Senior Buyer - NPI Sourcing

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive in Sunnyvale is seeking a procurement professional to secure materials, components and equipment for new product introductions. You will gather quotations, assess supplier capabilities, and align them with project schedules and ramp-up needs.

You will manage forecasts, monitor delivery commitments, and collaborate with Strategic Sourcing and engineering to ensure materials availability, supplier reliability, and cost efficiency across NPI programs.

Qualifications

• Experience with new product introduction purchasing.
• Ability to forecast and plan inventory for ramp-up.
• Strong supplier relationship management.

Responsibilities

• Uses forecasts and planning to keep optimal inventory for ramp-up.
• Applies NPI purchasing experience to ensure on-time delivery of material.
• Works with engineering to assist suppliers in developing efficient fabrication processes.
• Identifies second sources for critical components.
• Participates in continuous improvement of systems and processes.
• Works with Strategic Sourcing to identify and qualify new supplier resources.
• Identifies potential supplier capacity issues and resolves them with Strategic Sourcing.
• Creates, updates, and publishes project material cost models.
• Resolves delivery, supplier performance, quality or cost issues.
• Ensures BOM accuracy with engineering and production control.

Skills

Forecasting

Inventory management

Negotiation

Sourcing

NPI purchasing

Tools

ERP

Job description

Job Description

Primary Function of Position:

Accountable for procuring materials, components, and equipment in of new product introduction. Gathers quotations, knows key supplier capabilities and matches those capabilities to new designs and project schedules. Tracks and updates orders, delivery commitments and inventory receipts both inside and outside of MRP. Insures adequate supply in place for production ramp-up of new products. Works in partnership with Strategic Sourcing to ensure the appropriate supplier strategy is utilized for new product release and scale up to production.

Establish material requirements from engineering, new product build schedules, and maintains inventory at planned levels. Evaluates supplier reliability and works with Supplier Development Engineering and Strategic Sourcing to develop new supply sources as needed. Monitors cost, schedule, and scope of assigned new products and projects. Insures materials availability for production release in time to meet project schedules. Works as a key member of a high performance team.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Uses developed forecasts and proper planning techniques to ensure that optimal inventory levels are available to meet engineering and production ramp up requirements.
• Applies extensive new product introduction/R&D purchasing experience to minimize material run times and insure on time delivery of material to provided help with NPI project schedules.
• Works with engineering to assist suppliers in developing efficient fabrication processes.
• Identifies second sources for critical components as necessary
• Participates in the continuous improvement of current systems and processes.
• Works with Strategic Sourcing to identify and qualify new supplier resources.
• Identifies potential supplier capacity issues and works in conjunction with Strategic Sourcing to resolve these issues and insure no impact to project schedules.
• Creates, updates, and publishes project material cost models.
• Quickly and proactively, resolves and/or escalates issues related to delivery, supplier performance, quality or cost.
• Insures and maintains accuracy of all applicable reports, purchase orders, component item master information, etc. Work with engineering and production control to insure BOMs are accurate and will function in a production environment.
• Provides direction and/or effectively delegate critical tasks as needed. Be a functional, productive member of a high performance team.