EATON is Hiring for Associate Engineer -Mechanical

Job description

1. Drive the VAVE and cost-out projects to achieve cost-out / reduction results.
2. Collaborate with Engineering on Cost out / VAVE opportunities identified via Value Analysis and Value Engineering (VAVE) workshops and cost out projects related to resourcing and negotiation
3. Providing teardown and benchmarking support to Engineering. Provide inputs to category managers on Global Procurement Share Point
4. RFQ Management – Float RFQ’s to suppliers, in-depth analysis of RFQ’s for prototypes
5. Coordinating new vendor registration, follow up with vendors to get quotes
6. Analysis of quotes and data gathering for negotiations
7. Collaboration with EIIC and Global Engineering Team, Eaton Global plants, and Global suppliers to achieve cost-competitive purchasing within the stipulated timeline, with good quality.
8. Be a CFT member to manage the on-time implementation and deployment of New Product Initiatives (NPI) projects globally at optimum cost and right quality.
9. Understands and applies process channel knowledge for acquiring materials and/or services in order to ensure delivery requirements for commodities and/or service customers
10. Drive review cadence with the leadership team, engineering stakeholders, and Project Team members. Report on VAVE / Cost out project status, progress, and pipeline to all stakeholders. Cost outnumber tracking in GPS

Qualifications

• Bachelors in Engineering OR Supply Chain Management
• 4-5 years of experience from Manufacturing OR Engineering background or Supply Chain Management
• Strong knowledge of MS Office tools (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• Reporting and Analytics – Presentation to project & leadership team
• Certification- Any certification in supply management like CPSM, CSM is preferred but not mandatory. VAVE certification is preferred but not mandatory. Excellent knowledge of MS office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project). Demonstrated ability to interface and work with Operations and Design Engineering to achieve VAVEcost and/or productivity improvements
• Process knowledge for Electrical and Mechanical categories is required.