4+ years’ experience in procurement as procurement as Buyer, Strategic sourcing Analyst or Equivalent position in supply chain
Experience in preparation of negotiations
Sourcing experience for relevant commodities
Excellent problem-solving analytical 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
Proven track record in negotiation skills
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
Tasks Summary & Responsibilities
Responsible for defining and implementing the strategy and classification (grow/fix/exit/develop) for the assigned suppliers (mostly small to mid-size suppliers) and commodities – under strong cooperation with Senior Strategic Buyer, Supplier Quality and Supply Chain Management
Responsible for selecting suppliers that best fit to the defined commodity strategy and relevant product sourcing strategy, including biding, awarding, sourcing, and contracting of new suppliers, and approving set up of new suppliers while ensuring number of suppliers is further reduced
Responsible for nominating suppliers in RFQ process and gathering offers
Responsible for lead time improvement, including tracking and review of STC/ STR performance with relevant suppliers and driving of strategic improvement plans
Preparation and leadership of negotiations with suppliers, including solution of contractual issues and providing MOQ and lead-time relevant information to Tactical Buyer
Quote and negotiate production material costs to ensure material productivity performance meets or exceeds expectations
Responsible to develop saving plans for the assigned suppliers and commodities to reach the saving targets, including cost savings through annual negotiations with relevant suppliers
Helps to identify technical possibilities for cost reductions in cooperation with the engineering department
Responsible to screen proactively the market to identify suppliers and demands for the future, to identify development partners and to negotiate contracts with them
Participate or leads quarterly business reviews with suppliers, including review of financial, quality, and delivery performance targets and driving the supplier performance matrix
Leading special projects, including re-sourcing and outsourcing activities
Responsible to align required capacities with suppliers
Ensures compliance with the global sourcing process and policies for all activities under responsibility
Ensures suppliers are compliant with TEs social supplier responsibility and legal requirements, including RoHS, Conflict Minerals
Ensures supplier portal is used by suppliers (order confirmation, internet labelling)
Responsible for purchasing system setup (Info Records) and ensure that it is up to date
Responsible to recognize proactively weaknesses in processes, to work on process improvements and to update or create the required the required documentation.
Drives analyses and plausibilisation of regular reports as well as pushing for Data accuracy / clean-up
