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.
**About the role**:
Responsible for material/component availability through MOQ optimization and inventory management, including replenishment system strategies identification to share to Strategic Sourcing for negotiation and implementation (e. g. consignment, VMI, reorder points, frame-orders, certification of materials and product shelf life (Plant & DC), and tactical execution of scheduling agreements).
Provide Demand/S&OP Forecast to suppliers.
Track supplier shut-downs, holiday and vacation closings, and communication of these to planning department
Help driving all relevant Procurement KPIs with a high focus on delivery, quality, and costs
Enforce TE policy regarding Supplier Portal compliance, incl. PO confirmation and package labelling, and act as first point of contact for system access/navigation issues.
Enforce TE work instructions compliance to make sure job is aligned to this and vice versa.
Responsible for material/component availability through MOQ optimization and inventory management, including replenishment system strategies identification to share to Strategic Sourcing for negotiation and implementation (e. g. consignment, VMI, reorder points, frame-orders, certification of materials and product shelf life (Plant & DC), and tactical execution of scheduling agreements).
Provide Demand/S&OP Forecast to suppliers.
Track supplier shut-downs, holiday and vacation closings, and communication of these to planning department
Help driving all relevant Procurement KPIs with a high focus on delivery, quality, and costs
Enforce TE policy regarding Supplier Portal compliance, incl. PO confirmation and package labelling, and act as first point of contact for system access/navigation issues.
Enforce TE work instructions compliance to make sure job is aligned to this and vice versa.
**What your background should look like**:
Hard Skills:
- Follow up closely on changing demand in order to Place,
- Expedite or reschedule POs as needed.
- Phone calls with suppliers to ensure proper material supply follow up.
- Forecast and Safety Stock analysis to update system accordingly.
- Excess and Obsolete analysis to minimize exposure per EOL, MOQ, ECNs.
Soft Skills:
- good organizational and communications skills.
- work under pressure.
- work after hours if needed.
- Good interdepartmental interaction
- 2+ years of experience in purchasing
- Excel advanced
- English Fluid written and conversational
- SAP experience
**Competencies**:
- Values: Integrity, Accountability, Teamwork, Innovation
