Career Accelerator Program - Procurement Specialist

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2 Locations
In-Office or Remote
Entry level
Hardware • Semiconductor • Manufacturing
The Role
Participate in a first-year Career Accelerator Program while performing procurement duties: manage supplier identification and selection, process purchase orders, perform cost and volume analysis, support category plans, negotiate contracts, develop alternative sourcing, resolve supplier issues, and support procurement audits.
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Change the world. Love your job.

In your first year with TI, you will participate in the Career Accelerator Program (CAP), which provides professional and technical training and resources to accelerate your ramp into TI, and set you up for long-term career success. Within this program, we also offer function-specific technical training and on-the-job learning opportunities that will encourage you to solve problems through a variety of hands-on, meaningful experiences from your very first day on the job.

As a buyer, help power a stronger supply chain:

  • Address all aspects of category management, including supplier management, supplier identification and selection, support category business plans, market trends assessment, pricing, and product availability
  • Coordinate purchasing activities with manufacturing, business units, planning and engineering departments to acquire inventory and services in a cost effective and timely manner
  • Process purchase requisitions, purchase change orders and requests for quotes to suppliers
  • Perform cost analysis and volume planning for major categories
  • Monitor the cost, schedule and scope of assigned contracts to negotiate the highest quality at best value
  • Develop new supply sources where suppliers are no longer competitive
  • Recommend cost saving proposals including make-versus-buy analysis or alternative sourcing
  • Interact closely with suppliers and internal teams to resolve issues
  • Support internal and external audits related to procurement processes and supplier management assessment, pricing, and product availability

Put your talent to work with Texas Instruments!

    Qualifications

    Minimum requirements:

    • Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations or a related field
    • Cumulative 3.0/4.0 GPA or higher

    Preferred qualifications:

    • Strong verbal and written communication skills
    • Strong time management skills that enable on-time project delivery
    • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
    • Strong written and verbal communication skills
    • Ability to team and collaborate effectively with people in different functions, countries and cultures
    • Ability to build strong, influential relationships
    • Ability to take initiative, prioritize work, balance multiple projects and drive for results in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment
    • Navigates ambiguity
    • Attention to detail
      About Us
      Why TI?
      • Engineer your future. We empower our employees to truly own their career and development. Come collaborate with some of the smartest people in the world to shape the future of electronics.
      • We're different by design. Diverse backgrounds and perspectives are what push innovation forward and what make TI stronger. We value each and every voice, and look forward to hearing yours. Meet the people of TI
      • Benefits that benefit you. We offer competitive pay and benefits designed to help you and your family live your best life. Your well-being is important to us. Please find our country-specific benefits here

      About Texas Instruments
      Texas Instruments Incorporated (Nasdaq: TXN) is a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures and sells analog and embedded processing chips for markets such as industrial, automotive, data center, personal electronics and communications equipment. At our core, we have a passion to create a better world by making electronics more affordable through semiconductors. This passion is alive today as each generation of innovation builds upon the last to make our technology more reliable, more affordable and lower power, making it possible for semiconductors to go into electronics everywhere. Learn more at TI.com.

      Texas Instruments is an equal opportunity employer and supports a diverse, inclusive work environment.

      If you are interested in this position, please apply to this requisition.
      About the TeamTI does not make recruiting or hiring decisions based on citizenship, immigration status or national origin. However, if TI determines that information access or export control restrictions based upon applicable laws and regulations would prohibit you from working in this position without first obtaining an export license, TI expressly reserves the right not to seek such a license for you and either offer you a different position that does not require an export license or decline to move forward with your employment.

      Skills Required

      • Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations or a related field
      • Cumulative 3.0/4.0 GPA or higher
      • Strong verbal and written communication skills
      • Strong time management skills for on-time project delivery
      • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
      • Ability to team and collaborate effectively with people in different functions, countries and cultures
      • Ability to build strong, influential relationships
      • Ability to take initiative, prioritize work, balance multiple projects and drive for results in a fast-paced environment
      • Navigates ambiguity
      • Attention to detail

      Texas Instruments Compensation & Benefits Highlights

      The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Texas Instruments and has not been reviewed or approved by Texas Instruments.

      • Strong & Reliable Incentives Profit sharing and annual bonuses are portrayed as a meaningful, formula-linked upside that can materially lift total earnings in strong years. An employee stock purchase plan with a discount further reinforces recurring, wealth-building incentives.
      • Retirement Support A 401(k) match is described as a stable core benefit, with some references to additional legacy employer contributions and even pension-like elements for certain cohorts. This framing positions long-term savings support as a notable part of the overall rewards package.
      • Healthcare Strength Medical coverage is depicted as broadly comprehensive, with preventive care and access to HSA/FSA features cited as value-adds. Company-seeded HSA contributions are repeatedly characterized as an important offset to the plan design for those enrolled.

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      The Company
      HQ: Dallas, TX
      25,059 Employees

      What We Do

      Texas Instruments develops semiconductor and computer technology for cellular handsets, digital signal processors and analog semiconductors. Texas Instruments has been making progress possible for decades. We are a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures, tests and sells analog and embedded processing chips. Our more than 80,000 products help over 100,000 customers efficiently manage power, accurately sense and transmit data and provide the core control or processing in their designs, going into markets such as industrial, automotive, personal electronics, communications equipment and enterprise systems. Our passion to create a better world by making electronics more affordable through semiconductors is alive today as each generation of innovation builds upon the last to make our technology smaller, more efficient, more reliable and more affordable – opening new markets and making it possible for semiconductors to go into electronics everywhere. We think of this as Engineering Progress. It’s what we do and have been doing for decades. Learn more https://news.ti.com/index.cfm

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