Materials Manager, NPI Product Operations
Materials Manager, NPI Product Operations
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22-08-2025
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Job Description
The NPI Materials Manager is responsible for all activities related to material fulfillment for NPI builds from forecasts to delivery to E&O (Excess & Obsolescence) including day-to-day communication and management of the OEM partner globally. This person has a business orientation and is responsible for working within the local and remote Operations team driving order fulfillment. This role is the single threaded owner of the NPI Clear to Build (CTB).
In this role you will:
- Act as the primary liaison between OEM and team in Sunnyvale monitoring managing and driving the OEM to assure NPI materials goals / schedule is being met
- Communicate forecast and verify fulfillment from a materials perspective
- Drive solutions to reduce and eliminate any shortages preventing meeting order schedule including assisting in sourcing materials as required
- Schedule and host meetings with suppliers in US and/or globally as required reducing and eliminating shortages
- Review and verify any E&O (Excess & Obsolescence) generated from NPI builds and drive solutions to minimize E&O amount.
- Be responsible for report generation and distribution
- Represent the materials organization in internal Lab126 program meetings
- Some travel may be required especially around xVT builds
3 years of program or project management experience
3 years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience
3 years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
2 years of supply chain experience
Bachelors degree
Knowledge of Excel at an intermediate level (e.g. pivot tables & charts multiple criteria lookups nested logical/IF formulas data cleansing array formulas etc.)
Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements
Experience with material control (MC) procurement/buying or supply chain function within CM (Contract Manufacturer)
3 years of driving end to end delivery and communicating results to senior leadership experience
3 years of driving process improvements experience
Experience in stakeholder management dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
Experience building processes project management and schedules
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
In this role you will:
- Act as the primary liaison between OEM and team in Sunnyvale monitoring managing and driving the OEM to assure NPI materials goals / schedule is being met
- Communicate forecast and verify fulfillment from a materials perspective
- Drive solutions to reduce and eliminate any shortages preventing meeting order schedule including assisting in sourcing materials as required
- Schedule and host meetings with suppliers in US and/or globally as required reducing and eliminating shortages
- Review and verify any E&O (Excess & Obsolescence) generated from NPI builds and drive solutions to minimize E&O amount.
- Be responsible for report generation and distribution
- Represent the materials organization in internal Lab126 program meetings
- Some travel may be required especially around xVT builds
3 years of program or project management experience
3 years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience
3 years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
2 years of supply chain experience
Bachelors degree
Knowledge of Excel at an intermediate level (e.g. pivot tables & charts multiple criteria lookups nested logical/IF formulas data cleansing array formulas etc.)
Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements
Experience with material control (MC) procurement/buying or supply chain function within CM (Contract Manufacturer)
3 years of driving end to end delivery and communicating results to senior leadership experience
3 years of driving process improvements experience
Experience in stakeholder management dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
Experience building processes project management and schedules
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
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