Buyer I

TE 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.

**About the position**:
**RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Procurement of equipment, consumables and services according to purchasing procedures
- Follow and communicate purchasing procedures to departments; assist departments with purchasing requests
- Coordinate material transfer between plants.
- Work with production planning and engineering to align supplier and customer requirements
- Work closely with planning & quality department in relation to material specifications and conditions
- Maintain contact with suppliers to establish relationships and give feedback on performance.
- Procurement of equipment, consumables and services according to purchasing procedures
- Follow and communicate purchasing procedures to departments; assist departments with purchasing requests
- Coordinate material transfer between plants.
- Work with production planning and engineering to align supplier and customer requirements
- Work closely with planning & quality department in relation to material specifications and conditions
- Maintain contact with suppliers to establish relationships and give feedback on performance.
- Review open order reports and update as necessary.
- Coordinate with sales on the Kanban / IPB forecast
- All other assigned functions
- Create weekly report of materials on risk to communicate to management
- Look for savings and improve lead times from vendors
- Freight cost reduction
- Supplier performance review

**REQUIREMENTS**:

- Minimum 1 years of experience and knowledge in purchasing and
- Bachelor’s in business administration, Industrial Engineering or similar inventory
- Experience working with MRP system
- Needs to have the capacity to communicate on a fluid way (Spoken and Written) 50-60%
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing with staff at all levels of the organization

**Competencies**:

- Values: Integrity, Accountability, Teamwork, Innovation