Strategic sourcing analyst

Job Description Job Title: Strategic sourcing analyst Posting Start Date: 5/21/26 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 Strategic Sourcing Analyst is responsible for defining and implementing regional sourcing strategies for the EMEA region in order to reach the respective sourcing targets in delivery, productivity, cost, and quality. Moreover, this position is responsible for supplier negotiations, supplier capacity management, and supplier compliance with relevant TE requirements. Home-office based position with occasional travel to Trutnov YOUR MAIN TASKS: Create a Commodity strategy, under strong consideration of customer needs, that defines strategic suppliers into grow, fix and exit suppliers and maintains product footprint, incl. “make or buy”-analysis. Drive the attainment of relevant procurement KPI’s, incl. Material Productivity, Lead time performance, delivery, and Quality. Responsible for improving material productivity by maintaining a strong cost saving pipeline to meet company targets. Responsible for contracting of supplier commercial agreements, incl. bailment, inventory management and supply agreements. Responsible for awarding new business and negotiation in collaboration with other teams and departments. Manage the Supplier Footprint, incl. reducing number of supplier and resourcing activities Collect and maintain capabilities and capacities of suppliers to avoid constraints Accountable for info record and PO accuracy and communicate relevant data to tactical buyer, incl. lead time, price and minimum order quantity (MOQ). Responsible for ensuring Quarterly Business Reviews with strategic suppliers in collaboration with other teams and departments and the drive of respective corrective actions. Ensure MOQ optimization for purchased components and establish supplier agreements, e. g. VMI, EDI, consignment, Scheduling Agreements frame order review, blanket PO Responsible for calculating Headwind impacts and applying for necessary approval Ensure NPI alignment to global sourcing commodity strategy and limit number of new suppliers Ensure that all suppliers meet TE requirements for compliance (RoHs, Reach, conflict minerals, supplier portal usage) Support insourcing activities lead by operations and participate in supplier quality audits YOUR IDEAL BACKGROUND: 5+ years experience in procurement as buyer, including experience in preparation of negotiations Sourcing experience for relevant commodities is a plus Excellent problem solving skills, analytical skills, and communication skills Ability to demonstrate strong customer focus and continues improvement attitude Strong project management skills and ability to multi-task Ability to work in a matrix environment with multi-cultural teams Ability to create competitive strategies and plans, broad knowledge of strategies and tactics of the marketplace, knows trends Proven track record in negotiation skills Knowledge of regional and global supplier base for relevant commodities Advanced knowledge in the use of SAP and Microsoft Office, i.e. Excel, Outlook, Word, Powerpoint English at negotiation level #jobsEMEAIS #LI-REMOTE 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). WHAT TE CONNECTIVITY OFFERS: We are pleased to offer you an exciting total package that can also be flexibly adapted to changing life situations - the well-being of our employees is our top priority! • Competitive Salary Package • Performance-Based Bonus Plans • Health and Wellness Incentives • Employee Stock Purchase Program • Community Outreach Programs / Charity Events • Employee Resource Group IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING RECRUITMENT FRAUD TE Connectivity has become aware of fraudulent recruitment activities being conducted by individuals or organizations falsely claiming to represent TE Connectivity. Please be advised that TE Connectivity never requests payment or fees from job applicants at any stage of the recruitment process. All legitimate job openings are posted exclusively on our official careers website at te.com/careers, and all email communications from our recruitment team will come only from actual email addresses ending in @te.com . If you receive any suspicious communications, we strongly advise you not to engage or provide any personal information, and to report the incident to your local authorities. Across our global sites and business units, we put together packages of benefits that are either supported by TE itself or provided by external service providers. In principle, the benefits offered can vary from site to site. Job Locations: Posting City: TRUTNOV Job Country: Czech Republic Travel Required: 10% to 25% Requisition ID: 152196 Workplace Type: Hybrid External Careers Page: Procurement