Materials Program Manager

About the role

Bruker is a leading analytical instrumentation company focused on breakthrough discoveries and life‑science solutions. The Materials Project Manager (MPM) serves as the primary liaison between the Business Unit (BU) and Global Supply Chain (GSM), managing end‑to‑end material readiness, availability, and visibility across product development and sustaining activities. The role supports both New Product Introduction (NPI) projects and ongoing production, ensuring alignment with project timelines, quality, and cost goals.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the designated Global Supply Chain representative on all BU project teams, driving early engagement and lifecycle supply chain planning.
• Own material strategy development and execution for all phases of product development through sustaining operations.
• Define and report clear‑to‑build (CTB) status to stakeholders, aligning procurement activities with build schedules.
• Partner with BU planners to align CTB projections with real‑time build plans, demand shifts, and supply constraints.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, and Legal to resolve supply issues and maintain project milestones.
• Coordinate demand signals through MRP to minimize inventory exposure and forecast material requirements to suppliers.
• Create, release, and update new project material strategies under supervision; identify critical and long‑lead parts with engineering.
• Manage RFQs, provide cost‑of‑goods (COGs) estimates for new products, and mitigate continuity‑of‑supply challenges.
• Support source selection, specification creation, and price negotiation to achieve right cost, quality, and lead time.
• Conduct supplier risk assessments, monitor performance (delivery, quality, cost), and perform make‑versus‑buy analyses.
• Maintain day‑to‑day relationships with critical/high‑value suppliers, mediating quality issues and escalating when necessary.
• Travel domestically up to 25% and internationally up to 10% as required.

Skills and Abilities

• Background in supply chain management for complex, high‑technology life‑science or biotech products.
• Highly motivated, self‑driven, and results‑oriented with strong organizational and data‑analytics capabilities.
• Excellent interpersonal, persuasion, influencing, and collaboration skills; ability to build consensus.
• Effective communicator, able to convey complex or sensitive information to broad audiences.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills; proactive in identifying issues and generating solutions.
• Deep understanding of supply chain operations, financial acumen, and coordination across multiple functions.
• Agility to work within broad guidelines and impact a range of activities across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Economics, or related field.
• 7–10 years of experience in supply chain, demand planning, purchasing, inventory control, or supplier management.
• Expert‑level proficiency with Microsoft Excel; strong working knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite.
• Minimum 3 years of experience with SAP S/4HANA and analytical tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or SAP Analytics Cloud.
• Experience with project‑management applications and best practices.
• Strong written and oral presentation skills; experience working with diverse, cross‑functional teams.
• Desired: Master’s degree (MS or MBA) in Management, Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field.
• Desired: Technical knowledge of operational and manufacturing processes (design, assembly, integration, test).
• Desired: CPIM or CSCP certification (strongly preferred).
• Desired: DDPP certification (strongly preferred).
• Desired: Background in supply chain for high‑technology life‑science or biotech research tools (strongly preferred).

Pay

The estimated base salary range for this full‑time position is $97,200 – $173,000, dependent on education, experience, location, skills, and travel requirements.

Benefits

• Performance‑related incentive eligibility.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability insurance.
• Employee assistance program.
• Paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, and holidays.