Job Overview

The Strategic Sourcing Global Category Leader drives the vision, direction and execution of the Molding, Stamping and Connectors spending categories for TE Connectivity’s Sensors business.  Reporting to the Head of Fabricated Materials, the Category Leader will significantly enhance business performance through the effective leadership of a strategic component of the Sensors business spend.

He/she will lead the organization in developing and executing a strategy to leverage the spend to enable a strategic technology roadmap, improve productivity, optimize cost efficiency and align with key business unit roadmaps.  This is a critical leadership role, tasked with driving this category to world class performance in sourcing, procurement and supplier management.  

Key Interfaces:  Industrial, medical, and transportation business line leaders, Chief Technology Officer, Center Led Procurement, and Supply Chain Leader

Your main tasks:

• Lead the sourcing and procurement of Molding, Stamping and Connectors related spend categories.  This includes the category strategy, planning, and executing combined with supplier evaluation, selection, contracting, performance and development.
• Drive the creation of long term supply and technology development agreements where appropriate.
• Drive negotiation of pricing and services to obtain competitive purchasing conditions for TE.
• Ensure timely delivery of qualified materials and services to support business requirements.
• Define overall strategic direction for category team, including defining and driving performance metrics, supplier consolidation plans, assuring supplier diversity and compliance, deploying cost modeling, and developing appropriate market intelligence.
• Develop and enable the integration of best practices across the Sensors business for this category globally, ensuring the best use of effective sourcing and supply chain tools, techniques and processes.
• Oversee the management of existing supplier relationships and the selection of new sources of supply where needed and appropriate, ensuring that high quality and cost-effective materials are available to the company in building a Resilient supply chain.
• Leverage a global perspective to quickly assimilate external information (e.g. market drivers, macroeconomic conditions, etc.) to anticipate its impact across the business and develop associated strategies and action plans to maximize the opportunity.

Your ideal profile:

• Bachelor’s degree (Masters Preferred) in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business or Finance.
• 10+ years of leadership experience in Procurement, Supply Chain, and/or Operations functions.
• Global sourcing or industry experience in high complexity and mix, manufacturing environments.
• Strong track record of developing and implementing a strategic plan resulting in significant financial and operational benefits for the organization.
• Has worked in multiple geographies and comfortable with different cultures.
• Change management aptitude and experience.
• Motivated, self-driven, positive approach to consensus building and problem solving.
• Willingness and ability to coach and influence broadly across a matrixed, multiculture organization.
• Executive-level presentation and messaging to articulate strategies, actions, needs, and business impacts.
• Highly competent across Procurement and manufacturing competencies, systems, and practices.
• Proficient with ERP systems, business intelligence applications, data mining, and analysis.
• Advanced Planning and Supplier Collaboration platform experience is a bonus.
• APICS CPIM or CSCP certification or equivalent experience preferred.
• Language Skills:  Excellent English (verbal / written) required
• Work Location:  EMEA

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