Sourcing & Procurement Analyst

Why you should join

Implements the procurement of various components to support production while negotiating with suppliers on cost efficiency and time of delivery.

Your main tasks

• Representing Procurement within interdisciplinary Core Team in development process of new products.

• Responsible for achieving time to Market (TTM) to ensure the project milestones of the external parts & tools.

• Responsible for Supplier related BOM Cost, checking and analysing cost driver and driving cost saving opportunities in all project phases.

• Creating full Project Quotation Overview and monitoring Procurement Cost BOM within New Product Development Projects

• Generate and distributes cost saving opportunities for serial business.

• Ensure Sourcing decisions, initiating and actively tracking RFQ´s within New Product Development Projects time frame.

• Responsible for achieving the financial Project KPI for the procured parts.

• Monitor and coordination with suppliers and activly tracking needed tool progress.

• Supports the Core Team to define most economical manufacturing concept.

• Facilitate & ensure technical discussion and reviews with Suppliers and Product Engineering.

• Analyze and evaluates price trends on tool and part cost based on market data.

• Estimates impacts on cost and timing related to tool & part modifications.

• Active problem solving in case of KPI at risk.

• Supports within the technology roadmap to ensure needed supply base accordingly.

• Distribute lessons learned findings and activities within assigned product groups.

• Identifies and drives process improvements and updates or creates the required documentation.

• Basic understanding of market situation and customer requirements as well as adapting this information to the dedicated department .

• Supports within onboarding phase from new team members as assigned Buddy

• Comprehensive process understanding (TE processes)

• Onsite visits at Suppliers and Supplier Assessments (Specially Lean Ass.).

Your ideal background

• 2 to 3 years experience in Procurement / Process Engineering or Manufacturing

• Fluent English at negotiation level, other languages are a plus.

• Strong skill in negotiating and developing and maintaining good supplier relationships that will serve TE’s needs

• Strong knowledge of SAP PR2 and MS-Office tools, primarily Excel, but also Word, PowerPoint and Project

• Strong communications and presentation skills

• Experience in working with multicultural and cross disceplin Teams

• Ability to read and interpret product drawings and specifications

• Strong problem-solving skills to quickly find solutions for new, never encountered, problematic situations

• Good knowledge in Project Management planning/tracking

• Ability to have interpersonal and political savvy to drive project teams

• Effectively lead meetings with both internal customers and external suppliers

• Flexibility and availability to travel