New Product Introduction Program Manager
Role summary
This role is responsible for material planning, forecasting, and readiness to enable technology development, new product development, supply qualification, and factory readiness. The NPI Materials Program Manager will act as a primary interface between Engineering, Operations, Finance, Procurement, and Supplier/Manufacturing Partners. Key responsibilities include leading materials budget planning, spend management, clear-to-build (CTB) for pre-production phases, proposing optimized supply planning, driving closure of materials issues, managing source qualifications, and leading NPI materials process improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate is a natural leader, organized, detail-oriented, and a supply chain expert with strong program/project management skills, comfortable in ambiguous environments and adept at managing through relationships and influence.
Title: Program Manager III
Location - Austin TX
Duration - 6 months
Pay Range: $80-$85 per hour
Job Summary
A successful NPI Materials Program Manager is a natural leader and facilitator; is driven, organized, detail oriented and a supply chain expert; excels in program/project management; thrives in an ambiguous environment; is an innovator and strives for continuous improvement in all aspects of the role; manages through relationships and influence.
Description
This role is responsible for material planning, forecasting, and readiness to enable technology development, new product development, supply qualification and factory readiness. This role is a primary interface between Engineering, Operations, Finance, Procurement, and Supplier/Manufacturing Partner(s).
- Lead materials budget planning and spend management through partnering with Finance and Engineering
- Lead clear to build (CTB) for pre-production build phases
- Propose optimized supply planning to ensure on-time build schedule. Drive closure of materials issues
- Work closely with Engineering to manage multiple or alternate source qualifications through build management
- Lead NPI materials process improvement
- Lead daily or weekly supply planning meetings with Manufacturer Partners
Education
- BS/BA with 3 - 5 years or comparable professional experience
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Key Qualifications
- NPI (New Product Introduction) supply chain management experience
- Project/Program management skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Detailed oriented and excellent organizational skills
- Demonstrated ability/experience working in constantly changing environment
- Ability to multi-task and set priorities
- Proficiency in Excel
- Technical expertise and prior OEM management experience a plus
- Knowledge in Agile, SAP, Oracle, Numbers, Keynote, and Pages a plus
- PMP, APICS, CSCP or CPIM a plus
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