About this role
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 Lead end-to-end DDN supply planning for the assigned product portfolio, ensuring alignment between customer demand, supply capability, inventory strategy, and business priorities. Drive demand-to-supply translation, capacity planning, supply execution, NPI readiness, and lifecycle management while continuously improving delivery performance, working capital, and supply chain efficiency. Job
Requirements Demand and Supply Management
- Understand customer demand, product lifecycle (NPI / ramp / mature / EOL), and service requirements
- Translate demand into supply plan considering DC inventory, lead time, multi-source capacity, and customer requirements
- Drive demand signal quality, planning parameter accuracy, and stability across the planning pipeline
- Lead demand-supply balancing and identify gaps, risks, and mitigation actions Supply Management
- Understand supply status across manufacturing sources, including capacity, constraints, material readiness, and recovery plans
- Drive supply improvement with PM (capacity planning), factory (efficiency), and procurement (material readiness)
- Work closely with the Penang factory Operations team to align production priorities, capacity, material readiness, constraints, and recovery actions
- Own and lead the Penang supply review, including demand-supply gaps, capacity and material risks, backlog recovery, inventory health, action ownership, and escalation follow-up
- Improve OTD, lead time, supply reliability, backlog recovery, and customer 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 NPI launches, product ramp-up, mature portfolio, and EOL transitions
- Follow up NPI milestones and ensure demand, capacity, material, tooling, qualification, inventory, and launch readiness are aligned
- Identify project and lifecycle risks early, drive mitigation and escalation, and protect customer delivery and inventory health
- Define appropriate safety stock, ramp inventory, last-time-buy, and phase-in / phase-out plans based on demand and supply risk
- Coordinate Sales, Product Management, Manufacturing, Procurement, Quality, Engineering, Logistics, Finance, and project teams through launch and stabilization
- Maintain clear project trackers, action ownership, and lessons learned to improve future NPI and lifecycle execution Team Leadership & Execution
- Lead and develop supply planning team
- Drive cross-functional alignment with Sales, Product Management, Procurement, Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, Logistics, Finance, and project teams
- Ensure strong execution discipline and accountability What your background should look like Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree or above in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or a related field. 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 leading regular supply reviews and working closely with factory operations teams on constraints, recovery, and execution.
- Experience managing product portfolio supply chains across NPI, ramp, mature, and EOL stages.
- Demonstrated ability to follow NPI programs from planning and qualification through launch, ramp-up, and stabilization.
- Experience working with manufacturing sites and cross-functional local and global stakeholders is preferred.
Competencies & Skills
- Strong SIOP / S&OE experience.
- Capacity planning and scenario modeling.
- Factory-facing supply review governance, action tracking, and escalation management.
- NPI planning, milestone follow-up, launch readiness, and ramp stabilization.
- Inventory strategy, including safety stock, ramp inventory, risk buy, and phase-in / phase-out control.
- Cross-functional risk management, escalation, and stakeholder influence across local and 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. Exposure
- Experience in international companies
- Exposure to cross-cultural collaboration
- Result-oriented and fast execution mindset