Senior Program Manager, NPI Sourcing

Job description

Job responsibilities

• New Product Program Leadership & Category Management Provides cross-functional team leadership within assigned new product program(s) of highest complexity;
• Leads creation, management, and execution of program roadmaps to achieve cost, capacity, speed to market, and risk contract goals.
• Provides cross-functional team leadership within assigned category(ies) of highest complexity; leads cross-functional category team meetings
• Leads creation of long-term supplier strategies and roadmaps; able to navigate complex trade-offs in supplier strategies.
• Co-leads direct procurement supplier selection process with collaboration from Supplier Engineering. Expertly and independently deploys strategic sourcing practices to identify a core supply base able to offer lowest…
• Supplier Performance Management
• Proactively collaborates with supply base and procurement team to understand and communicate demand changes and minimize excess inventory or material shortages during program development.
• Collaborate with strategic sourcing teams on shared supplier performance escalations, lead supplier escalations for new suppliers to support NPI program deliverables.

Job requirements

• Significant experience with new product introduction (NPI) in a regulated manufacturing environment
• Exceptional negotiation skills, proven track record of savings, and history of successful contract negotiations
• Significant computer experience including MS Office products and ERP systems. Strong Excel & PowerPoint skills.
• Proven track record of effective project management in a fast-paced manufacturing company. Ability to handle multiple tasks and projects successfully and adapt to changing priorities.
• Strong financial acumen; excellent working knowledge of corporate/production finance; experience building financial models and using financial knowledge to understand supplier operations
• Working knowledge of buying, material planning, master scheduling, and forecasting
• Presentation skills and the ability to make complex topics simple to drive decision making
• Demonstrates concern for precision and thoroughness