New Product Development Sourcing Lead

JOB SUMMARY:

Responsible for planning, organizing, and coordinating all purchasing activities relating to Product Engineering (PE) requirements. This is a multi-project based role supporting specific teams while incorporating sourcing standards set by Global Sourcing and overall company-wide business objectives.

ESSENTIAL/PRIMARY DUTIES:

• Influences PE projects using concurrent engineering principles to leverage the supply base's resources and proposing alternatives to product architecture and processes in order to achieve the best quality, lead times and cost.
• Identifies, evaluates, and negotiates with suppliers that offer a competitive advantage to the organization. Leads all quoting, new product development contractual negotiations, and award of business for sourcing that meets company requirements for PE projects while executing commodity sourcing strategies.
• Manages the organization's RFP process and evaluates potential suppliers to ensure that cost, quality, inventory levels, and supply chain operations meet organizational needs.
• Drives cost reduction/improvement/avoidance/control throughout PE projects to facilitate the company's competitive position, while ensuring that all purchasing activities comply with applicable regulations and guidelines.
• Initiates and leads design for manufacturability (DFM) reviews in partnership with Quality and Product Engineering.
• Responsible for supplier risk assessment and mitigation through start of project to transition to production.
• Coordinates successful completion of supplier evaluation, selection, and approval process, while assuring that suppliers adhere to process, scope and timing of projects.
• Manages product launch ramp-up and