STRATEGIC SOURCING MANAGER

At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world.

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

Values: Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion, Innovation, Teamwork

Location:

KAWASAKI-SHI KANAGAWA, 14, JP, 213

City: KAWASAKI-SHI KANAGAWA

State: 14

Country/Region: JP

Travel: 10% to 25%

Requisition ID: 117521

Alternative Locations:

Function: Procurement

TE Connectivity and its subsidiaries, affiliates, and operating units (collectively, the "Company") is committed to providing a work environment that prohibits discrimination on the basis of age, color, disability, ethnicity, marital status, national origin, race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability or any other characteristics protected by applicable law or regulation.