The Senior Materials Program Manager (MPM) is responsible for the management and delivery of the product financial health for highly integrated consumer product. This person has a business orientation and is responsible for working within the local and remote operations, engineering and other cross-functional teams driving development, implementation and management of the product budget and ensuring diversified continuity of supply. This person is the business voice responsible for capturing, documenting and communicating financial exposures and outlay as it relates to their product. They are involved from product concept through its mass production to ensure the achievement of all financial targets. They will support regular business and executive reviews outlining performance and status.
Key job responsibilities
In this role, you will:
• Work with engineering and the supply chain team to set program cost targets at a commodity level for your project.
• Track the program actual costs versus target to identify program deltas and corrective actions to bring back on track.
• Attend program new product introduction meetings to understand the cost implication of engineering and/or process changes as related to your product fully loaded cost targets.
• Work with the OEM to set your product purchase order cost for the upcoming period.
• Manage purchase price variance claims resulting from engineering changes, component obsolescence or forecast variance.
• Drive the supply chain and operations team to provide detailed cost reduction forecast that enable you to meet and exceed your product goals.
• Host executive management cost reviews that deep dive through every aspect of your product cost.
• Finalize the optimum supply chain and sourcing plan for your product and drive the cross-functional team to ensure its implementation.
A day in the life
A day in the life of a MPM is different every day depending on the stage of the Program Development Cycle but one thing is certain, at any stage the MPM will be looking to solve problems or developing new ways to do things better. At concept stage the MPM is collaborating with the product manager, engineering and GCM teams to identify cost and performance trade-offs, costing design alternatives and establishing product cost targets and guardrails. During development cycle is working with the multi-functional team to identify cost opportunities and risks, establishing supplier strategy and planning ahead to mitigate cost and supply risks to launch. During mass production cycle continues seeking opportunities to reduce cost and maintain continuity of supply.
About the team
We are Ring. We believe distance shouldn’t separate us from what we care about. That’s why we are on a mission to keep people close to what’s important. As a company, we’re focused on helping our customers connect with the places, people, and things that matter most to them. Here, you’ll will be part of a fast-paced team that is passionate about delivering innovative solutions to complex problems.
Basic Qualifications
• 8+ years of experience in program or project management in the business procurement organization of a consumer market segment company.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering or a Supply Chain/Operations discipline.
• Experience in procurement practices working with engineering, supply chain and Tier 1 OEM partners.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills, both in verbal and written English.
• Solid experience using Excel to gather and analyze data.
Preferred Qualifications
• Master’s degree preferred.• Working knowledge of mobile technologies, products and tools.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and maximize internal resources.
• Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations.
• Proven track record of inbound supply chain optimization resulting in cost reduction.
• Successful negotiation experience.
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