Littelfuse is one of America’s Best Mid-Sized Companies (Forbes) and has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Illinois (Best Companies Group) for 11 consecutive years. With its global headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Littelfuse is a leading, global manufacturer of electronic components serving more than 100,000 end customers across industrial, transportation, and electronics end markets. We have more than 17,000 employees with operations in 15 countries. From semiconductors to sensors… switches to fuses and more… we produce billions of electronic components that help our customers empower a sustainable, connected, and safer world. In 2021, Littelfuse had net sales of $2.1 billion.

Reporting to Procurement Manager, you will be responsible for…

About the job:

• Build a competitive supplier pool to fit to various market needs and keep a
  closed and sustainable relations with them+ include equipment
  Huizhou+DG+Mexico EBU line and plant procurement management
• Manage the supplier portfolio to maintain a healthy condition in terms of
  willingness, price, quality, technology, delivery and response.
• Build a strategic relationship with key suppliers and cultivate them to a
  comprehensive partner regarding product, technology and service.
• Work with other function team to do regular supplier audit and make
  corresponding strategy to continue/improve/stop cooperation by rational
  evaluation
• Work with GPM, PM, PE and R&D engineers to support new projects, to
  achieve project objectives like cost, delivery and quality etc.
• Other jobs assigned by management.

About you:

• Bachelor degree on Industry Engineering, Automation, Electronic, Mechanical field.
• 8+ years experience in sourcing/purchasing
• Manufacturing  background  in  electronics  industry,  mechanical  industry,  automotive
  industry, or switch industry is preferred

Technical Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years of experience or equivalent combination of

education and experience required.

• Good written and spoken English
• Good negotiation skill
• Teamwork and communication skill

Littelfuse strives to empower associate growth and development in a culture of ongoing collaboration and respect for diverse global perspectives and expertise. Our Core Values – Customer Focus, Integrity, Innovation, Teamwork and Results Driven – supports us on our mission to improve the safety, reliability, efficiency, and performance of our customers’ products and systems.

We are an equal opportunity employer that takes pride in giving every associate the means and courage to make a difference – everywhere, every day.

We offer a competitive salary package and a variety of benefits, including Term Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Critical Illness and Medical insurance (plus retirement benefits in Japan) as well as development opportunities like internal Lean Six Sigma Certification.