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Job Description
Job Overview
Drives end-to-end supply chain management and manages the flow of goods and resources to ensure critical processes run effectively to achieve organizational goals and key performance indicators.
Your main tasks
Act as a leader, coach, and mentor for the Materials Planning team (Material Planning Supervisors, Master Production Scheduler, Production Scheduler, Warehouse Coordinator, etc.). Oversee short-term Master Production Scheduling (0–3 months frozen horizon) using the IBP RapidResponse tool, aligned with the established S&OP (SIOP) process calendar. Analyze, together with the MPS, the plant’s value stream load (machines, tooling, labor, recovery hours) over the short- to medium-term planning horizon (weeks 3–13), escalate critical work centers with Demand and ISC teams, and propose resource allocations based on customer demand fluctuations. Monitor and analyze purchase orders and material scheduling agreements (purchased parts, raw materials, semi-finished and/or manufactured parts) to support customer demand while maintaining inventory targets. Review standard work procedures and ensure the team acts on system exception codes/messages (e.g., 10, 15, and 20) related to planned purchase orders or pending approvals, which indicate situations requiring action to prevent excess inventory, material shortages, or other supply issues. Monitor Control Tower meeting performance, shop floor execution, and backlog reporting with the planning team to maintain high delivery performance metrics and prevent overdue customer orders. Conduct monthly reviews of excess and obsolete inventory and ensure proper disposition procedures are followed. Perform monthly analysis of safety stock levels to respond to changing sales trends and customer demand. Identify improvement opportunities and implement preventive and corrective actions within the supply chain organization. Work closely with the procurement team to assess supplier capacity and improve supplier performance. Follow the appropriate escalation process to promptly communicate any situation that may jeopardize normal business performance. Support inventory integration and materials planning as a collaborative effort between Materials, Operations, and Finance to achieve KPIs and On-Time Delivery (STR). Support the Value Stream Manager (VSM) and Plant Manager in achieving performance objectives, including delivery (STR), inventory value, and cost reduction/avoidance. Act as a cross-functional liaison to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction. Perform tasks according to Standard Work to ensure job responsibilities are executed as planned. Support TEOA Lean Manufacturing initiatives (e.g., Value Stream Mapping, Pull Flow, Inventory Reduction) and ensure assigned actions are completed.
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Your ideal background
- Degree in Business Administration / Supply Chain Management.
- Minimum 3 years of work experience in a Supplier Planning & Supply Chain
- Minimum 2 years managing a team
- General knowledge of plant operations, harness making processes, and manufacturing operations, preferably within the automotive industry.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong knowledge of planning processes, including MRP, MPS, and S&OP/SIOP.
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
- Self-organized, structured/methodical, takes initiative.
- Strong customer focus.
- Excellent SAP & Process Knowledge.
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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).
