The Materials Program Manager (MPM) is responsible for the management and delivery of the product financial health for ground breaking, highly integrated consumer products at Lab126
Requirements
- Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
- Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations
- 3+ years of managing complex technology projects working directly with engineering teams
- 3+ years in supply chain and/or manufacturing of consumer products
- Product Data Management system experience
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills
Responsibilities
- Drive the engineering and supply chain teams to optimize BOM+MVA cost below target
- Negotiate component costs managed by the contract manufacturer
- Track the program actual costs versus target to identify program deltas and corrective actions to bring back on track
- Host monthly executive management cost reviews that deep dive through every aspect of your product cost
- Determine the Supplier Plan of Record to ensure the optimal mix of suppliers, balancing cost, quality, and supply continuity
- Manage device-level component qualification, working with engineering, product integrity, quality, and regulatory teams to ensure components are fully qualified before mass production and approve purchases
- Perform competitive cost analysis
Other
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- 3+ years of business agreements development, negotiation and execution experience
- Excellent analytical and communication skills
- Meticulous attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
- Ability to influence others and facilitate agreement among stakeholders with different interests
