Materials Program Manager

Private Advertiser; Singapore; On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Materials Program Manager to lead a team in optimizing material flow and supply chain activities. This role is pivotal in aligning material strategies with business objectives and mitigating risks associated with material supply. You will collaborate with various departments, including engineering and supply chain management, to ensure visibility of current and future material issues. If you are a strategic thinker with strong leadership and communication skills, this opportunity will allow you to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment, driving essential projects and fostering collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in the manufacturing industry.
• Strong purchasing experience in commodity management.
• Experience in Materials Program Manager or Procurement roles.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Materials Program Managers and oversee material supply chain activities.
• Align material strategies with business objectives and mitigate supply risks.
• Collaborate with engineering and supply chain functions to optimize material flow.

Skills

Strategic Thinking

Communication Skills

Collaboration

Leadership Development

Situational Leadership

Sense of Urgency

Education

Degree in Engineering

Degree in Supply Chain

Degree in Business

Tools

Materials Requirements Planning (SAP)

Bill of Material Structure tools (Agile)

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

The Materials Program Manager will work with various functions and departments to drive material flow and ensure visibility of current & future material issues. It will be the core member to supporting materials strategy.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• A People Manager who will manage a team of Materials Program Manager/Materials Expeditor

• Overseeing the material requirement and supply chain activities for specific programs

• Align material strategies with business strategies and program objectives

• Liase with site planning and supply chain management functions including GSS buyers, Commodity and Project Managers

• Identify and mitigate risks associated with material supply

• Conduct risk assessment & implement effective risk mitigation strategies

• Escalation points of contact for material issues within the program

• Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders

• Work with Planner to ensure visibility of current & future material issues

• Work with Production Managers to understand Critical Production schedules

• Coordinates demand signals through MRP to minimize inventory exposure.

• Participates in Materials Core Team and coordinates product development process deliverables with team members (buyers, planners, production control).

• Supports the creation, releases, and updates to new project materials strategy.

• Works with engineering to identify preliminary critical parts, long-lead parts and inspection requirements. Assists in developing supplier and commodity road maps to engineering.

• Material risk BOM analysis at project level :

  • Design the inventory programs: VMI, JIT, discrete orders, etc. - driving lead-time reduction

  • Recommend risk buy or consignment

    (This relates to impact inventory liability, inventory turns, cash flow relief, etc. – due to upsides, downside, slow down of businesses more effectively)

• Burst demand request by customers – assess entire BOM materials lead-times, chronic suppliers, customer managed allocations , etc., then present from materials perspective how to support burst demand plan to support operations

• Work closely with Supply Chain Program managers for localization or regionalization of OEM & BTP parts

• Work with SCM on long term supply chain mitigation plan via localization or alternate sourcing to ease the supply chain for the Program/Tool.

• Leads project team that may include different functions and departments to solve supplier long-term issues and improve supplier performance. Provides inputs to engineering and SCM in supplier selection and assessment.

• Analyze system need dates, supplier commitments and current production status to identify critical material issues

• Escalate critical material shortages immediately upon identification and own the efforts to resolve and continue to escalate

• Lead clear to build (CTB) for pre-production build phases

• Propose optimized supply planning to ensure on-time build schedule. Drive closure of materials issues

• Collaborate with supply chain functions for support as needed

• Participates in commercialization (transition) materials plan. Participates in the material change control change process. Assists in supplier price and delivery negotiations; Complete supplier risk assessment on critical and unique parts. Monitor supplier performance (delivery, quality, cost).

• Develop and execute risk/opportunity plans to meet program objectives & proactively manage mitigation plans

• Track KPI’s and generate Reports, Metrics & Presentations

• Attend quarterly SBR with customer and supplier

• Support planning & coordination of new Projects, New components and Engineering Changes and assess the impact to Production Schedules

• Consistently work on Demand & Supply to proactively identify gaps and work with planner buyers and Strategic procurement to eliminate the gaps

• Work with Engineering & Program Management to develop roadmaps for the phase-out of obsolete parts and phase-in of new product materials

• This position will support customers to act as the crucial link between customer and Materials Supply Chain.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrates expanded conceptual knowledge in own discipline and broadens capabilities

• Strategic thinking and communication skills.

• Collaboration and influencing skills demonstrated.

• Sense of urgency.

• Situational leadership.

• Leadership development, and coaching skills.

Educational/Certification Requirement:

• Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain or Business

Experience Requirement:

• At least 5 years of relevant experience in manufacturing industry

• Strong purchasing experience in commodity management and customer facing experience,

• Flexible to support work with US counterparts. Will have frequent communications with cross-functional teams in the US and Asia.

• Experience in the position of Materials Program Manager (MPM) and/or Procurement.

• Experience with product design engineering and commodity management or priorities for raw material or component selection.

• Experience integrating the delivery schedule of materials into product program milestones.

• Working knowledge of Materials Requirements Planning (preferred SAP) and Bill of Material Structure tools (preferred Agile)

• Experience with Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.