Senior Analyst – NPD Operations

Minimum Qualifications

• Educational background: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Experience: 5-7+ years of relevant work experience in supply chain, sourcing, or logistics
• Demonstrated experience in working cross-functionally with engineering and product development or related teams
• Strong analytical and communication skills; comfortable presenting project updates and/or recommendations to senior leadership

Preferred Qualifications

• Educational background: Masters Degree
• Experience: Solid knowledge of Operations (production capacity, lead times), Purchasing (POs, MOQ), Finance (cost structure, profit margin, productivity), Manufacturing (cycle time, MVA, SG&A), Transportation (logistics, incoterms, freight costs)
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: ERP – SAP Power BI Excel Analytic tools

Suppliers and Relationships

• Manage supplier risks that could impact time-to-market
• Manage and report on ODM/CM manufacturing capacity
• Engage and communicate with Director+ level stakeholders on a regular basis to communicate and align on project status
• Negotiate project scope agreements (e.g. SOW) including NRE, tooling, unit pricing, capacity commitments, and IP ownership
• Lead supplier meetings as needed; hold suppliers accountable to commitments and conflict resolution
• Lead basic supplier negotiations as required on a project-by-project basis

Supplier Collaboration

• Collaborate with Quality to support and enforce supplier quality requirements as needed, including PPAP
• Collaborate with Mechanical, Electrical, and Systems Engineering during design phases to align product requirements with ODM quotation and scope of work
• Collaborate with Legal to discuss IP in supplier engagements and work with category sourcing to ensure proper documentation is in place when necessary