STRATEGIC SOURCING ANALYST III

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.

What your background should look like:

Responsibilities：
Create and defines the supplier strategy, define suppliers into grow, fix and exit suppliers and maintains product footprint, incl. “make or buy”-analysis. 
Execute Sourcing projects, both direct and indirect material, with the suppliers in close coordination with internal and external stake holders.
Achieve procurement KPI’s, incl. Material Productivity, Lead time performance, delivery (Ship To Request / Ship To Confirmation), and Quality (Defective Lots Per Million).
Responsible for contracting of supplier commercial agreements, incl. bailment, inventory management and supply agreements.  
Responsible for preparing Request For Quotations, utilizing E-Tools, awarding new business and negotiation all raw materials, components, and tooling
Closely monitor capabilities and capacities of suppliers to avoid crisis
Accountable for info record and Purchase Order accuracy and communicate relevant data to Supply Chain, incl. lead time, priceand Minimum Order Quantity
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 calculating impact and getting the Price Increase Approval Request approved
Maintain healthiness of supplier by timely conducting risk assessment and Ensure that all suppliers meet TE requirements for compliance (RoHs, Reach, conflict minerals, supplier portal usage) 
Drive / support the function to comply with the ISO Related documents, process and compliance check on regular frequency

Requirements：
Fluency in Japanese and English is MUST. (Read, write and talk)
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
Integrity, Accountability, Teamwork, Innovation
Proactive, detailed-oriented
Strong analytical skills

Competencies