Sr. NPI Supply Chain Program Manager

Role overview

Program coordination and sourcing

• Plans deliverables, schedules, status updates, risks, and issue resolution across NPI programs.
• Leads cross-functional sourcing, supplier onboarding, and alignment with global commodity strategy.
• Coordinates supply and demand with suppliers, contract manufacturers, and internal manufacturing sites; maintains dashboards and metrics.
• Develops sourcing strategies, including multi-source and non-geopolitical approaches, and leads supply-risk mitigation.
• Aligns sourcing with quality, delivery, and cost expectations and contributes to sourcing reviews.
• Develops material cost roadmaps and analyzes components and bills of materials for cost opportunities.
• Engages suppliers early to improve manufacturability, repeatability, cost, and lead times.

Planning, procurement, and production transfer

• Coordinates ERP item setup, purchase requisitions, purchase orders, supplier communication, and NPI material movement between sites, warehouses, and contract manufacturers.
• Aligns material plans to NPI builds and production ramps; manages risk buys, material changes, and split or qualification-matrix build plans.
• Balances supply and demand against capacity and schedules customer orders through NPI.
• Supports transition to production demand management and disposition of NPI excess or obsolete material.

Required qualifications

• At least 7 years of relevant work experience.
• Technical diploma or degree in Electronics, Optics, and/or Mechanical Engineering.
• Post-secondary education in Supply Chain Management or equivalent.
• Intermediate MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills.
• Good written and verbal communication, analytical and problem-solving ability, attention to detail, organization, self-motivation, goal orientation, and teamwork.

Preferred experience

• NPI or product development experience is preferred.
• Semiconductor experience, including wafer fabrication or back-end assembly, is preferred.
• Experience with electronics, sheet metal, machined or cast parts, injection-molded parts, or optical components is preferred.
• ERP/MRP experience, preferably Oracle, and PLM experience are preferred.

Compensation

• Salary range is CAD 109,750–156,750; final compensation depends on experience, skills, and qualifications.
• Total rewards may include an annual bonus, equity, and health and welfare benefits.