NPI Sourcing Lead: Supplier Strategy & Cost

Brady Corporation Asia Pte Ltd; Seberang Perai; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Brady Corporation Asia Pte Ltd is seeking a proactive Sourcing & NPI specialist to manage supplier engagement, RFQ/RFP processes, and cost optimization for new product introductions.

You will coordinate with R&D, engineering, and quality teams to ensure material readiness, supplier qualification, and seamless transition to sustaining procurement. Strong negotiation and ERP skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Education in supply chain or related field.
• Experience in strategic sourcing or global procurement.
• Experience in NPI and manufacturing environments.

Responsibilities

• Engage suppliers early in design and development to ensure alignment and manufacturability.
• Lead RFQ/RFP processes, collect bids, and evaluate responses.
• Drive cost/price management, should-cost analyses, and negotiate terms to meet target costs.
• Track critical/long-lead parts, manage supply risk, ensure material readiness for prototypes and ramp builds.
• Collaborate with R&D, engineering, quality, planning, and program management to align material flow with timelines.
• Set up ERP master data (lead times, pricing, MOQ), issue POs and monitor supplier delivery performance.
• Handover mature components to sustaining procurement teams.

Skills

ERP/MRP systems

SAP

Data analytics tools

Contract negotiation

Market analysis

Cross-functional comms

Negotiation

Education

SCM / Business Administration / Mechanical Eng. degree

Tools

SAP

Data analytics tools

Job description

Brady Corporation Asia Pte Ltd is seeking a proactive Sourcing & NPI specialist to manage supplier engagement, RFQ/RFP processes, and cost optimization for new product introductions.

You will coordinate with R&D, engineering, and quality teams to ensure material readiness, supplier qualification, and seamless transition to sustaining procurement. Strong negotiation and ERP skills are essential.