Materials Manager, Echo NPI Product Operations
DESCRIPTION
The NPI Materials Manager is responsible for all activities related to material fulfillment for NPI builds, from forecasts to delivery to E&O (Excess & Obsolescence), including day-to-day communication and management of the OEM partner globally. This person has a business orientation and is responsible for working within the local and remote Operations team driving order fulfillment. This role is the single threaded owner of the NPI Clear to Build (CTB).
In this role, you will:
- Act as the primary liaison between OEM and team in Sunnyvale monitoring, managing and driving the OEM to assure NPI materials goals / schedule is being met
- Communicate forecast and verify fulfillment from a materials perspective
- Drive solutions to reduce and eliminate any shortages preventing meeting order schedule, including assisting in sourcing materials as required
- Schedule and host meetings with suppliers in US and/or globally as required reducing and eliminating shortages
- Review and verify any E&O (Excess & Obsolescence) generated from NPI builds and drive solutions to minimize E&O amount.
- Be responsible for report generation and distribution
- Represent the materials organization in internal Lab126 program meetings
- Some travel may be required, especially around xVT builds
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
3+ years of program or project management experience
3+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience
3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
2+ years of supply chain experience
Bachelor's degree
Knowledge of Excel at an intermediate level (e.g., pivot tables & charts, multiple criteria lookups, nested logical/IF formulas, data cleansing, array formulas, etc.)
Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements
Experience with material control (MC), procurement/buying, or supply chain function within CM (Contract Manufacturer)
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
3+ years of driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience
3+ years of driving process improvements experience
Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
Experience building processes, project management, and schedules