Job Title: NPI Materials Program Manager
Location: Cupertino,CA / Austin TX (Hybrid-3 days Onsite) 
Duration: 5+ Months

Job Summary
Great ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. 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.
 
Job 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. 

   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.

Preferred:

• 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.

 

 


At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $78.00/hr.