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.

Job Requirements

• Policies and Procedures 5%
  Follow up procurement policies and procedures in order to align with the requirements.

   

  Procurement 80%
  a. Supplier development and qualification
  Develop new supplier based on project demand and commodity strategy;Do supplier analysis and lead audit to find the right source(quality, cost, service).
  b. Pricing and term negotiation
  Handle NPI and sustaining project RFQ, arrange SSR among team alignment
  Negotiate with suppliers in order to get the best price and terms.
  c. Contract Preparation& Review
  Negotiate contract terms with supplier, and submit contract for approval in order to avoid legal/commercial risks.
  d. Supplier Ordering for NPI or Other Sample Requirement
  Create orders according to PR(Purchasing Request);Follow up PO(Purchasing Order) in order to ensure material delivery(timeliness, quality, quantity).
  e. System Maintenance
  Material mater data maintain
  IR application in system and regular verification
  SSU application
  Supplier compliance survey driving
  f. Supplier Management 
  Regluar supplier review meeting to drive improvment on supplier quality/cost/delivery
  Visit supplier and invite supplier to visit periodically in order to strength strategic relationship 
  Support annual supplier audit
  g.KPI driving
  Negotiate with suppliers for cost reduction based on cost analysis/demand/market data,push back cost increase
  Drive cost reduction opportunity with engineering team, lead VA/VE projects
  Drive dual source, LCL, VMI/consignment with team
  h. New components qualification                                                                                                                     

  Process samples qualifcation and  FAIR document prepartion in order to ensure the new project process smoothly                                                                                                                                                                                                          i. Cross- function supporting

  Support buyer team to solve supplier problem on delivery and payment issue.
  Support quality team on quality improvement, RMA, customer complaints
  Support NPI and MPDE activity to accelerate the NPI launch

   

  Commodity Management 15%
  Develop and implement commodity strategy with cross-function alignment
  Regual review commodity strategy to identify risk and opportunity,take corrective action to mitigate risk 

What your background should look like

Generally requires Bachelors degree in appropriate field with a minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible professional level experience; Masters degree or higher or local equivalent may be preferred at this level

Competencies