Facebook App Looking For NPI Materials Manager at Remote Full Time

The NPI Materials Manager is responsible for overseeing the supply chain readiness, execution, and delivery of all NPI xVT builds to support hardware products for Facebook Data Centers. This function requires strong understanding of NPI product release process, principles and practices of purchasing, supplier management, materials requirements planning, and the ability to work under minimum supervision. In this role, the candidate will partner closely with Sourcing Managers, Manufacturing Quality Engineers, Technical Program Managers, and Hardware Engineering product teams to align commodity and sourcing strategies with product requirements, support TCO analysis, initiate tasks for purchase request, interface with suppliers on build and ship plans, draft statements of work and support BOM accuracy activities, amongst other responsibilities as outlined.

Act as the primary liaison between ODM and Facebook teams monitoring, managing and driving the ODM to assure build goals/schedule is being met

Work cross-functionally to develop and manage product BOM and cost

Alignment of NPI BOM’s to AVL and commodity technologies

Complete TCO analysis to ensure project cost are meeting or beating cost objectives

Communicate forecast and verify fulfillment from a materials perspective

Propose and execute solutions to eliminate shortages impacting build and ship schedules

Interactions involve strategic and tactical procurement activities in a global environment

Assess and mitigate BOM risk across the supply chain

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or supply chain or 4+ equivalent years of experience

4+ years of supply chain/materials experience in NPI environment

Proven knowledge of EMS/ODM/JDM/OEM business models, consignment & turnkey materials management, cost modeling, supply chain design, and reverse logistics

Demonstrated experience driving a plan to bring resolution to differing opinions, reaching out across functional boundaries to drive collaboration and sharing credit in a team environment

Experience using Agile BOM management tools

Experience working with Asia based suppliers

Experience and knowledge with hardware design

Experience in activities around RFQ package creation, source selection, specification creation, cost analysis, and price negotiation with appropriate team members

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