BUYER III

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 OverviewTE 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.What your background should look like :Responsible for the PO management, including, but not limited to Purchase Order creation, confirmation and follow-up thru its corresponding payment, tracking milestones and problem-solving with suppliers and internal functions, exception messages execution, management of purchase order backlog to ensure plant production schedule, escalation management accordingly, follow up of late orders, ensure purchase order alignment (e. g. MOQ / PPQ alignment, short ship, late delivery, early shipment, price discrepancies),and accurate supplier contact details.Be the first line of communication to the suppliers and establish a regular communication cadence and elevate suppliers that impose significant risk to business (e. g. line downs, high financial impact, general compliance with TE requirements) to the next internal level.Closely cooperate with Planners on Material risks and opportunities.Responsible for material / component availability through MOQ, Lead times and optimizing inventory management, Aging, GIR / PFO, 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.Participate in all meetings regarding all different and / or related task of the position or department.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 interactionWhat Job Description Includes2-3 years of experience in SCM or related area with at least 1 Year experience in purchasingExcel -advancedEnglish -advanced / intermediate written and conversational.SAP experienceMain KPIsInventory LevelsPO placementPOs Management / Exception MessagesGR / GIR / FISPOSITION ON SITE, LOCATED IN HERMOSILLO SONORA.CompetenciesValues :IntegrityAccountabilityInclusionInnovationTeamwork #J-18808-Ljbffr