Program Manager NPI Sourcing

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive is seeking a lead procurement professional to drive strategic sourcing and supplier management for direct materials in new product introductions. The role emphasizes managing POs, supplier performance, cost optimization, and risk mitigation across complex programs with collaboration across engineering and strategic sourcing to ensure ramp readiness.

You will lead RFx activities, develop supplier strategies, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to secure reliable supply of

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement of direct materials for new product introductions.
• Ability to manage supplier performance and coordinate supplier reviews.
• Strong cost management, negotiation and risk mitigation capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Administers and manages purchase orders and delivery requirements to designated suppliers to support NPI and/or sales requirements.
• Supports supplier performance management and coordination of supplier business reviews.
• Coordinates engineering change order activity with suppliers and other functional groups.
• Identify potential supplier capacity issues and work with sourcing and supplier engineering to resolve.
• Track purchase prices; support cost reduction opportunities and maintain cost models.
• Support administration of risk mitigation projects and data accuracy in SCRM tools.
• Assist in preparing supplier scorecards and participation in supplier reviews.
• Manage quoting activity with suppliers to support supply chain optimizations and market research for supplier identification.

Skills

Procurement

Strategic sourcing

Supply chain

Negotiation

Cost reduction

Tools

SCRM tool

RFx process

Job description

Job Description

Scope of Work

Assigned as lead for programs and leads spend category(s); complex program/spend/risk; requires little oversight from manager. Manages procurement of direct materials and strategic sourcing initiatives to support new product introduction. Requires knowledge of key supplier capabilities and matches the capabilities to new product design. Track and manage purchase orders, delivery commitments to support ramp up of new products. Work closely with strategic sourcing and engineering to ensure that the appropriate supplier strategy is implemented for new product release and production ramp.

Establish material requirements from engineering, new product build schedules and maintain appropriate inventory for production. Evaluates supplier capabilities and works with supplier engineering and strategic sourcing to develop new supply sources as needed. Monitors cost, capacity, and delivery schedule to ensure availability of material for production schedule.

Essential Job Duties

• Administers and manages purchase orders and delivery requirements to designated suppliers as necessary to support NPI and/or sales requirements within the business.

• Supports performance management and improvement efforts for designated suppliers, including coordinating supplier business reviews.

• Coordinates engineering change order activity with suppliers and other functional groups.

• Capacity: Identify potential supplier capacity issues and works in conjunction with strategic sourcing and supplier engineering to resolve these issues and ensure no impact to project schedule.

• Cost: track purchase price variance. assist with cutover management planning, supporting identification of new cost reduction opportunities. Creates, updates and review product material cost models.

• Risk: support administration of SCRM tool to ensure accuracy of data and support specific risk mitigation projects.

• Supplier Performance: supports preparation of supplier scorecards and supplier business reviews.

• Manages quoting activity with suppliers to support supply chain optimizations. May support market research to find appropriate supplier(s) for various commodities and manufacturing processes.

Main areas of activity

• Leads complex programs from a total performance perspective, inclusive of supply chain strategy, cost, quality, inventory, capacity and risk management ownership. Some oversight from manager
• Creates program supply chain design strategy, identifies RFx opportunities; able to conduct analytics; negotiates and implements points; presents summary and implications to leadership
• Performs market research with limited oversight from manager, significant complexity
• Supplier Selection: Lead strategy, internal discussions, identification and implement decisions aligned with strategic sourcing for complex programs; creates recommendation, supports when leadership decision is required
• Program & Program reviews: Leads slide creation for assigned category; builds long-term vision for complex categories; presents effectively to leadership
• Leads identification of demand fluctuations, impact to capacity and supply amidst high complexity models and programs. Creates and implements action plans to resolve
• Contracting: Creates and secures contracts to contract plan part by program. Able to address most redline resolution independently using guidance document and experience; support from manager for complex situations; emerging capability to draft new or revised language
• Cost Negotiation & Savings: create & implement multiyear (year over year) cost plan, communication, cross functional collaboration