.Eaton's IS VEH VGNA division is currently seeking a SCM Operations Buyer.What you'll do: PRIMARY FUNCTION:This position will focus on MG (Truck & Aftermarket) purchases from major suppliers, contracts, strategic commodities, including uninterrupted supply leading after markets, outside process, remanufacturing, heat treat & other assigned commodities. This position will interact with multiple locations and manage assigned commodities to ensure uninterrupted supply at optimum cost and quality. They will participate and manage the MGNA commodities with semi-annual strategic updates to Senior Leaders. In addition, this position will manage aftermarket suppliers, costs outs, bankruptcies, transfers and new supplier sourcing. This position will maintain an essential balance between supplier quality, delivery expectations, and cost reduction metrics. In addition, this position will be responsible to generate and achieve the annual cost out goals for MGNA set in Profit Plans. This position will require travel to suppliers, customers and strategic commodity strategy meetings.This position will also focus on Mobility Group North America (MGNA) operational buyer activities, purchases and programs related to the commodities above for all 13 manufacturing sites as well as all warehousing sites in MX and US. This position will require expertise coordinating plant operations, system and supplier's solutions including but not limited to understanding operational excellence, Oracle R12 purchasing expertise, Oracle ERP including supplier set-up, P.O. transactions, receipts, invoices, payments, resolve invoices holds, resolutions, interface errors, Wisper, QlikView, Markview, Supplier Viz. ISupplier and Enovia for MGNA. This position will outline the process to successfully coordinating and managing all key interfaces to resolve DMR's, 8D's, delivery issues and facilitate communications between parties, including conflict resolution. Promote clear and consistent communication among the involved project team members for transmitting interface information. What you'll do: ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:Manage commodity and operational supply chain activities including sourcing councils, commodity strategies, supplier relationships, quotes, engineering changes and opportunities for cost out and product/supplier improvement, while ensuring production, delivery, and capacity requirements for all commodities in all MGNA facilities.Apply skillful negotiations with internal and external suppliers; conducts problem resolution and settles disputes; develops win/win solutions and creates positive relations with tact and expert judgment.Develop and help facilitate process to manage engineering part changes, supplier requirements and new part requirements for the commodity.Manage all assigned current production supplier contacts, business relationships and supports commercial responsibilities for the assigned commodity base