STRATEGIC SOURCING ANALYST IV

　　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.

　　What your background should look like:

　　Tasks Summary & Responsibilities

　　Create a supplier sourcing strategy, under strong consideration of customer needs, that defines strategic suppliers into grow, fix and exit suppliers and maintains product footprint, incl. “make or buy”-analysis.

　　Develop suppliers per business requirement with cross functions

　　Drive the attainment and improvement of relevant procurement KPI’s, incl. Material Productivity (CMP), Lead time performance, delivery (STR/STC), and Quality (DLPM).

　　Responsible for improving material productivity by maintaining 125% 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-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 and resourcing activities

　　Collect and maintain capabilities and capacities of suppliers to avoid constraints

　　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 calculating impact and getting the 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

　　Requirements for a typical Job Holder

　　Bachelor or above, Engineering background Mechanical Engineering Preferred

　　6+ years’ experience in sourcing area

　　Experience in Electronics, Stamping, Machining, Moulding, especially for PCB, connector, connector assembly or cable assembly industry is preferred

　　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

　　Competencies

　　Values: Integrity, Accountability, Teamwork, Innovation

　　Location:

　　QINGDAO, SD, CN, 266108

　　City: QINGDAO

　　State: SD

　　Country/Region: CN

　　Travel: 10% to 25%

　　Requisition ID: 114729

　　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.