STRATEGIC SOURCING MANAGER

Job Overview

TE Connectivity's Strategic Sourcing Teams develop and implement multi-year strategies for assigned commodities, suppliers and parts/services to achieve established goals in supplier quality, delivery, price and service. They align strategy and execution with cross-functional partners such as engineering, manufacturing, product management and functional owners. They execute the competitive bid, negotiation, contracting processes and/or technical continuous improvement for assigned commodities or services; collaborate across Business Units and cross-regions for optimal TE leverage. Our teams demonstrate a high level of expertise in procurement competencies (business/supply chain acumen, negotiation, sourcing strategy development and execution, global savvy, and project and product lifecycle management) and ensure results are delivered compliant with TE policies and procedures.

【Tasks Summary & Responsibilities】
    Create a supplier sourcing strategy, under strong consideration of customer needs, that defines strategic suppliers pool into grow, fix and exit suppliers and maintains product footprint, incl. “make or buy”-analysis.  
    Yearly productivity target accomplishment through various approach e.g. commercial, VAVE, OMP, etc.
    Drive the attainment and improvement of relevant procurement KPI’s, incl. Material Productivity (CMP), Lead time performance, delivery (STR/STC), and Quality (SATI, ScCC).
    Responsible for improving material productivity by maintaining 130% material pipeline, CMP, TEBIT and WAV analysis
    Drive cost reduction opportunity with engineering team, lead VA/VE projects
    Responsible for contracting of supplier commercial agreements, incl. bailment, inventory management and supply agreements.  
    Responsible for preparing RFQ’s, utilizing E-sourcing Tools, awarding new business and negotiation all raw materials, components, and tooling
    Lead the optimization of the Supplier Footprint, incl. setup of new suppliers, reducing number of supplier, preferred supplier spend% increase and resourcing activities
    Collect and manager capabilities from suppliers to make supply chain resilient.
    Accountable for info record and PO accuracy and communicate relevant data to tactical buyer, incl. lead time, price and MOQ
    Responsible for conducting QBR’s with strategic suppliers and the drive of respective corrective actions
    Ensure and Drive MOQ optimization for material/components (incl. finished goods) used by the plant for production and establish supplier agreements, e. g. VMI, EDI, consignment, Scheduling Agreements frame order review, blanket PO)
    Responsible for simulating negative impact and getting PIA approved
    Ensure data on OV tools is captured and delivered to finance.
    Conduct risk assessments for new suppliers and legacy suppliers not done yet.
    Ensure that all suppliers meet TE requirements for compliance (RoHs, Reach, conflict minerals, supplier portal usage) 
    Drive the usage of the of the Supplier Portal by utilization of tactical buyer department
    Work with team on ISO Related documents, process and compliance check on regular frequency
    Support the tactical buyer in the following tasks: inventory management components, manage outside product, and block invoices
    Good Understanding on the Local Statutory requirements 

What your background should look like:

【Educational Degree】    
    Bachelor or above, Engineering background Mechanical Engineering Preferred

【Professional Experience】
    6+ years’ years’ experience in sourcing area 
    Experience in Molding, Stamping, Machining, plating, especially for PCB, connector, connector assembly or cable assembly. industry field is preferred 

【Qualifications, Knowledge & Skills】
    Excellent problem-solving skills, analytical skills, and communication skills 
    Ability to demonstrate strong customer focus and continues improvement attitude
    Strong project management skills and ability to multi-task 
    Ability to work in a matrix environment with multi-cultural teams
    Ability to create competitive strategies and plans, broad knowledge of strategies and tactics of the marketplace, knows trends 
    Knowledge of regional and global supplier base for relevant commodities
    Advanced knowledge in the use of SAP and Microsoft Office, i.e. Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint
    Fluent English, Local Language Japanese is must.
    Integrity, Accountability, Teamwork, Innovation
    Proactive, detailed-oriented
    Strong analytical skills
    Cross-functional skills
    People development & leadership

Competencies