Sourcing NPD Program Manager: Lead NPI & Production

Veeco Instruments Inc.; New Jersey; On-site; USD 125,000 - 183,000; Full time

Job summary

Veeco Instruments Inc. is seeking a Sourcing Program Manager to lead sourcing for complex product-development and manufacturing programs from design through production readiness.

This role connects Engineering, Operations, Quality, Category Management, and suppliers to translate requirements into actionable sourcing plans, improving cost, manufacturability, and supply continuity. The advanced contributor will coordinate cross-functional stakeholders, evaluate tradeoffs, resolve program-level

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Operations, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
• Minimum of 8 years of progressively responsible experience in sourcing, supply chain, procurement, program management, operations, supplier management, or a related function within a complex product development or manufacturing environment; 6 years of relevant experience with a master's degree in a related field.
• Experience supporting NPI, product development, production launch, or manufacturing scale-up for highly engineered products.
• Experience within semiconductor capital equipment, aerospace, industrial technology, or another complex equipment environment.
• Experience working across global supply chains and supplier networks.
• Project-management certification, Master’s degree, or MBA.

Responsibilities

• Lead sourcing activities across the product lifecycle, from concept and design development through NPI, production launch, and scale-up.
• Develop integrated sourcing plans, milestones, and deliverables aligned with program schedules, technical requirements, and business objectives.
• Use program data, supplier input, and business judgment to identify priorities, select appropriate sourcing approaches, and keep execution on track.
• Partner with Engineering to translate product requirements, bills of material, technology roadmaps, and design changes into sourcing and supplier actions.
• Influence early design decisions to improve cost, manufacturability, component availability, lead time, and supply resilience.
• Coordinate sourcing input for design reviews, make-or-buy evaluations, change control, and production-readiness decisions.
• Coordinate sourcing execution across Engineering, Operations, Quality, Planning, Category Management, and other program stakeholders.
• Facilitate decisions involving cost, schedule, quality, technical performance, capacity, and risk, including situations with incomplete or changing information.
• Drive accountability for sourcing actions, dependencies, issue resolution, and escalation across assigned programs.
• Partner with Category Managers to execute supplier strategies that support product and program requirements.
• Lead supplier evaluation, selection, qualification, commercial alignment, and readiness activities for assigned programs.
• Monitor supplier performance against cost, quality, capacity, technical, and schedule expectations and coordinate corrective actions when needed.

Skills

Sourcing knowledge

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical skills

Excel/PowerPoint

Data-analysis tools

Education

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

Master's degree in related field

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

ERP

Data-analysis tools

Sourcing tools

Job description

Veeco Instruments Inc. is seeking a Sourcing Program Manager to lead sourcing for complex product-development and manufacturing programs from design through production readiness.

This role connects Engineering, Operations, Quality, Category Management, and suppliers to translate requirements into actionable sourcing plans, improving cost, manufacturability, and supply continuity. The advanced contributor will coordinate cross-functional stakeholders, evaluate tradeoffs, resolve program-level