Plant Procurement Manager

TE Connectivity; Batangas City; On-site; PHP 4,000,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

Job summary

TE Connectivity seeks a senior procurement leader to drive localization in the Philippines, coordinating with global sourcing teams and cross-functional partners to improve cost, delivery, and quality. The role covers tooling, spares, stamping, molding, and die casting, with an emphasis on supplier development and risk resilience.

Responsibilities include leading the procurement organization, negotiating direct material contracts, and aligning with QA for supplier quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, or engineering discipline required.
• 10+ years of experience in advanced procurement; experience in supply chain management preferred.
• 5+ years of management experience; global exposure required.
• Graduate degree in business (MBA) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the procurement organization to achieve productivity, supply performance, quality, and localization.
• Develop and manage localization supplier relationships and performance.
• Drive material localization efforts to reduce cost and improve delivery flexibility.
• Lead direct materials bidding, negotiation, and contracting processes.
• Collaborate with Design Engineering & Manufacturing to drive NPI project execution.
• Serve as escalation point for delivery/quality issues and secure favorable resolutions.
• Monitor TE supply chain metrics and drive supplier performance improvements.
• Lead quarterly supplier scorecard reviews with commodity teams.
• Prepare suppliers to meet material, volume, location, and capacity needs; ensure audits pass.
• Coordinate with QA to ensure supplier quality during NPI; engage commodity managers when needed.
• Communicate with Sales/Design Engineering to reduce supply chain risk.
• Ensure direct materials comply with TE policies and guidelines.
• Oversee workloads, staff development, and performance management.
• Foster a global mindset and act as a change agent to challenge the status quo.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Negotiation

ERP/MRP systems

Localization

Stakeholder management

Advanced procurement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, or engineering

MBA preferred

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Lead the procurement team in the Philippines and be responsible for promoting the procurement performance of DND in the Philippines. Cooperate with the global strategic commodity sourcing team and collaborate extensively with the other global DND procurement teams. The performance of the team will cover productivity, supply performance, quality, and the localization of key commodities. The team also incorporates commodity and supplier strategies as the basis for business operations. The leader will need to work across several different commodity categories, which include tooling, spares, stamping, molding, and die casting. The key is to promote the collaboration of internal cross-functional teams (including engineering, quality, product marketing, and corporate procurement) to achieve expected results. One of the key priorities for the leader is to drive the localization of key commodities in the Philippines. This will help shorten lead times, meet customer requirements for locally sourced components, and reduce inventory costs. The leader needs to influence internal and external stakeholders to help achieve key procurement priorities in areas such as cost, supply, quality, localization, and risk resilience. The leader will manage the business by following the SET (Strategy, Execution, Talent) framework.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Deliver to performance of the procurement organization that includes productivity, supply performance, quality, and localization
• Develop and manage localization supplier relationships and performance
• Drive material localization efforts to achieve cost reduction and delivery service flexibility
• Executes the competitive bid, negotiation, and contracting processes for direct materials
• Collaborate with Design Engineering & Manufacturing teams to drive NPI project execution
• Acts as an escalation point for delivery and quality issues that cannot be resolved by direct material buyers and obtains favorable resolutions for TE.
• Reports and implements key TE Supply Chain Metrics (STR--delivery, Commercial Productivity—cost reduction, DLPM--quality).
• Lead quarterly supplier scorecard review with commodity teams to drive supplier performance improvement in quality, delivery, and cost
• Develop and ready existing/new suppliers to achieve material, volume, location, and capacity requirements. Ensures supplier audits are completed/passed, and strategizes with QA as required to improve and ensure supplier quality
• Work with Quality to ensure that monthly supplier performance is monitored during the NPI phase. In addition, supplier issues are being resolved before introduction. Engages commodity managers if required.
• Communicate with Sales and Design Engineering to ensure new and existing materials reduce the company’s overall risk exposure in the supply chain.
• Ensures direct materials are sourced in full compliance with TE policies and guidelines.
• Enforce company and functional processes, policies, and safety regulations, and discipline as necessary
• Oversee and delegate workloads of employees, ensure projects and assignments achieve goals/targets
• Monitor and evaluate the performance of employees, personnel requirements, selection, and training
• Develop, coach, and build a highly performing and engaged team
• Instill a global mindset with strategic thinking in the organization
• Act as a change agent to challenge the status quo if needed

WHAT WE NEED:

• Strong leadership, organizational, and planning skills.
• Good financial and business acumen
• Experience managing some of the critical commodities such as Tooling, Stamping, Molding, Plating, and Packaging
• Localization experience of ramping the supply base in the Philippines
• Global experience, as this role will require remote management of other plants outside the Philippines
• Monitor and evaluate the performance of employees, personnel requirements, selection, and training
• Good understanding of end-to-end new product development and new product introduction cycles
• Essential negotiation and leadership skills, proactive team player, sense of responsibility, self-motivated, and goal-oriented attitude
• working with integrated manufacturing software systems, i.e., ERP, MRP

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain, or Engineering discipline required
• 10+ years of experience in advanced procurement. Experience in supply chain management is preferred.
• 5+ years of management experience
• Global exposure in previous roles is required
• A graduate degree in business (i.e., MBA) is preferred