Materials Program Manager - BNSM

UNAVAILABLE; California; Hybrid; USD 97,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Bruker Daltonics is seeking a Materials Project Manager to lead BU supply readiness, risk mitigation, and cross‑functional collaboration across Procurement, Planning, Engineering, Quality and Suppliers. Translate growth plans into readiness and drive executive decisions.

The role requires managing demand versus capacity, prioritizing mitigations, and coordinating across programs to ensure on‑time launches and steady production. Extensive collaboration and strong analytics are essential.

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.
• Demonstrated cross‑functional material readiness, supply risk, product launch, or operational planning in a matrix environment.
• Strong written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills for leadership.
• Strong analytical capability to consolidate data into clear business insights and risk assessments.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office; Excel expert-level; ERP/MRP knowledge; SAP S/4HANA preferred.
• Project or program management experience and familiarity with project management tools.

Responsibilities

• Own BU supply readiness assessments for NPI, engineering changes, product transfers, sustaining production, and growth plans.
• Maintain forward-looking view of material availability, parts, supplier capacity, lead times, and ramp requirements.
• Evaluate demand vs supply to identify constraints affecting launches, production, or commitments.
• Assess sole- and single-source exposure, supplier dependencies, and obsolescence risks.
• Quantify impact to revenue, commitments, production, and growth objectives.
• Maintain BU readiness dashboard and risk register with action owners and escalation status.
• Lead quarterly Supply Chain Readiness and Supplier Risk Reviews with BU and GSM leadership.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Excellent communication

Analytical capability

Executive presentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Economics or related field

Master’s degree (MS or MBA)

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

SAP Analytics Cloud

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

The Materials Project Manager (MPM) is the BU-facing supply chain leader and GSM advisor responsible for ensuring material and supply readiness across the assigned Business Unit.

The MPM translates the BU’s growth plans, product roadmap, forecasts, and operational priorities into supply readiness and risk-mitigation plans. The role evaluates demand against supplier capacity and capability, identifies constraints, quantifies business impact, and presents recommendations and required decisions to BU and GSM leadership.

Working across Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Planning, Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Finance, Program Management, and suppliers, the MPM connects BU strategy, supplier strategy, and supply execution. Strategic Sourcing retains category and sourcing ownership, while Buyer/Planners retain routine transactional execution. The MPM owns BU-level readiness, risk visibility, cross-functional alignment, and executive follow-through.

Responsibilities

Supply ChainReadiness and Supply Risk Ownership

• Own BU supply readiness assessments for NPI, engineering changes, product transfers, sustaining production, and growth plans.
• Maintain a forward-looking view of material availability, critical parts, supplier capacity and capability, lead times, qualification timing, and ramp requirements.
• Evaluate demand scenarios against supply capacity to identify when constraints could affect launches, production, customer commitments, or growth.
• Assess sole- and single-source exposure, supplier technology dependencies, proprietary manufacturing processes, capacity constraints, sourcing limitations, obsolescence, quality concerns, and other continuity risks.
• Quantify potential impact to revenue, customer commitments, NPI, engineering changes (ECOs), production, cost, inventory, and business-growth objectives.
• Maintain the BU readiness dashboard and risk register with clear business impact, mitigation actions, owners, timing, escalation status, and decisions required.
• Drive mitigation plans toclosureand and
• Own and lead quarterly Supply Chain Readiness and Supplier Risk Reviews with BU and GSM leadership, covering current priorities, the next four-to-six quarters, and risks to the BU’s three-to-five-year growth plans.

Program and Product Lifecycle Leadership

• Serve as the GSM representative for assigned BU programs and ensure early Procurement and supplier involvement in NPI, engineering changes, product transfers, and production-readiness activities.
• Develop and coordinate material strategies, procurement deliverables, milestones, and readiness criteria aligned with program schedules, cost, quality, and working-capital objectives.
• Partner with Engineering and Quality to identify critical and long-lead parts, technical dependencies, qualification requirements, and sourcing constraints before they affect execution.
• Coordinate deliverables through the appropriate functional owners and intervene directly when a critical issue threatensa launch, production, revenue, or customer commitment. Routine PO creation, expediting, and shortage management remain with Buyer/Planners.

Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Readiness Support

• Provide Strategic Sourcing with BU forecasts, technology requirements, supplier capability needs, cost opportunities, and risk priorities to support category and supplier strategies.
• Partner with Strategic Sourcing to align supplier capacity, capability, investment, diversification, and continuity plans with the BU roadmap.
• Supportlonger-term supplier andsupply-networkassessments needed to meet the BU’s three-to-five-year demand and technology requirements.
• Coordinate readiness and recovery actions for critical suppliers when performance, capacity, or capability creates business risk.

Operational and Financial Performance

• Coordinate with Planning and Buyer/Planners to support material availability while managing inventory, expedite costs, and working-capital exposure.
• Monitor readiness, supplier, cost, and inventory metrics; identify trends and drive corrective actions.
• Balance risk-mitigation decisions with cost, inventory, working capital, revenue exposure, and customer impact.
• Ensure key risks, assumptions, decisions, and commitments are documented and communicated clearly and promptly. \Apply consistent readiness methods, dashboards, and review practices across supported BUs while identifying opportunities to improve data quality and automation through SAP, LeanDNA, and other available tools.

Qualifications

RequiredEducation and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain,Engineering,Business,Economicsorrelated field.
• 7-10years ofexperienceof supply chain,demand planning,purchasing, inventory controland /or supplier management.
• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional material-readiness, supply-risk, product-launch, or operational planningactivities in a matrix environment.
• Strong written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate supply risk and business impact to leadership.
• Strong analytical capability with experience consolidating complex data into clear business insights, risk assessments,recommendations, and executive-level presentations.
• Strong working proficiency with Microsoft Office, including expert-level functionality with Excel.
• Working knowledge of ERP/MRP processes and procurement analytics; proficiency with SAP S/4HANA and analytical toolssuch as SAP Analytics Cloud preferred.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel and PowerPoint.
• Project or program management experience and working knowledge of project-management tools and best practices.

DesiredEducation andSkills

• Master’s degree (MSor MBA) – Management, Supply Chain, Engineering, Business orotherrelated field

• Technical knowledge of manufacturing and product-development processes, including design, assembly, integration, test,qualification, and change control.

• CPIM, CSCP, PMP, DDPP, or related certification preferred.

Additional Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and other Characteristics

• Acts as a credible business partner who can connect BU strategy and operational requirements to procurement priorities and material-readiness actions.
• Demonstrates ownership and follow-through; proactively identifies risk, establishes accountability, and drives cross-functional mitigation plans to closure. \\
• Combines supply chain expertise with financial and operational acumen to evaluate cost, inventory, capacity, schedule, quality, and continuity tradeoffs.Communicates complex or sensitive information in a concise, decision-oriented manner and adjusts the level of detail for BU leaders, technical teams, suppliers, and execution teams.
• Influences without direct authority, builds consensus across functions, and respectfully challenges assumptions or recovery plans that do not adequately protect business requirements.
• Highly organized and self-drivenwith the ability to manage multiple priorities, projects, and data sources while maintaining accuracy, visibility, timely escalation, and a strong focus on delivering results.
• Comfortable operating with broad direction and appropriate autonomy in a global, fast-paced, and changing environment.

At Bruker, base salary is part of our total compensation. The estimated base salary range for this full-time position is between $97,000 and $170,000 provides an opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base salary for the role will depend on a several job-related factors, including, but not limited to education, training, experience, the geographic location of the successful candidate, skills, competencies, job-related knowledge and travel requirements for this position. Full-time employees may also be eligible for a performance-related incentive in addition to a full range of benefits including 401(k) with company match, an employee stock purchase plan, medical and dental plans, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, employee assistance program and paid time off including vacation, sick time and holidays, and more.

Bruker is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

Certain positions at Bruker require compliance withexport control laws and as a result, all interviewed candidates for all positions will be screened pre-interview to determine theireligibility in light of export control restrictions.