The Talent People x JSIT-PE

The Talent People is proud to partner with JSIT-PE, a government initiative aimed at strengthening Singapore’s Precision Engineering sector by addressing manpower challenges and fostering industry growth.

By applying for our job opportunities, you’re joining a strategic effort to enhance Singapore’s Precision Engineering landscape.

Job Description

The Materials Program Manager will work with various functions and departments to drive material flow and ensure visibility of current & future material issues. It will be the core member to supporting materials strategy.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Overseeing the operation of the programs and leading a team
• Develop and implement strategic goals and objectives
• Identify opportunities to improve the overall material processes and ensure alignment with organization’s mission and values
• Identify and manage risks that may impact the programs and organization
• Make important decisions that impact the direction and operation of the programs / organization
• Analyze data and make informed decisions based on that analysis
• Point of escalation to internal and customers
• Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders
• Responsible for program’s inventory goal and collaborate with GSS team for timely MRP execution to minimize liability exposure
• Work with Planner to ensure visibility of current & future material issues
• Work with Production Managers to understand Critical Production schedules
• Coordinates demand signals through MRP to minimize inventory exposure.
• Participates in Materials Core Team and coordinates product development process deliverables with team members (buyers, planners, production control).
• Supports the creation, releases, and updates to new project materials strategy.
• Works with engineering to identify preliminary critical parts, long-lead parts and inspection requirements. Assists in developing supplier and commodity road maps to engineering.
• Material risk BOM analysis at project level :
  • Design the inventory programs: VMI, JIT, discrete orders, etc. – driving lead-time reduction
  • Recommend risk buy or consignment

(This relates to impact inventory liability, inventory turns, cash flow relief, etc. – due to upsides, downside, slow down of businesses more effectively)

• Burst demand request by customers – assess entire BOM materials lead-times, chronic suppliers, customer managed allocations , etc., then present from materials perspective how to support burst demand plan to support operations
• Work closely with Supply Chain Program managers for localization or regionalization of OEM & BTP parts
• Work with SCM on long term supply chain mitigation plan via localization or alternate sourcing to ease the supply chain for the Program/Tool.
• Leads project team that may include different functions and departments to solve supplier long-term issues and improve supplier performance. Provides inputs to engineering and SCM in supplier selection and assessment.
• Analyze system need dates, supplier commitments and current production status to identify critical material issues
• Escalate critical material shortages immediately upon identification and own the efforts to resolve and continue to escalate
• Lead clear to build (CTB) for pre-production build phases
• Propose optimized supply planning to ensure on-time build schedule. Drive closure of materials issues
• Collaborate with supply chain functions for support as needed
• Participates in commercialization (transition) materials plan. Participates in the material change control change process. Assists in supplier price and delivery negotiations; Complete supplier risk assessment on critical and unique parts. Monitor supplier performance (delivery, quality, cost).
• Develop and execute risk/opportunity plans to meet program objectives & proactively manage mitigation plans
• Track KPI’s and generate Reports, Metrics & Presentations
• Attend Customer and Supplier quarterly SBR and track closure of the open actions list
• Support planning & coordination of new Projects, New components and Engineering Changes and assess the impact to Production Schedules
• Consistently work on Demand & Supply to proactively identify gaps and work with planner buyers and Strategic procurement to eliminate the gaps
• Work with Engineering & Program Management to develop roadmaps for the phase-out of obsolete parts and phase-in of new product materials
• This position will support customers to act as the crucial link between customer and Materials Supply Chain.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrates expanded conceptual knowledge in own discipline and broadens capabilities
• Strategic thinking and communication skills.
• Collaboration and influencing skills demonstrated.
• Sense of urgency.
• Situational leadership.
• Leadership development, and coaching skills.

Job Requirement:

• Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain or Business

• At least 15 years of relevant experience in manufacturing industry
• Strong purchasing experience in commodity management and customer facing experience,
• Flexible to support work with US counterparts. Will have frequent communications with cross-functional teams in the US and Asia.
• Experience in the position of Materials Program Manager (MPM) and/or Procurement.
• Experience with product design engineering and commodity management or priorities for raw material or component selection.
• Experience integrating the delivery schedule of materials into product program milestones.
• Working knowledge of Materials Requirements Planning (preferred SAP) and Bill of Material Structure tools (preferred Agile)
• Experience with Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

The Talent People 24C2589