NPDI Sourcing Lead

Role Summary

The NPDI Sourcing Lead is the regional point of contact for Procurement on assigned New Product Development & Introduction (NPDI) projects. This role is responsible for establishing a resilient costeffective and scalable supply chain for new products by driving early supplier engagement sourcing strategy execution and procurement readiness throughout the NPDI phaseandgate process.

Key Responsibilities

NPDI Program Leadership and CrossFunctional Alignment

• Serve as the primary Procurement representative for assigned NPDI projects from early concept through production readiness.
• Ensure procurement deliverables are planned tracked and executed in alignment with NPDI phase and gate requirements.
• Represent Procurement at NPDI gate reviews providing clear visibility into sourcing maturity gaps and mitigations.
• Track and report key metrics such as cost lead time supplier performance and launch readiness.
• Partner closely with Engineering Program Management Commodity Management Quality and Operations teams to ensure sourcing strategies support overall project objectives.
• Act as the primary escalation point for procurementrelated risks impacting cost schedule or supply resilience.

Early Supplier Engagement and Sourcing Strategy

• Engage proactively with Engineering to understand component requirements early in the design process.
• Engage suppliers early to assess technical capability capacity cost drivers and leadtime expectations.
• Send early RFQs/RFPs ahead of design release and drive competitive bidding to achieve cost targets.
• Facilitate collaboration between Engineering and suppliers to improve design for manufacturability cost efficiency and supply flexibility.
• Establish strong supplier partnerships to drive innovation risk mitigation and continuous improvement.
• Ensure sourcing approaches align with established commodity strategies and preferred supplier frameworks.

Cost Risk and Supply Chain Readiness

• Support prototype pilot and pre-production builds ensuring on-time availability of materials and services.
• Ensure sourcing aligns with NPDI resilience expectations (multisource regional manufacturing avoidance of singlepoint failures).
• Use standardized BOM cost and risk tracking tools to maintain consistency and transparency.
• Promote reuse of existing qualified components and architectures where feasible to improve cost availability and timetomarket.
• Drive sourcing maturity and readiness prior to product release to minimize disruption during rampup and production.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Business Engineering or a related discipline.
• Strong background in Procurement Strategic Sourcing or Supply Chain with experience supporting new product or engineeringdriven programs.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a matrixed crossfunctional environment.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence across functions without direct authority.

Preferred

• Experience supporting global supply chains and multiple manufacturing regions.
• Familiarity with stagegate or structured product development processes.
• Experience working closely with Engineering teams during early product development.

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About Vertiv

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware software analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers vital applications to run continuously perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing todays data centers communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville Ohio USA Vertiv employs around 34000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit to learn more.

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