Eaton India: The story of Eaton in India is that of a journey of a firm beginning, focused expansion and steady growth. Eaton entered India in the year 1999 through the global acquisition of Aeroquip Vickers. Today, with Eight manufacturing facilities, presence in 18 key locations and an employee strength of over 5000, all of Eaton’s global businesses are well represented in India. In addition to growing our manufacturing footprint in the country, we have also built robust captive center in India for engineering, IT, financial services, sales & marketing, supply chain management and sourcing. Eaton India Innovation Center (EIIC) in Pune, is an integral part of Eaton’s global engineering and technology footprint and house one third of Eaton’s intellectual horsepower with 2000 Engineers. EIIC is home for complete product design life cycle management, from research and technology efforts to product development &launches to product sustaining engineering activities. It has seven centers of excellence collaborate to leverage our size, scale and knowledge—and harness the power of One Eaton—for all of your power management solutions. Through proven technical excellence, EIIC continues to augment Eaton’s leadership in improving existing products and services and developing new offerings. EIIC operates through its two state-of-the-art campuses located at Kharadi and Magarpatta City along with a world class 70000 Sq ft lab in Pune. Today, EIIC’s current research and technology efforts are focused on global trends that are driving our future including: energy systems, intelligent machines, advanced materials and additive manufacturing. EIIC is focused on augmenting Eaton’s vision of “improving the quality of life and environment through the use of intelligent power management technologies and services”. This position is responsible for leading and managing Direct Material Productivity (DMP) organization, and to provide leadership and direction that create significant cost out opportunities for diverse Eaton businesses working in close collaboration with the CTO Organization, Global SCM teams, Business Divisions, within Eaton. In addition, this leader will be the key partner that works very closely with the Global Procurement Organization & Continious Improvement function in corporate SCM . This high energy individual will be responsible for managing teams of engineers working on various aspects of Direct Material Productivity with the primary goal of identifying, developing, and maintaining services that deliver significant cost out opportunities, creating a robust pipeline of executable cost out projects, creating/supporting, Resiliency reated projects, and Support New product development The leader will be responsible for meeting the schedule, scope, cost and technical targets for all Direct Material Productivity efforts under his/her control, as well as developing and managing relationships with Eaton businesses leaders & stakeholders. • Leadership and Management of DMP teams for significant enhancement in Direct Material Cost out/avoidance performance. • Strategy & execution leadership for enhancing collaboration & synergy significantly with SCM, Business divisions, Marketing & Manufacturing Organizations. • Works in conjunction with the Global Procurement & Corporate Engineering functional excellence Lead to create an executable playbook around Design to Value at Eaton. • Develop a high performing, innovative, empowered and accountable culture across the DMP organization. • Collaborate with global Engineering, SCM, Marketing and manufacturing leaders to provide direction to identify market/technical trends and develop appropriate strategy to respond/lead those trends towards building the organizational capabilities for DMP. • Plan and monitor operational budget for DMP. • Ensure tight alignment with various business units processes/ initiatives across industrial and electrical sectors towards DMP. • Align project and portfolio strategy, design and develop current and new Eaton wide programs & projects and drive creation of and leveraging existing technological innovations in execution. Create and execute roadmap towards significant cost reductions. • Fully leverage digital and physical prototyping capabilities to driveDirect Material Productivity. Leverage the state-of-the art test labs & external echo system to accelerate Direct Material Productivity. • Articulate clearly expectations and progress to the executive team and various business stakeholders as well as with the internal teams. • Creates and fills a robust, and executable pipeline of Direct Material Productivity projects that will help drive improved cost performance, and move Eaton to the upper quartile of performance vs its peer group. • Build an organization that all of the businesses globally look to as a partner to help identify ideas and processes to reduce product costs and improve Eaton’s profitability. Qualifications Prefer Master’s Degree in Mechanical / Electrical / Systems / Controls Engineering / Computer science or equivalent. 20+ years of engineering/technology development experience. 10 years of experience in leading people. Some experience of working in an international environment leading technology / innovation mgmt. Provide technical marketing strategies and communicate DMP strategy to various stakeholders • Possess strong business acumen and the ability to understand and formulate compelling value propositions and to understand and drive through value and adoption chain. • Creating, executing and communicating vision, strategy, structure, goals, processes and ensuring alignment with functional / locational / divisional priorities • Experience in leading projects with multiple stakeholders in matrix organization and strong project management experience is required. • Experience in effectively coaching and mentoring senior leaders/direct reports, • Experience in developing a high performing, empowered and accountable leadership team to support business growth and to build organizational capability • Possess a deep understanding of how culture and team dynamics create exceptional teams • Deep understanding of Eaton’s products, supply base, and of the Supply Chain function. Knows how to navigate through the SCM matrix, and how to engage the right leaders to get projects identified, and supported by each of the businesses. What you will get from us Eaton’s mission is to improve the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services. We provide sustainable solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power – more safely, more efficiently and more reliably. Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each day. It’s where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential—and where you can help us reach ours. Eaton’s 2020 revenues were $17.9 billion, and we sell products to customers in more than 175 countries. We have approximately 85,000 employees. We make work exciting, engaging and meaningful for our employees through our dedication to tackling some of the toughest power management challenges on the planet and by never losing sight of what matters. Our culture is built on a strong commitment to practicing our core values and supporting our employees with the tools they need to succeed. We pledge to always foster a diverse and inclusive environment, including inclusion resource groups that bring together employees who share a common purpose, interest or background. In the past year, our company has received top employment recognition by the Human Rights Campaign and almost fifty percent of our Board of Directors represented diverse groups. When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we — as individuals and as a company — are stronger. We have demonstrated our passion for sustainability with the recent announcement of cutting carbon emissions from the company’s operations by at least 50 percent by 2030. We are ethical, passionate, accountable, efficient, transparent and committed to learning. We are confident we can deliver on our promise to improve the quality of life and the environment because of the attributes that our employees embody. We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law. Job: Supply Chain / Logistics Region: Asia Pacific Organization: INNOV Innovation Center Job Level: Manager Schedule: Full-time Is remote work (i.e. working from home or another Eaton facility) allowed for this position?: No Does this position offer relocation?: Relocation from within hiring country only Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time