NPI Procurement Lead for Product Launch & Cost Optimization

Exol; United States; Remote; USD 108,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Symbotic is seeking a highly motivated NPI Procurement Manager to join our Procurement organization within the Strategic Launch Team. This role is the face of procurement for new initiatives, bridging Strategic Sourcing and Sourcing Operations during development, ensuring alignment, on-time delivery, and cost modelling throughout the lifecycle.

You will develop program-specific sourcing plans, guide cross-functional teams, and manage PO execution to align with the strategy while identifying and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of procurement, sourcing, or program/project management experience.
• Experience partnering with cross-functional engineering and program management teams during new product development.
• Strong understanding of sourcing strategy, category management, and PO execution processes.
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems (SAP preferred).
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop program-specific sourcing plans for each assigned NPI, retrofit, or cross‑functional initiative.
• Guide the project team to the sourcing strategy, feeding required sourcing information throughout development.
• Serve as procurement’s representative on engineering and program management activities.
• Manage and escalate financial risk and opportunity associated with the development lifecycle.
• Manage and escalation execution risks throughout the development phase, directing PO execution by Sourcing Operations.
• Partner with category buyers and strategic commodity leaders to align program requirements with existing category strategies.
• Drive engineering toward the engineering‑aligned AVL and preferred suppliers during design.
• Ensure aftersales and total‑lifecycle considerations are represented in development‑phase sourcing decisions.
• Feed real supplier quotes and should‑cost data back to Strategic Sourcing to support cost‑model creation.
• Flex across multiple concurrent programs – NPI, retrofit, and other procurement‑impacted initiatives.
• Facilitate communication between engineering, program management, category buyers, and suppliers on cost, schedule, and quality topics.
• Identify and escalation material and supply risks to leadership with recommended resolutions.
• Report on program‑level procurement status to cross‑functional and executive stakeholders.
• Support the transition of programs from development into steady‑state Sourcing Operations ownership.

Job description

Symbotic is seeking a highly motivated NPI Procurement Manager to join our Procurement organization within the Strategic Launch Team. This role is the face of procurement for new initiatives, bridging Strategic Sourcing and Sourcing Operations during development, ensuring alignment, on-time delivery, and cost modelling throughout the lifecycle.

You will develop program-specific sourcing plans, guide cross-functional teams, and manage PO execution to align with the strategy while identifying and