NPI Supply Chain Planner / Program Manager

Lumentum
Ottawa
CAD 100,000 - 125,000
Job description

Canada - Ottawa (Bill Leathem)

Time Type: Full time

Posted on: Posted 8 Days Ago

Job Requisition ID: 20241036

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

Lumentum Canada was awarded the 2022 National Capital Region’s Top Employers for the 6th consecutive year and the 2022 Career Directory Canada’s Best Employers for Recent Graduates for the 5th consecutive year.

The NPI Supply Chain Planner / Program Manager reports into the global supply chain organization, working closely with the NPI Engineering Team within the business unit and extended Supply Chain Team to define and lead the establishment of sourcing strategies and material costing for new products. The NPI Supply Chain Planner/PM has the overall responsibility to establish a robust supply chain and lead / oversee the execution of material readiness in support of NPI builds and mass production ramp plans, before handing off to sustaining.

JOB DUTIES/ RESPONSIBILITIES:

Project Management and Cross Functional Coordination, including KPIs and Hoshin

  • Lead NPI supply chain program planning and execution of deliverables for a given product, technology development and/or key component. This includes project planning, schedule / status updates, ensuring required deliverables are completed on time, proactively identifying risks and mitigation plans, and managing issues to resolution.
  • Lead cross-functional teams to ensure the component sourcing is aligned to the sourcing plan for the product and ultimately the internal global commodity strategy. Where new suppliers are identified; lead activities to onboard them, which includes alignment with the global commodity strategy team.
  • Coordination and ongoing alignment of supply vs demand with suppliers, contract manufacturers and internal manufacturing sites
  • Lead dashboard and metric updates
  • Project planning and coordination of internal non-product initiatives

Sourcing Strategy and Supply Chain Risk Mitigation

  • Overall lead to develop the sourcing strategy for a given product, technology development and/or key component
  • Lead multi and non-geopolitical sourcing strategies, to mitigate supply risk
  • Identify and lead supply chain risk mitigation activities, such as contract establishment, safety stock plans…etc.
  • Ensure sourcing strategies meet or exceed expectations (quality, delivery, cost) and are aligned with the Business Unit (PLMs, Eng. PMs), Commodity Managers, Quality and Engineering.
  • Coordinate supplier onboarding
  • Contribute to Speed Design Reviews (SDRs) as they relate to the sourcing strategy

Material Cost Establishment and Management, DfM and DfC

  • Develop and maintain material cost roadmaps for given product, technology development and/or key component
  • Component and BOM analysis to identify cost avoidance and reduction opportunities through the development process. This can include but is not limited to; supplier negotiation, setting proper allocations and MOQs, recommending component selection or design changes.
  • Contribute to Speed Design Reviews (SDRs) as they relate to the material cost
  • Facilitate early engagement between suppliers and the Lumentum Engineering to drive manufacturability, repeatability, cost, and lead time improvements.

Item Setup, Procurement and Logistics

  • Coordinate the execution or part setup in the ERP system (warehouse assignments, item pricing)
  • Ensure materials are ordered (create PRs) in support of the build plan(s)
  • Monitoring purchase orders, communicate with suppliers and escalate as necessary
  • Manage NPI material flow and transactions between sites / warehouse locations and CMs

Material Planning and Change Management

  • Align material drive to NPI build and production ramp plans
  • Development and manage risk buys and material ramp plans internally and with CMs
  • Manage the material impact and disposition resulting from revision, AML and BOM updates
  • Support split or qual matrix build plans

Build Planning and Scheduling

  • Manage supply vs demand while understanding capacity constraints and take appropriate action
  • Planning and scheduling of customer orders through the NPI phase

Production Transfer

  • Ensure material drive supports the product ramp, enabling smooth transition to the production demand management team
  • Identify and support the disposition of any NPI material / E&O

KEY RELATIONSHIPS:

  • Global NPI Supply Chain Planners, Program Managers and Buyers
  • Product Line Managers, Engineering, Engineering Program Managers and Commodity Managers
  • Supplier Quality Engineers (SQEs)
  • Suppliers and Contract Manufacturers
  • Lumentum manufacturing site NPI Program Managers, Planners and Buyers

QUALIFICATIONS/ EDUCATION/ SKILLS:

  • Technical diploma or degree in Electronics, Optics and/or Mechanical Engineering
  • 5 years relevant work experience
  • Post-secondary education in Supply Chain Management or equivalent
  • Intermediate MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint user
  • Good written and verbal communication skills
  • Analytical and good problem-solving abilities
  • Detail oriented, organized
  • Self-motivated, goal oriented
  • Team player

PREFERENCES:

  • Direct work experience in New Product Introduction (NPI) / product development
  • Experience with electronics, sheet metal, machined / casted, injection molded and optical component commodities
  • ERP / MRP experience, preferably Oracle
  • PLM experience, preferably Agile or Teamcenter
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