Business Development PBL Manager I (f/m/d)

TE Connectivity Corporation; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life insurance

Private medical healthcare package

Employee referral bonus

Multisport co-financing

Performance-based bonus plans

Training and career growth

Job summary

TE Connectivity is seeking a Business Development PBL Manager I to lead and optimize Private Brand Label and partnerships globally. The role involves identifying opportunities, guiding engagements, and ensuring alignment with TE standards across procurement, legal, product management, and operations.

Ideal candidates have a strong background in supplier governance and risk management, with 5+ years in business development or related fields.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Procurement, Engineering, Operations, or related field.
• 5+ years in Business Development, Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Management, Supply Chain, or related functions.
• Experience negotiating commercial agreements and managing supplier or partner relationships.

Responsibilities

• Identify, evaluate, and develop strategic partnership and PBL opportunities to support growth objectives.
• Lead partner engagement from qualification through commercial agreement execution and launch readiness.
• Validate supplier capabilities, commercial competitiveness, operational readiness, and strategic fit.
• Coordinate cross-functional activities with Legal, IP, Product Management, Engineering, and Operations.

Skills

Project management

Analytical thinking

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or related field

Job description

Business Development PBL Manager I (f/m/d) Job Description Job Alerts Link Job Title: Business Development PBL Manager I (f/m/d)

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

The Business Development Manager I will lead the execution and continuous improvement of ICT & AUT's Private Brand Label (PBL) and strategic partnership initiatives globally. This role is responsible for identifying, evaluating, developing, onboarding, and managing external partners that support product roadmap acceleration, portfolio, capability or technology gap closure, and growth objectives. Leveraging a strong procurement and supplier management background, the successful candidate will work closely with Procurement, Legal, Product Management, Supplier Quality, IP, Project management, Engineering, and Operations in a global setting to ensure efficient execution of Private Brand Label and strategic partnership contracts and alignment with TE supplier standards.

The role can be based in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, or Spain.

Your main tasks

• Identify, evaluate, and develop strategic partnership and PBL opportunities that support growth objectives defined by AUT and ICT leadership.
• Lead partner engagement from qualification through commercial agreement execution and launch readiness.
• Validate supplier capabilities, commercial competitiveness, operational readiness, and strategic fit.
• Partner with Procurement andSupplier Quality to ensure suppliers meet TE qualification, compliance, and performance requirements.
• Support negotiation of commercial agreements, pricing structures, and partnership frameworks.
• Serve as the primary liaison between Business Development, Product management, Legal and Procurement for partner onboarding and governance activities.
• Coordinate cross functional activities involving Legal, IP, Product Management, Engineering, Quality, and Operations.
• Lead initiatives to simplify, standardize, and improve PBL and partnership execution processes.
• Identify and mitigate commercial, operational, quality, and supply chain risks.
• Support creation of business cases, recommendations, performance metrics, and leadership updates.

Your ideal background

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Procurement, Engineering, Operations, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in Business Development, Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Management, Supply Chain, or related commercial functions.
• Experience negotiating commercial agreements and managing supplier or partner relationships.
• Strong understanding of supplier qualification, sourcing processes, supplier governance, and risk management.
• Experience working cross functionally with Procurement, Legal, Product Management, Quality, and Operations teams.
• Strong project management, analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in industrial manufacturing, transportation, automotive, commercial vehicles, electronics, or engineered products industries.
• Experience with private label, brand label, contract manufacturing, strategic partnerships, or supplier management programs.
• Familiarity with supplier audits, supplier quality systems, compliance requirements, and commercial governance frameworks.
• Experience leading process improvement and operational excellence initiatives.

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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).

Our Commitment to Transparent Hiring:
We are pleased to offer you an exciting total package that can also be flexibly adapted to your changing life situation - the well-being of our employees is our top priority!

• Collaborative and friendly work environment
• Extensive training and career growth opportunities
• Life insurance
• Private medical healthcare package
• Employee referral bonus
• Multisport co-financing
• Performance-based bonus plans

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Job Locations:

Wielicka Street 28B
KRAKOW, Małopolskie 30-552
Poland

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