Staff NPI Program Manager - Supply Chain

ZT Systems; Secaucus (NJ); Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

401(k) retirement

Tuition reimbursement

Wellbeing resources

Paid time off

Job summary

ZT Systems is seeking a Staff NPI Program Manager to join our Secaucus, NJ HQ. You will lead operational activities for new product launches, coordinating with manufacturing, product development, and supply chain teams to meet customer requirements.

This role emphasizes planning, material readiness, and cross-functional execution to ensure timely prototype builds and scalable production. Responsibilities include managing schedules, BOMs, quotations, and ramp-up readiness while tracking issues to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience required (Master’s degree with 3+ years acceptable).
• Strong project management, planning and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication and customer relationship abilities.
• Demonstrated teamwork across manufacturing, development, supply chain, and logistics.
• Advanced analytical thinking and data manipulation skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience with ERP and PLM technologies.
• Experience with data visualization and cross-functional metrics.

Responsibilities

• Lead all operational activities for new product launches and execution to customer requirements.
• Own customer communications for NPI readiness and set expectations on schedule and deliverables.
• Lead cross-functional teams including manufacturing, product development, and logistics.
• Plan material readiness for prototype builds and validate incoming material quality.
• Track development build execution, manage issues to closure, ensure operational readiness.
• Manage quotations and purchase orders related to NPIs.
• Prepare ramp-up operations to ensure day-to-day product delivery.
• Create solutions to complex business and technical challenges.
• Monitor NPI inventory to mitigate aging and excess risk.
• Analyze processes and drive improvements with performance metrics.

Skills

Project management

Planning & organization

Accountability & communication

Customer relationship skills

Teamwork across organizations

Advanced analytical thinking

Data manipulation

MS Office proficiency

ERP/PLM experience

Data visualization tools

JIRA

Visio

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering / Technology Management / Business / Industrial Engineering / Supply Chain Management

Master’s degree (optional) in related field

Tools

JIRA

Visio

ERP systems

PLM software

Job description

## Staff NPI Program Manager - Supply ChainApply: Secaucus, NJ: Full time: Posted Yesterday: R-105243**About The Role**We are seeking a Staff NPI Program Manager who is a hands-on team player and self-motivated problem solver to join the ZT Sanmina team in our Secaucus, NJ HQ office.The primary responsibility is to lead all operational activities associated with new product launch and execution to Customer requirements. This includes driving product delivery schedules, bills of material, and governing production setup for scalability, supply chain, system build, test, and logistics readiness.**What You Will Do*** Work with internal cross-functional team members to establish program plans and mitigations to enable the execution of time-sensitive NPI programs.* Own customer communications for NPI program readiness. Work closely with the internal team and Customer to set proper expectations on product schedule and deliverables.* Lead in a highly cross-functional team environment involving manufacturing and product development teams, as well as supply chain specialists, manufacturing engineers, and logistics personnel.* Plan, schedule, and manage material readiness for delivering time-critical components to prototype builds during development, including tracking and engineering validation of the quality of any incoming material.* Drive, track, and report development build execution status, and manage issues to closure to ensure operational readiness of the product.* Manage product quotations and associated purchase orders.* Prior to mass production, and as part of ramp-up execution, ensure the production and planning teams are prepared to manage day-to-day delivery of the product to the customer.* Create solutions to solve complex business and technical solutions.* Track all NPI inventory to mitigate aging, and risk of excess.* Analyze business processes and formulate recommendations for improvement.* Measure business performance and drive corrective actions to ensure ZT meets or exceeds customer service requirements.**What You Bring*** Requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering, Technology Management, Business, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or related fields, plus 5 years of experience. Alternatively, Masters degree with 3 years of experience accepted.* Project Management Skills - Planning and Organization: establish tasks, determine resources, and plan actions.* Accountability and Communication: take ownership, share information, and communicate at a level of detail appropriate for the audience.* Customer Relationship skills* Teamwork: Works effectively across organizations to achieve company goals and objectives.* Advanced analytical thinking, technical analysis, and data manipulation skills.* Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications especially Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.* Experience with ERP and PLM technologies.* Experience in addressing complex or contentious issues, including but not limited to, variations or lack in process or locking in work scope definition.* Experience developing mature bills of material, including managing associated inventory levels & usage.* Experience with data visualization.* Experience with software skills in JIRA, or Visio, to support department metrics, mapping of processes, and smart cross-functional communication or workflow.ZT Systems, a Sanmina Company, assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package is created for all our employees. The typical base salary for this position is expected to be between $87,375 and $128,150 annually. If hired, the final base salary will be determined on an individual basis taking into consideration experience, skills, knowledge, education and/or certifications. Base salary is just one component of ZT Systems total rewards philosophy. We take pride in offering a wide range of benefits and perks that appeal to the variety of needs across our diverse employee base. Other rewards may include bonus, paid time off, 401(k) retirement savings plan, tuition reimbursement, wellbeing resources, and more. We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this opportunity but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.