Global Category Manager

3 weeks ago


Dublin, Dublin City, Ireland Eaton Corporation Full time

Unlock Your Potential at Eaton: Where Diversity Drives Innovation. No matter where you come from, your aspirations matter to us. We believe in the power of different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds to ignite innovation and drive success. We're in the business of empowering people, and that includes you. Your journey here is not just about a job; it's about a shared vision for a brighter, more sustainable future.

Our Global Headquarter office in Dublin has an exciting new opening for a Global Category Manager- HR & Marketing to join their highly successful Supply Chain organisation.

What you'll do:

The primary function of this role is to partner with our Corp HR and Marketing stakeholders to design and shape Global strategy and a Regional approach where appropriate.

Responsibilities:

  • Serve as a subject matter expert in the defined categories and will establish and build internal relationships with Corporate and regional stakeholders
  • Lead the supplier market analysis and ensure supplier qualifications for RFQ's
  • Lead and assist supplier negotiations for the business on requirements, commercial terms and conditions
  • Build performance-based supplier relationships that lead to optimal pricing, quality improvements, process improvements and delivery of world class solutions
  • Communicate with SCM and Corporate on supplier value propositions and supplier performance metrics which enable continuous improvement initiatives and actions
  • Develop thorough master services contracts in accordance with regulatory and legal department's requirements

Qualifications:

  • Knowledge of the various HR sub categories: Benefits (Pension, Healthcare, Consultants, Actuarial, Pharmacy, Wellness, Outplacement, EAP etc..). Marketing sub categories: Advertising, Print, Promotional Merchandise, Stock image/Music providers, Survey's, Meeting & Events, Digital Marketing, Branding. Public Relations, Creative agencies etc.)
  • Strong experience in complex project management including at a minimum regional scope and cross-functional coordination. Global experience would be a plus
  • Expertise in negotiating/interpreting legal terms and conditions

Skills:

  • Excellent communication, customer service and interpersonal skills
  • Strong negotiation skills, knowledge, and experience
  • Demonstrated problem solving skills and ability to manage multiple tasks globally
  • Demonstrated leadership capabilities required

What we offer:

  • Competitive compensation and benefits package (pension, wellness scheme, health insurance etc.)
  • Permanent contract in a fast-growing global company
  • Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team
  • We make your aspirations matter – Eaton encourages internal promotion, whenever possible
  • We make your growth matter - 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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