Program Manager NPI Sourcing

About the role

Assigned as lead for programs and leads spend category(s); complex program/spend/risk; requires little oversight from manager. Manages procurement of direct materials and strategic sourcing initiatives to support new product introduction.

Responsibilities

• Manages procurement of direct materials and strategic sourcing initiatives to support new product introduction.
• Tracks and manages purchase orders, delivery commitments to support ramp up of new products.
• Works closely with strategic sourcing and engineering to ensure that the appropriate supplier strategy is implemented for new product release and production ramp.
• Establishes material requirements from engineering, new product build schedules and maintains appropriate inventory for production.
• Evaluates supplier capabilities and works with supplier engineering and strategic sourcing to develop new supply sources as needed.
• Maintains cost, capacity, and delivery schedule to ensure availability of material for production schedule.
• Administers and manages purchase orders and delivery requirements to designated suppliers as necessary to support NPI and/or sales requirements within the business.
• Supports performance management and improvement efforts for designated suppliers, including coordinating supplier business reviews.
• Coordinates engineering change order activity with suppliers and other functional groups.
• Identifies potential supplier capacity issues and works in conjunction with strategic sourcing and supplier engineering to resolve these issues and ensure no impact to project schedule.
• Tracks purchase price variance and assists with cutover management planning, supporting identification of new cost reduction opportunities.
• Creates, updates and reviews product material cost models.
• Supports administration of SCRM tool to ensure accuracy of data and support specific risk mitigation projects.
• Supports preparation of supplier scorecards and supplier business reviews.
• Supports quoting activity with suppliers to support supply chain optimizations.
• May support market research to find appropriate supplier(s) for various commodities and manufacturing processes.
• Led complex programs from a total performance perspective, inclusive of supply chain strategy, cost, quality, inventory, capacity and risk management ownership.
• Creates program supply chain design strategy, identifies RFx opportunities; able to conduct analytics; negotiates and implements points; presents summary and implications to leadership.
• Builds long-term vision for complex categories; presents effectively to leadership.
• Identifies demand fluctuations, impact to capacity and supply amidst high complexity models and programs. Creates and implements action plans to resolve.
• Creates and secures contracts to contract plan part by program. Able to address most redline resolution independently using guidance document and experience; support from manager for complex situations; emerging capability to draft new or revised language.
• Creates and implements multiyear (year over year) cost plan, communication, cross functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Advanced MS Office skills (MS Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Excel (Vlookup, Pivot Table, Charts, and filtering)
• Working knowledge of buying, material planning, master scheduling, and forecasting.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills is required.
• Ability to communicate both at the high (strategic) and detailed (tactical) level.
• Proven ability to consistently achieve stretch goals and objectives.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and projects successfully.
• Outstanding verbal, written communication, and concise and persuasive presentation skills.
• Ability to influence without authority.
• Expected minimum 25% travel to both domestic & international suppliers.
• Required onsite presence of 3 days per week.
• Minimum BS degree or equivalent and 10+ years of purchasing and supply chain experience in a regulated industry manufacturing environment (medical device preferred).
• Significant computer experience including MS Office suites and ERP systems, preferably SAP and Agile, BOM structure.

Education and Training

• Minimum BS degree or equivalent.
• 10+ years of purchasing and supply chain experience in a regulated industry manufacturing environment (medical device preferred).
• Significant computer experience including MS Office suites and ERP systems, preferably SAP and Agile, BOM structure.

Additional Information

Due to the nature of our business and the role, please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19. Details can vary by role.

We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.