As an NPI Supply Chain and Sourcing Project Manager within SS&P (Strategic Sourcing & Procurement), you will make a real difference by driving the end-to-end introduction and industrialization of Company’s products from a Logistics, Cost, and Quality point-of-view, following Company’s Product Generation Process (PGP)

• To achieve this, you will be using your unique mix of technical, creative, and people skills to lead and coordinate natural teams both at Company and at suppliers

Define, secure and monitor the supply chain and sourcing NPI and industrialization deliverables in the Product Generation Process (PGP) to successfully deliver volume-worthy products, including alignment on the SS&P sector’s KD decisions and driving D&E (Development & Engineering) deliverables

• Identify and manage supply chain risks, acting as the voice of the suppliers within product teams
• Conduct assessments on material availability, including supplier move-rate capabilities and long-leadtime item
• Drive, monitor and report-out on Cost of Goods roadmap vs. target on Cluster in close collaboration with the SS&P clusters/commodities in Business Line and across SPFT’s/Supplier account teams
• Prepare yearly OPEX/CAPEX forecast and manage spend within budget for Supplier NRE (Non-recurring expenses) and tooling & packaging, including monitoring throughout the year
• Proactively solve QLTC (Quality, Logistics, Technology, Cost) in collaboration with internal (engineering and procurement/sourcing) and external stakeholders (suppliers) and organize periodic management reviews
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional team (engineering, factory, field, suppliers) representatives in product teams to ensure alignment and integration of KD deliverables, together with a team of PLM Product Coordinators
• Mobile resources if needed to fulfill the plans

Apply Early Supplier Involvement and Concurrent Engineering methodology to secure the required introduction timeline, including defining Complex Part List, and coordinating Make/Buy decisions and Supplier Selections w/ Engineering, the Supplier Account Teams (SATs), Strategic Product Family Teams (SPFTs)

• Identify bottle necks, prepare decisions and take actions towards engineering, suppliers, factories as well as the field to manage the critical path of new parts for time-to-market and ramp up
• First point of contact for supply chain operations aspects and related issues in the cross-sector project cluster team
• Report pro-actively on project status to relevant senior stakeholders, ensuring transparency and timely updates, including activities, milestones and resources
• Represent SS&P in the AIR (Company Issue Resolution) triage, managing AIR issues related to SS&P and End of Life/Supply
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within SS&P function to enhance efficiency and effectiveness

By fulfilling these responsibilities, you will play a crucial role in the successful industrialization and introduction of Company’s cutting-edge product, ensuring that they meet the highest standards of quality, cost efficiency and performance

• Technical or Supply Chain Bachelor's degree required
• Highly organized, capable to drive complex issues to simple and pragmatic solutions;
• Influencing without formal authority, sense for tactical and political relations on both strategic and operational level;
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships on different levels in the organization
• Able to show resilience in a high stress, high pressure environment (e.g. escalations)
• Conceptual and analytical thinker
• Pragmatic, hands on and result driven mindset
• Strong communication skills (listening, asking the right questions, constructive challenging), able to get buy-in and commitment from relevant stakeholders
• Excellent influencing skills, able to lead and coach team members
• Project management skills, able to translate requirements into a Product Masterplan
• Strong affinity with working in a technical environment
• Good business judgement and ability to organize and manage multiple concurrent projects and priorities
• Prioritize between key and side topics
• Ability to judge when support is necessary, and know how to involve the right stakeholders
• Action oriented self-starter who can drive strategy and be hands-on as situations deem appropriate
• Energized by fast paced environments
• Strong analytical, structure and organizational skills
• Stakeholder management: experience with dealing effectively with internal and external stakeholders both at operational and executive levels
• There is potential for exposure to strong magnetic fields, high voltage and currents

This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the United States Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. § 730, et seq.). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work Business demands may require Company to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology