Buyer - Advanced Procurement

TE Connectivity plc

Middletown, DE

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Bill of Materials (BOM), Communication Skills, Community Programs, Cost Analysis, Cost Control, Cost Estimates, Diversity, Documentation, English Language, Facebook, Financial Trend Analysis, Interpersonal Skills, LinkedIn, Manufacturing, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Multicultural, Negotiation Skills, Network Operations Center, Onboarding, Performance Metrics, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Process Engineering, Process Improvement, Process Manufacturing, Product Development, Product Engineering, Production Support, Project Planning, Project/Program Management, Public/Media/Press/Analyst Relations, Purchasing/Procurement, Request for Proposals (RFP), Risk, SAP, Team Player, Technical Leadership, Technical Support, Timing Tools, Trend Analysis, Twitter, Vendor/Supplier Relations, Willing to Travel
LOCATION
Middletown, DE
POSTED
6 days ago

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Job Title: Buyer - Advanced Procurement

Posting Start Date: 7/20/26

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:

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 / Termékrajzok
  • 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 ability to travel

Competencies

Values: Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion, Innovation, Teamwork

ABOUT TE CONNECTIVITY

TE Connectivity plc (NYSE: TEL) is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. As a trusted innovation partner, our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, energy networks, automated factories, data centers enabling artificial intelligence, and more.

Our more than 90,000 employees, including 10,000 engineers, work alongside customers in approximately 130 countries. In a world that is racing ahead, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, WeChat, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).

WHAT TE CONNECTIVITY OFFERS:

We are pleased to offer you an exciting total package that can also be flexibly adapted to changing life situations - the well-being of our employees is our top priority!

  • Competitive Salary Package
  • Performance-Based Bonus Plans
  • Health and Wellness Incentives
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program
  • Community Outreach Programs / Charity Events
  • Employee Resource Group

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING RECRUITMENT FRAUD

TE Connectivity has become aware of fraudulent recruitment activities being conducted by individuals or organizations falsely claiming to represent TE Connectivity. Please be advised that TE Connectivity never requests payment or fees from job applicants at any stage of the recruitment process. All legitimate job openings are posted exclusively on our official careers website at te.com/careers, and all email communications from our recruitment team will come only from actual email addresses ending in @te.com. If you receive any suspicious communications, we strongly advise you not to engage or provide any personal information, and to report the incident to your local authorities.

Across our global sites and business units, we put together packages of benefits that are either supported by TE itself or provided by external service providers. In principle, the benefits offered can vary from site to site.

Job Locations:

Posting City: Tangier

Job Country: Morocco

Travel Required: 10% to 25%

Requisition ID: 153052

Workplace Type: Onsite

External Careers Page: Procurement

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About the Company

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TE Connectivity plc

TE Connectivity is an industry leader with an entrepreneurial spirit, fueled by innovation and collaboration. Our emphasis on forward thinking has attracted the brightest industry minds, allowing them to thrive and create breakthrough solutions that deliver a competitive advantage to our customers.

TE Connectivity is a global, $12.1 billion company that designs and manufactures over 500,000 products that connect and protect the flow of power and data inside the products that touch every aspect of our lives. Our nearly 90,000 employees partner with customers in virtually every industry—from consumer electronics, energy and healthcare, to automotive, aerospace and communication networks—enabling smarter, faster, better technologies to connect products to possibilities.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Electronics, Components, and Semiconductor Mfg
FOUNDED
2007
WEBSITE
http://www.te.com/usa-en/home.html