Buyer (New Product Development)

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Title - NPD Sourcing Engineer (new product development) Location - Columbus, Ohio (onsite only) Experience - 5 to 7 years

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• Mandatory Skills:

• Must have 5-7 years of experience related to the sourcing & supply chain management and should have worked as an NPD sourcing engineer for a global company.

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as Part Prints, Bills of Material, Manufacturing Routings, and Job Order forms.

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, analysis, and problem-solving skills.

• Strong computer proficiency with desired experience using Microsoft Office Suite and ERP System (Oracle based ERP system is preferable but not mandatory)

• Ability to prioritize work and adapt work schedule to meet deadlines.

• Previous procurement and sourcing experience in an ISO-9001 or equivalent QMS “Quality Management System”.

• Should have understanding about New Product Development Projects & should have experience working with cross functional team.

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, or technical degree. Other degrees considered with prior related experience.

Responsibilities:

• Work with cross functional team to support New Product Development projects.

• Arrange and coordinate to create POs and agreements for prototype parts and materials in accordance with established company policies and procedures.

• Prepare and Manage RFx “Requests for Quotation, Information, or Proposals “of local & import sourcing requirements.

• Identify new and alternate sources of prototype parts as per project requirements.

• Manage NPD inventories to meet project budgets and schedules.

• Participate in project management meetings, gaining a better understanding of the immediate priorities for ongoing NPD projects.

• Manage communication between industrialisation team and manufacturing plants to ensure parts requirements are known, critical to quality criteria (CTQs) are identified and communicated, material is available when needed.

• Work closely with project management to ensure material expenses are aligned with the project budget.

• Work with Supply Chain and internal machine shop/in-house source to evaluate and select the optimal source for prototype parts based on cost, quality, and schedule.

• Work with suppliers and internal machine shop/in house source to ensure on-time delivery of prototype parts.

• Develop methods to evaluate supply sources of prototype parts for on-time delivery and quality performance.

• Communicate forecasts and material requirements with supplier or internal prototype source as per NPD projects timeline.

• Responsible to deliver all critical supplier on-boarding requirements (e.g. NDA to protect all intellectual property, tax documentation, vendor-master data collections of banking accounts, terms, and contact information).

• Other NPD sourcing related tasks assigned as a valued member of the organisation.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $70,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Referral program
• Relocation assistance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Procurement: 1 year (Preferred)
• Purchasing: 1 year (Preferred)
• Oracle: 1 year (Preferred)
• Supply chain management: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: On the road