Eaton ’s Electrical Distributed IT (D-IT) division is currently seeking a Sourcing & Supplier Quality Manager to join our team. This role will be based remotely with anticipated up to 25% travel.
The Soucing & Supplier Quality Manager will lead global sourcing strategy and supplier management for Eaton ’s Distributed IT (D-IT) business, supporting a design-led, supplier-partnered operating model. This role is responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies across key commodities, ensuring cost competitiveness, supply continuity, and alignment with rapid business growth.
Serves as a critical partner to Engineering, Operations, and Finance to support new product introductions (NPI), optimize total cost, and enable scalable, high-performance supply chain solutions across a global supplier network.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $113,000 - $165,000 a year.
Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
What you'll do
- Develop and execute global sourcing strategies aligned with business growth, product roadmaps, and regional requirements while building a scalable, innovative supplier network.
- Lead supplier relationship and performance management through KPI-driven scorecards, business reviews, quality initiatives, and continuous improvement programs.
- Drive cost optimization and productivity through strategic negotiations, should-cost analysis, design-to-cost initiatives, and cross-functional savings programs.
- Partner with Engineering on new product introductions (NPI), ensuring supplier readiness, qualification, and balanced sourcing decisions across cost, quality, and speed-to-market.
- Establish supplier quality strategies, mitigate risks, resolve quality issues, and ensure compliance with regulatory, customer, and enterprise quality standards.
- Manage supply continuity and risk by addressing capacity constraints, geopolitical risks, supplier financial health, and single-source dependencies through contingency and dual-sourcing strategies.
- Collaborate with Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Finance to align sourcing decisions with business objectives, inventory management, manufacturability, and working capital goals.
- Implement sourcing processes, governance, analytics, and best practices to improve decision-making, standardize operations globally, and ensure policy compliance.
This role could be the next step in your career if you demonstrate the following experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field
- Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in sourcing, procurement, or supply chain
You will set yourself apart by demonstrating some or all of the following:
- Experience managing suppliers and driving sourcing strategies across global regions, with particular expertise in APAC supplier networks and market dynamics.
- Strong negotiation and supplier management skills
- Experience in data center, electrical, or industrial technology sectors
- Experience supporting new product introductions (NPI)
- Familiarity with cost modeling, should-cost analysis, and value engineering
- Experience working in a matrixed, global organization
We will not consider candidates who
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Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc
Keys to role success
- Ability to travel up to 25%
- Strategic sourcing and supplier management
- Cost and margin optimization
- Cross-functional collaboration and influence
- Analytical and data-driven decision-making
- Problem-solving and risk management
- Change and continuous imp