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Supply Planning Lead - IoT&Edge - Migration
TE Connectivity
SHANGHAI · cn
1h ago
97%
Strong
Job description
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 Overview Job Purpose Lead end-to-end supply planning for assigned product portfolio, ensuring alignment between customer demand, supply capability, inventory strategy, and migration execution. Drive demand-to-supply translation, capacity planning, source transitions, and supply execution while continuously improving delivery performance, working capital, and supply chain efficiency. Job Requirements Activities Demand and Supply Management • Understand customer demand, product lifecycle (NPI / Mature / EOL), and key requirements • Translate demand into supply plan considering DC inventory, lead time, multi-source capacity, and customer requirements • Drive demand signal improvement and stability across planning pipeline • Lead demand-supply balancing and identify gaps, risks, and mitigation actions Supply Management • Understand supply status across sources including capacity, constraints and material readiness • Drive supply improvement with PM (capacity planning), factory (efficiency), and procurement (material readiness) • Improve delivery performance, supply reliability and service level Inventory, Cost & Performance • Manage end-to-end inventory strategy across DC, plant and upstream • Optimize cash performance (DOH, inventory value) and supply chain cost • Balance trade-offs between service, inventory and cost Project & Lifecycle Management • Lead supply planning for plant-to-plant and plant-to-Extended Manufacturing Services (EMS) migration projects, and EOL transitions • Build and govern end-to-end migration plans covering demand validation, capacity, materials, tooling, qualification, PCN/customer approval, inventory, ramp-up, and cutover readiness • Manage migration risks, dependencies, milestone tracking, escalation, and execution to protect customer delivery and inventory health • Define bridge inventory, safety stock, risk-buy, last-time-buy, and source phase-in/phase-out strategy with clear ownership and decision gates • Coordinate sending and receiving sites, Extended Manufacturing Services (EMS) partners, Sales, PM, Procurement, Quality, Engineering, Logistics, and Finance through stabilization and project closure • Capture migration lessons learned and standardize planning playbooks, trackers, and governance routines for future transitions Team Leadership & Execution • Lead and develop supply planning team • Drive cross-functional alignment with Sales, PM, Procurement, Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, Logistics, Finance, and migration project teams • Ensure strong execution discipline and accountability Interacts with • Sales & Demand Planning • Product Management • Manufacturing / Plant Planning • Procurement / Sourcing • Logistics / DC Planning • Finance • Project Teams • Quality / Engineering / Customer Approval Teams • Extended Manufacturing Services (EMS) Partners and Sending / Receiving Sites Competencies & Skills • Strong SIOP / S&OE experience • Capacity planning and scenario modeling • Migration program planning, milestone governance, cutover management, and ramp stabilization • Source transition inventory strategy, including bridge stock, safety stock, risk buy, and phase-in / phase-out control • Cross-functional risk management, escalation, and stakeholder influence across global teams • Material replenishment strategy and inventory planning • End-to-end supply chain management understanding • Data analytics and reporting capability • Continuous improvement mindset • Ability to challenge status quo and drive change • Risk management and problem-solving capability • Strong ownership and accountability • Excellent communication and influencing skills What your background should look like Education • Bachelor degree or above in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business or related field (good university preferred) Experience • 8-10 years of strong experience in supply planning / supply chain management, including team leadership experience • Hands-on experience in SIOP, capacity planning and inventory management • Experience managing product portfolio supply chains and complex source-transfer or manufacturing migration projects • Demonstrated ability to manage migration from planning through qualification, cutover, ramp-up, stabilization, and closure • Experience working with Extended Manufacturing Services (EMS) partners, multiple manufacturing sites, and cross-functional global stakeholders is preferred Exposure • Experience in international companies • Exposure to cross-cultural collaboration • Result-oriented and fast execution mindset