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.

What your background should look like:

• The Sourcing Manager is responsible for leading and managing the sourcing team in implementing and developing MOG Global Sourcing Strategy creating value aligned with TE organization goals. 
• The candidate will train the team in tools and tactics to foster supplier relations to develop a category strategy which shall bring, on top of bottom-line savings, improving supplier quality and delivery performance, low carbon operational excellence and support the company to win more work, remaining competitive in the market space.  
• The Sourcing Manager will internally act as a network leader ensuring that the sourcing across the MOG. Furthermore,S/He will lead the process of development of vendor managed inventory and long-term agreements with suppliers, aiming to lower costs and maximise value. 
• Alignment with other departments is a fundamental part of the success of the work. The strategy and execution must be collaborated with internal stakeholder such as engineering, manufacturing, product management and functional owners. Critical to the role are needs for strong knowledge of competitive bidding, negotiations, contracting processes including VMI/Consignment agreements and technical continuous improvement for assigned commodities.
• Supplier relationship management is key for the success and proper framework between the companies. The Sourcing Manager must always be in the pursuit of developing strategic partnerships or alliances with selected suppliers and lead the implementation of those within the company networks

Profile:

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in business, Engineering or Supply Chain.  Masters is preferred.
• At least 5 years of relevant sourcing/procurement experience
• Prior experience that demonstrates ability to achieve desired results and KPIs successfully
• Strong people & organizational leadership skills: Person of true convictions; willing to stand up for those convictions; Able to communicate, reinforce and coach/counsel others on those convictions; unafraid of change / improvement 
• Business acumen, strong communication and negotiation skills, Leadership, creative, presentation skills, patient, influencing skills, Results driven, action oriented, comfortable with ambiguity,
• Strong understanding of operational issues (Kanban, JIT, Kaizen, 5S, VA / VE, Lean)
• Travel up to 10-25% of time
• Remote Position: role requires flexibility due to travelling to suppliers and MOG sites

 

Position Accountabilities:

• Lead and manage the sourcing analysis team, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and performance targets. Drive employee development through coaching, feedback, performance reviews, and creating opportunities for growth. Foster a collaborative and motivated work environment to ensure high team performance and engagement.
• In this strategic role, you will be responsible with suppliers to include supplier market analysis; raw material market tracking; understanding of part cost breakdown, negotiations, price tracking and changes, key contact for supplier escalations, assurance of material supply with the supply base, analytics and analysis of data, and supporting commodity managers as assigned.
• Responsible to Achieve KPI’s including material productivity, delivery, quality metrics, and supplier risk assessments; Ensure positive savings impact for assigned category with weekly management of trends and pricing issues.
• Perform and analyze market analysis to maintain a good knowledge of potential trends evolutions within the assigned portfolio (new players, new technologies, etc.).
   

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