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Acting as the primary procurement program interface for Engineering, Program Management, Operations, Quality, Category Management, and Suppliers, this role establishes the procurement plan, aligns cross-functional actions, and ensures supplier readiness, cost competitiveness, component availability, and risk mitigation from concept through production launch.\nThis role is embedded within cross-functional product development teams and is accountable for procurement program governance, sourcing strategy execution, supplier selection, commercial readiness, launch execution, and transition to sustaining procurement. The NPI Procurement Program Manager drives decisions, milestone discipline, and issue resolution across multiple workstreams to accelerate time-to-market while achieving quality, cost, delivery, working capital, and sustainability objectives.\nKey Responsibilities\nNew Product Program Leadership\nServe as the lead Procurement representative and single point of accountability on assigned NPI program teams.\nDevelop and manage the integrated procurement program plan from concept through production launch and stabilization.\nOwn procurement deliverables, decisions, and approvals through all stage-gate milestones.\nAlign sourcing, tooling, qualification, capacity, and material-readiness timelines with engineering builds and launch schedules.\nLead procurement coordination for Engineering Change Notices (ECNs), design revisions, and commercial impacts throughout development.\nStrategic Sourcing\nLead cross-functional supplier identification, evaluation, selection, and nomination for new product components and assemblies.\nEstablish and drive RFQ/RFP strategies and timelines for prototype, pilot, and production requirements.\nLead quotation analysis, cost challenge, and negotiation of commercial terms, capacity commitments, tooling, lead times, and launch support.\nDevelop and present sourcing recommendations and decision packages based on total cost, quality, risk, capacity, technology, and program requirements.\nPartner with Category Managers to align NPI decisions with category strategies, preferred supplier plans, and long-term commercial objectives.\nSupplier Readiness & Launch Management\nOwn the consolidated supplier-readiness assessment, including manufacturing capability, capacity, materials, tooling, quality, and sub-tier risk.\nCoordinate supplier APQP and launch activities with Supplier Development, Supplier Quality, Engineering, Operations, and Planning.\nMaintain the procurement launch plan and milestone tracker for tooling, PPAP, first article inspection, qualification, capacity, and material availability.\nLead recurring supplier-readiness and procurement program reviews; escalate risks with clear owners, recovery actions, and decision dates.\nEnsure suppliers and sub-tier suppliers can support prototype, pilot, ramp, and full-rate production volumes.\nCost Management\nEstablish program cost baselines, target-cost plans, and should-cost analyses in partnership with Category Management, Engineering, and Finance.\nLead procurement participation in value engineering (VE) and value analysis (VA) initiatives.\nBuild and manage the program cost roadmap, identifying design-to-value and commercial opportunities early in development.\nOwn program BOM cost tracking, forecast-at-completion, and variance recovery against approved targets.\nProvide procurement inputs, assumptions, risks, and opportunities for business cases and program financial reviews.\nRisk Management\nEstablish and maintain the procurement program risk register covering new technologies, capacity constraints, sole-source suppliers, sub-tier dependencies, long lead times, and geopolitical factors.\nDrive time-bound mitigation and recovery plans for launch-critical components, with accountable owners and executive escalation where required.\nGovern long lead-time material, advanced commitment, and tooling decisions to protect launch timing and control exposure.\nDrive dual-source, localization, capacity reservation, or inventory strategies where justified by program risk.\nProvide concise executive reporting on supply continuity, cost, readiness, and decisions required from procurement and business leadership.\nCross-Functional Collaboration\nPartner closely with:\nEngineering\nProduct Management\nProgram Management\nManufacturing Operations\nQuality\nSupplier Quality Engineering\nPlanning & Logistics\nCategory Management\nFinance\nKey Deliverables\nThe NPI Procurement Program Manager is accountable for:\nIntegrated procurement program plans for all assigned programs\nSupplier nomination recommendations and approval packages\nRFQ strategy, completion, analysis, and decision timing\nProgram BOM cost baseline, forecast, and recovery roadmap\nSupplier launch-readiness governance and executive reporting\nCapacity validation, risk register, and mitigation plans\nTooling, APQP, PPAP, and qualification milestone control\nOn-time procurement stage-gate approvals and deliverables\nNPI value engineering, savings, and cost-optimization pipeline\nQualifications\nEducation\nBachelor's Degree in:\nSupply Chain Management\nBusiness\nEngineering\nOperations Management\nRelated discipline\nExperience\n7+ years of progressive experience in procurement, sourcing, commodity management, supply chain, engineering, or program management.\nDemonstrated experience leading procurement workstreams for product launches or complex new product development programs.\nExperience leading cross-functional teams and working with suppliers in technical or manufacturing environments.\nExperience in HVAC, industrial equipment, automotive, electronics, aerospace, or other complex manufacturing environments preferred. 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