Senior Director Procurement - Remote

$208,200 - $312,200/Yr

TE Connectivity - Winston-Salem, NC

Full-time - Senior

Remote - Winston-Salem, NC

10,001+ employees

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Senior Director Global Procurement at TE Connectivity is a leadership role responsible for overseeing the Procurement, Sourcing, Commodity Management NPI, and Supplier Development functions within the ICT business. This position manages over $240 million in direct spend and a network of 2000 global suppliers, focusing on enhancing the performance and transformation of the global Procurement organization to align with ICT's strategic goals and support business scaling.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and realize a procurement strategy that accelerates business and customer results
• Implement the organizational design best positioned to realize the strategy and maximize performance
• Recruit and develop talent and a pipeline of bench strength that transforms the organization
• Improve the performance of tactical purchasing across seven global manufacturing sites and thirteen global engineering centers
• Accelerate KPI performance across delivery, quality, lead time, supply continuity, cost, inventory, and cash
• Publish performance dashboards, reports, KPI's, and performance improvement plans
• Transform the legacy supply base into a future-focused, optimized model
• Optimize regional and global sourcing strategies that consolidate spend and supplier count
• Evaluate, measure, and mitigate supply continuity risk
• Generate and oversee category management and strategic sourcing strategies
• Negotiate contracts and agreements and ensure adequate coverage and optimized terms across the supply base
• Implement inventory and supply continuity optimization measures such as VMI, Kanban, and consignment stock
• Improve the NPI process and Procurement's impact to supplier selection, qualification, and launch readiness
• Maintain and collaborate with other functions on VAVE and savings pipelines that reduce costs annually
• Oversee supply plans capable of meeting demand and define and improve supplier capacity and capability
• Support monthly SI&OP processes and supply planning initiatives
• Collaborate with Center-led Procurement on Electronics, Raw Metals, Resins and indirect categories as well as on compliance and sustainability initiatives
• Develop and realize strategies to improve department efficiencies reducing functional costs per revenue
• Lead technology and digital transformation strategies and initiatives

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (Masters preferred) in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business or Finance
• 10+ years of leadership experience in Procurement, Supply Chain, and/or Operations functions
• Experience in global, high complexity and mix manufacturing environments
• Proven track record of organizational and functional transformation leadership of 25-50+ person team(s)
• Change management attitude and experience
• Motivated, self-driven, positive approach to consensus building and problem solving
• Willingness and ability to coach and influence broadly across a matrixed, multiculture organization
• Executive-level presentation and messaging skills
• Highly competent across Procurement and manufacturing competencies, systems, and practices
• Proficient with ERP systems, business intelligence applications, data mining, and analysis
• Advanced Planning and Supplier Collaboration platform experience is a bonus
• APICS CPIM or CSCP certification or equivalent preferred

Nice-to-haves

• Advanced Planning and Supplier Collaboration platform experience
• APICS CPIM or CSCP certification or equivalent

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k)
• Disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid time off
• Voluntary benefits