NPI Buyer
- Manage supply chain activities in coordination with Engineering team to acquire material, tooling, and consumables in a cost-effective and timely manner for development, prototype, and early production requirements
- Manage the interface between Engineering and production ramp-up
- Manage project transition from development to production and lead material hand-off to Operations Buyers
- Coordinate ECO activities with suppliers on behalf of Engineering
- Provide quick turn around on material pricing and lead times for new opportunity quotes
- Work closely with NPI production team
- Demonstrate sense of urgency for short NPI turnaround
- Source new material requirements with approved suppliers where possible, and identify new suppliers as needed to support new design material requirements; establish preferred suppliers for non-inventory categories.
- Review and act upon material requirements by negotiating pricing and delivery while ensuring a positive supplier relationship with the supply base
- Award and maintain purchase orders for NPI, direct, and, indirect spend
- Track POs through time to delivery to close out order
- Contact suppliers to resolve price, quality, delivery, or invoice issues
- Ensure compliance with all company policies, procedures, and government regulations
- Negotiate basic contracts to improve prices and terms of business. Understand shipping terms, and terms involving liability, indemnification, intellectual property, and export compliance
- Hold suppliers to on-time delivery, proactively identify delivery problems ahead of time and find solutions to delivery issues
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, or related field
- Minimum of 2-5 years purchasing experience in the electronics manufacturing industry, preferably in NPI
- Excellent to expert proficiency in Excel to develop effective functionality including tracking / forecasting / reporting responsibilities
- Creative problem solving and ability to communicate and build relationships both internally and externally
- Very good proficiency in Gmail and Chrome
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills
- An in depth understanding of product costing attributes (total cost solution)
- The ability to work well under pressure.
- Ability to pull and read part specifications and engineering drawings for build-to-print parts
- Experience in buying tooled parts including packaging and in organizing and tracking logistics (buy-track-trace) for small and large parts
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