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
Key Responsibilities:
• Support migration of Indirect Procurement processes from Americas countries to Mexico and prepare Indirect Procurement related process documentation (process maps and work instructions)
• Become a Subject Matter Expert for assigned commodities
• Data or requirement gathering, market desk research, TCO calculation, benchmarking
• Organizing weekly regional commodity calls with Commodity Management and buyers
• Go-To person in case buyers have commodity specific questions
• Support and partner with Commodity Management towards strategic projects and business planning and forecasting (prioritization of opportunities based on Saving Potential v/s Effort Required)
• CE’s are expected to help identify projects through spend analytics and opportunity identification
• CE‘s manage strategic and sourcing projects as assigned by Commodity Management and upon approval of project charter detailing scope, milestones, objectives, timeline
• Manage end-to-end own sourcing project from ideation to contract execution and ordering
• Sourcing activities to be based on the guidelines in the commodity playbook and other relevant documentation (Standard Operating Procedures)
• Set selection criteria for the suppliers to be invited in RFX’s
• Understand suppliers and their capabilities
• Enforce use and acceptance of TE contract templates with all suppliers
• Collecting supplier quotations
• Comparing supplier offered prices and proposals
• Calculate savings as per the quotations
• Agree on which supplier to select with Commodity Management and/or Stakeholders
• Report productivity in relevant system
• Manage own contracts (redlining, alignment with stakeholders, negotiation with suppliers, interaction with Legal dept.) up to final execution
• Ensure executed contracts are properly uploaded in the contract repository
• Support implementing new contracts, and uploading metadata to contract database
• Participate in Global/Regional Commodity supplier review and internal meetings with TE Stakeholders as required
• Provide commodity specific training to new joiners (buyers)
• Ensure compliance with applicable TE policies
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the function, ensuring that improvements are incorporated in the work routine
• Build relationship with key stakeholders including suppliers
• Build strong relationship with Commodity Management & Buyers
• Attend team meetings and trainings as required.
What your background should look like:
Qualifications:
• Good Experience in Indirect Procurement (5+ years)
• Previous experience in Strategic Sourcing/Category Manager preferred
• Good of MS office; very good Excel and other relevant tools for the function
• SAP PR2, S/4
• Good communication and organization skills
• Contract Management Literacy
• Very good English language skills in speech and writing + additional language on top preferred
• Diversified Industrial Products/Manufacturing industry experience preferred
• Good command of other languages is a very important asset
Location: Mexico.
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