Sourcing Specialist

Texas Instruments Incorporated; Dallas, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Instruments Incorporated is seeking a sourcing specialist to protect TI’s supply chain through deep acumen of current, potential, and future supply base. You will develop and implement strategic sourcing plans and engage suppliers to ensure resilient supply and proactive vendor management.

The role requires monitoring market drivers, identifying opportunities, and collaborating across global teams to meet corporate objectives and drive performance.

Qualifications

• Experience developing and implementing sourcing strategies aligned with corporate objectives.
• Strong ability to engage suppliers and drive supplier performance.
• Experience negotiating contracts and managing vendor relationships.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement sourcing strategies to meet corporate objectives.
• Monitor supply market drivers and adjust sourcing strategy to meet 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 category management and vendor selection.
• Own a spend category and its sourcing strategy.
• Negotiate contracts between TI and vendors.
• Oversee vendor relationships including price, quotes, contracts, and warranties.
• Manage all sourcing communications between vendors and business units.
• Collaborate with global operations to resolve vendor management and supply risk issues.
• Work with product development teams to source new technologies for manufacturing and IC design.
• Leverage TI’s supplier performance framework to align with business needs.

Skills

Sourcing strategy

Vendor management

Contract negotiation

Supply chain resilience

Cross-functional collaboration

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.