Manager, Product Life Cycle & Configuration Management

Eaton’s Global Energy Infrastructure Solutions (GEIS) division is currently seeking a Manager, Product Life Cycle & Configuration Management. This is a hybrid role for our Syracuse, NY or Highland, IL facilities. Relocation is not provided.

The Manager, Product Lifecycle & Configuration Management provides leadership and strategic direction for the Product Standards (including the LATAM Data team) and Configuration teams within GEIS Americas, and for the GEIS Americas Enovia Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platform. The manager ensures the accuracy and integrity of SAP product data, delivers reliable configuration and labeling capabilities, and supports regional adoption of global product data standards (e.g., ECLASS, EPLAN) to support business efficiency and product readiness. The role drives automation initiatives, collaborates cross-functionally to enhance system performance, and champions solutions that meet customer and business requirements. Additionally, the manager partners with engineering, product management, and other stakeholders to advance continuous improvement, reduce process variability, and enhance the quality and scalability of GEIS product data systems.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $130000 - $190000 a year. Please note the salary information shown 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:

• Lead the GEIS Americas Product Standards team, including the LATAM Data team, ensuring SAP product and material master data is accurate, complete, and released on time to support quoting, ordering, and manufacturing.

• Direct the GEIS Americas Product Configuration team, process, and tools, ensuring configurable models are released accurately and on time to support quoting and order entry.

• Manage the GEIS Americas Enovia Product Lifecycle Management platform, ensuring reliable system performance and data integrity, and aligns with EMEA and APAC Enovia owners on common processes and roadmap.

• Support GEIS Americas adoption of global product data standards (e.g., ECLASS, EPLAN) in partnership with Global Master Data Management, with defined KPIs and governance.

• Coordinate with GEIS Global Master Data Management, Product Data Management, and Configuration teams to align regional processes, tools, and standards with global direction.

• Partner with SAP PTP (Plan-to-Produce), QTC (Quote-to-Cash), RTC, and VC (Variant Configuration) teams to deliver system solutions that meet departmental and business needs.

• Establish project priorities with Product Line Managers and other stakeholders, reducing the project backlog and delivering commitments on schedule.

• Serve as the bridge between business stakeholders and developers, translating requirements into solutions that meet the needs of the business and users.

• Analyze implemented system solutions and drives automation and process improvements across product data, configuration, and labeling, reducing manual effort, process variability, and errors.

• Manage product labeling upgrades and other system solutions for the GEIS business, delivering on time and within scope.

• Report progress, risks, and change to stakeholders and leadership, including performance against data quality and delivery KPIs.

• Attract, select, develop, coach, and appraise the Product Standards organization, sustaining high employee engagement and building succession within the team.

Qualifications:

Basic (Required) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.

• Minimum of four (4) years’ work experience with an ERP system (SAP or Oracle), Bills of Materials, and Routings.

• Minimum two (2) years of leader-of-people experience.

• 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, H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, 1-485 job profitability, etc.

• No relocation is offered for this position. All candidates must currently reside within 50 miles of Syracuse, NY or Highland, IL to be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems (e.g., Enovia) and products or master data governance.

• Advanced Excel skills, including Pivot Tables understanding and usages.

• Experience with SAP, including PTP, QTC, RTC, and VC programming and modeling.

• Experience with product data standards (e.g., ECLASS, EPLAN) and product information management (PIM) or content syndication

• Knowledge of Eaton’s GEIS products.

• Proven track record of building organizational capability and talent through effective recruiting, training, coaching, development and optimizing organizational structure.

• Experience working in a global business environment.

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