capacity with the objective to meet demand on-time and in full.
• Ensure production schedule adherence and attainment.
• Work with SIOP and business teams to update FG inventory targets and inventory policies.
• Review supply and inventory performance metrics, inventory outlook projection, and identify gaps vs targets & improvement opportunities, and liaise with relevant stakeholders to execute improvement action plans.
• Be accountable for value stream improvements in cash, cost and customer service results.
• Initiate scenario planning to optimize the plan on service, cash and costs.
• Prioritize order allocation in case of supply constraint (affecting more than one market/customer) in collaboration with the Execution Scheduler.
• Provide relevant information to the divisional SIOP meetings regarding supply vs. demand (capacity) and FG inventory performance

Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree or preferably MBA/Masters in Supply Chain/Operations or Engineering
• 8+ years of supply chain management and planning experience for a global or multi-plant industrial company

Skills:

Experience working across supply chain/operations with a proven track record of influencing & delivering results across the end-to-end product and supply chain management processes. Experience as a leader of people. Ability to manage complex material flows across multi-tier manufacturing & distribution networks. Prior experience of Advanced Planning Systems would be a plus. Broad foundational technical expertise across areas such as planning, execution, procurement & plant operations. Experiencing building strong partnerships and influencing cross functional stakeholders in sales, finance, product line leaders and HR. Deep understanding of how supply chain impacts P&L and working capital. Ability to analyze, interpret and draw conclusions on large volumes of data. CPIM certification would be a plus. Holistic perspective, ability to adapt to different cultures and to get results in a complex environment. Influential, visible internal and external leader able to challenge the status quo, motivate and inspire teams to work together to solve complex challenges. Must be able to build strong relationships at all levels. Storytelling ability using data to generate scenarios, including communicating outcomes to a non-technical audience.

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Flexible working solutions
• Excellent working environment - safety and ethics are important for us
• Culture & Values - we are more than the products we invent and produce - the way we do business is just as important. At Eaton, our values and culture define who we are - both individually and as an organization - and direct our activities every day
• Learning & Development - we invest in our employees for the long term - not just with salary and benefits, but with ongoing learning and development opportunities, made available through Eaton University

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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.