Senior NPI Materials Planner - Drive Product Readiness

Keysight Technologies; Santa Rosa (CA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Keysight Technologies seeks a skilled materials planning professional to guide NPI programs from prototype to production. You will coordinate with procurement, engineering, and manufacturing to ensure schedules stay on track and material readiness is achieved.

The role emphasizes managing multiple concurrent projects, solving complex supply-chain challenges, and using data-driven tools to support planning and decision-making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and 4–5 years of experience in NPI materials planning or manufacturing supply chain.
• Experience with MRP/ERP, BOMs, inventory and material planning processes.
• Ability to independently develop and manage material plans and schedules.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience coordinating with suppliers, contract manufacturers, or internal teams.
• Proactive problem-solving with excellent analytical capabilities.
• Organizational discipline, documentation, and follow-through.

Responsibilities

• Lead project-management activities focused on material sourcing and readiness for new product development and introduction programs.
• Coordinate with Procurement, Materials Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, R&D, suppliers, and contract manufacturers for supplier-sourcing decisions, quotations, and schedules.
• Develop and maintain clear material plans, schedules, risk assessments, decisions, and action items across multiple concurrent NPI programs.
• Collaborate with Procurement to develop commodity-sourcing and contract-manufacturing strategies.
• Partner with global teams to align material-delivery commitments with prototype builds and production schedules.
• Participate in cross-functional product development to resolve constraints and improve time-to-market.
• Lead or contribute to end-to-end supply-chain solutions spanning planning, materials, information and financial flows, manufacturing, and logistics.
• Work with IT and other partners to address new-product requirements and production transition needs.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Analytical thinking

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain management or related field

Job description

Keysight Technologies seeks a skilled materials planning professional to guide NPI programs from prototype to production. You will coordinate with procurement, engineering, and manufacturing to ensure schedules stay on track and material readiness is achieved.

The role emphasizes managing multiple concurrent projects, solving complex supply-chain challenges, and using data-driven tools to support planning and decision-making.