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Materials Program Manager
| Company | RADAR |
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| Location | San Diego, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $83000 – $135000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- BA/BS degree, preferably in a technical field
- 5+ years experience involving supply chain in hardware engineering development and production environments
- Experience working in an NPI / engineering environment, interacting with engineers, familiarity with MRP systems and product data management (PDM) systems and methodologies
- Experience managing multiple & competing priorities simultaneously
- Polished communication skills
- Advanced planning & modeling skills involving both concepts and tools (spreadsheets, Gantt charts, etc)
- Demonstrable attention to detail
- Superior interpersonal skills with ability to work across all levels of a startup organization
- Ability to chart a course with minimal supervision and direction, understand what questions to ask, anticipate roadblocks ahead and navigate around them.
Responsibilities
- Create, drive, and report on materials plans including readiness, availability, and visibility to support new product introduction (NPI) engineering builds both in-house and at contract manufacturers (CM’s)
- Engage with component vendors for part procurement, including lead times & schedules, logistics, pricing, documentation (FAI, environmental, etc)
- Architect and monitor CTB (clear to build) templates for pcba (printed circuit board assembly) and final assembly product levels
- Engage with CM’s using CTB
- Optimize the supply chain map between Radar, our CM/EMS partners, key component vendors, RADAR’s installation / service contractor
- Identify and track supply chain risks, develop risk mitigation plans, report status vs. plan
- Participate in configuration management and build matrices development as part of NPI engineering prototype build planning
- Work with engineering on BOM’s, ECO’s, change implementation planning & execution
- Propose & support NPI materials planning way of working & continuous process improvements
- Manage excess and obsolete (“E&O”) materials inventories in house and with our supply chain partners
- Support day-to-day materials incoming and outgoing transactions for the hardware operations group
Preferred Qualifications
No preferred qualifications provided.
