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.
Lead a team of sourcing engineers, responsible for driving the procurement performance in Connector plants globally in DND. These plants include Manila, Philippines; Shunde, Qingdao and Zhuhai in China. The performance of the team will encompass productivity, supply performance, quality and locailization of critical commodities. The team also incorporate commodity and supplier strategy as the basis to run the business. The leader will need to work across several different commodity categories which include tooling, spares, stamping and molding. Critical to drive the collaboration across cross-functional teams internally, including engineering, quality, product marketing and corporate procurement to deliver desired outcomes. One of the key priorities for the leader is to drive localization of critical commodities in Philippines.This will help drive reduction in lead time, meet customer requirements of locally sourced components and lower inventory cost. The leader will need to influence internal and external stakeholders to help deliver the key procurement priorities in areas of cost, supply, quality, localization and risk resiliency. The leader will follow the SET (Strategy, Execution, Talent) framework to manage the business.