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TE Connectivity STRATEGIC SOURCING ANALYST III in Plot No. 522, Malaysia
STRATEGIC SOURCING ANALYST III
Posting Start Date: 10/27/25
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 Description:
Job Overview
Supports the development and execution of commodity strategy for the procurement team and drives the leading indicators like savings pipeline.
Job 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
Job Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree Bachelor or above, Engineering background - Mechanical Engineering preferred
5+ years’ years’ experience in sourcing area
Experience in mechanical, Stamping, Machining, especially for plastic part
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 at negotiation level,
Integrity, Accountability, Teamwork, Innovation
Proactive, detailed-oriented
Strong analytical skills
Cross-functional skills
Competencies
Values: Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion, Innovation, Teamwork
Job Locations:
Plot No. 522, Lorong Perusahaan Baru 3
Prai, Penang, Pulau Pinang 13600
Malaysia
Posting City: Prai, Penang
Job Country: Malaysia
Travel Required: 10% to 25%
Requisition ID: 142694
Workplace Type:
External Careers Page: Procurement
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