TE Connectivity's Purchasing Teams are responsible for obtaining materials, components, equipment and services, gather quotations, examine bids, and award contracts. They perform cost analysis and volume planning for commodities, evaluate vendor reliability and develop new supply sources where required. They coordinate purchasing activities with the manufacturing and engineering departments to maintain inventory at planned levels and monitor cost, schedule, and scope of assigned subcontracts to assure best quality at best value. They also look for and recommend cost saving proposals including make vs. buy analysis, alternative sourcing, and vendor evaluation criteria as well as develop specifications for new contract orders.**What your background should look like**:**Responsibilities**:- Responsible for the PO management, including, but not limited to Purchase order creation, confirmation, and follow-up thru its corresponding payment, tracking milestones and problem-solving with suppliers and internal functions, exception messages execution, management of purchase order backlog to ensure plant production schedule, escalation management (for level 1), follow up of late orders, ensure purchase order alignment, and accurate supplier contact details.- Be the first line of communication to the suppliers and establish a regular communication cadence and escalate suppliers that impose significant risk to business (e.G., line downs, high financial impact, general compliance with TE requirements) to the next internal level.- Responsible for material/component availability through optimization and inventory management, including replenishment system strategies identification to share to Strategic Sourcing for negotiation and implementation.**Special Qualifications, Knowledge & Skills**:- At least 2 years of experiences as Buyer/Purchasing Analyst.- Ability to demonstrate strong customer focus and continuous improvement attitude.- Advanced knowledge in the use of SAP and Microsoft Office, i.E Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint.- English Advanced.Position: Remote.Travel: Less than 10%.**Competencies**:- Values: Integrity, Accountability, Teamwork, Innovation