Sourcing Specialist

Texas Instruments; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Instruments is seeking a Sourcing Specialist in Dallas to protect TI’s supply chain through deep acumen of the current, potential, and future supply base. The role involves developing sourcing strategies, monitoring market drivers, and engaging suppliers to drive resilience and supplier performance.

The candidate will work with global teams, support new product development sourcing, and manage contractual and spend communications across business units in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop sourcing strategies to meet corporate objectives.
• Monitor supply market drivers and adjust sourcing strategy for future performance goals.
• Identify opportunities and define sourcing projects.
• Discover new sources of supply and lead supplier development.
• Engage suppliers to execute projects and drive supply chain resilience.
• Develop detailed business processes for robust category management and supplier engagement.
• Own a spend category and its sourcing strategy.
• Lead contractual agreements between TI legal team and vendors.
• Oversee vendor relations including price negotiation, quotations, contracts, warranties, rebates, quality, capacity, forecasts and delivery.
• Manage all sourcing and spend communications between vendor and business units.
• Collaborate with global operational teams to resolve vendor management or supply risk.
• Work with new product development groups to source next technology needs.
• Leverage TI’s supplier performance framework to manage expectations and goals.
• Execute with ownership and urgency in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment.
• Analyze and anticipate needs based on market trends.

Job description

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As a sourcing specialist you will protect TI’s supply chain through deep acumen of our current, potential, and future supply base.

Responsibilities may include:

• Developing and implementing appropriate sourcing strategies to meet corporate objectives.
• Monitoring supply market drivers and adjusts sourcing strategy to meet future business performance goals.
• Identification of opportunities and definition of sourcing projects.
• Discover new sources of supply and lead new supplier development.
• Engage suppliers to execute projects and drive supply chain resilience.
• Development of detailed business processes to ensure robust category management fueling supplier engagement and vendor selection.
• Ownership of a spend category and its sourcing strategy.
• Spearhead contractual agreements between TI legal team and vendors.
• Oversee critical aspects of vendor relationship, including price negotiation, quotations, contracts, yield agreements, service agreements, warranties, rebates, quality measurement, capacity reservation, forecasts, and delivery performance.
• Manage all sourcing and spend communications between vendor and business units.
• Works with global operational teams to resolve issues relating to vendor management or assurance of supply (risk mitigation, business continuity planning).
• Work with new product development groups to source next technology need in manufacturing and the latest in IC design.
• Leverage our supply chain to innovate new projects within area of specialization.
• Leverage TI’s supplier performance framework to manage vendor expectations and set goals aligned with business need.
• Execute with a strong sense of ownership and urgency with ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-tasking and self-motivating environment.
• Analyze and anticipate needs based on market trends.