Job Description

DESCRIPTION The Materials Program Manager (MPM), as a core member of the program team, MPM owns program managing all aspects of materials impacting the supply chain and financial health of the product from concept through EOL (end of life). This person has a business orientation and is responsible for working within the local and remote operations, engineering and software teams driving development, implementation and management of the product budget. This person is the business voice responsible for capturing, documenting and communicating financial exposures and outlay as it relates to their product. They are involved throughout all stages of the product family's lifecycle to ensure the product achieve all financial targets through end-of-life. • Work cross-functionally to set program cost targets at a commodity level for the project. • Track the program actual costs versus target to identify program deltas and corrective actions to bring the cost back on track. • Attend program meetings to understand the cost implication of engineering and/or process changes as related to the product • Work with CM/OEM to set your product purchase order cost for the upcoming period. • Manage purchase price variance claims resulting from engineering changes, component obsolescence or forecast variance. • Drive the cross-functional team to provide detailed cost reduction forecast that enable to meet/exceed product goals. • Host executive management cost reviews that deep dive through every aspect of your product cost. • Lead, document and track Supply Plan of Record (SPOR) strategy • Identify, mitigate and monitor any risks associated with material supply, product cost, tooling budget and schedule Key job responsibilities The MPM is the Single-Threaded Owner (STO) to: - report the product cost status, risks, and opportunities in executive reviews; - work with engineering, operations, and commodity managers to set program cost targets and challenge cost increases, especially where not consistent with approved program design and feature goals; - join pre-concept product teams to understand new-product design cost/feature targets, lead product costing exercises, and identify cost/feature tradeoff choices to support the program goals; - be knowledgeable of market trends in cost, supply, and market risks, and work with global commodity managers to consider alternate vendor selection and technologies. A day in the life A day in the life of an MPM is different every day depending on the stage of the Program Development Cycle but one thing is certain, at any stage the MPM will be solving problems or developing new ways to do things. - At pre-concept, the MPM is key to the approval of new concept products. The MPM works with the product manager, engineering, and GCMs to identify cost and performance trade-offs, costing design alternatives, and establishing product cost targets and guardrails. - During development, the MPM identifies cost opportunities and risks, establishes supplier strategy, and identifies & mitigates cost and supply risks. - Any given day, the MPM will be looking at design alternatives for a new concept, or in an executive program review to lead the discussion of market cost trends or cost risks & opportunities for a given product. About the team The MPM role reports into Product Operations Organization. A program focused organization responsible for coordinating program specific activities related to cost, supply chain and manufacturing across different functional areas with the objective of creating products that help make neighborhoods safer. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS · Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline · 5+ years’ experience in the business procurement organization of a consumer market segment company · Experience in procurement practices working with engineering, supply chain and Tier 1 OEM partners. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS · Master’s degree preferred. · Working knowledge of consumer electronics technologies or products · Excellent analytical and communication skills. · Ability to prioritize tasks and maximize internal resources. · Be comfortable with, and desire to, present to executives on a recurring basis · Experience partnering with geographically dispersed and/or ad-hoc teams · Be responsive, flexible, and able to succeed in an open collaborative peer environment · Enjoy working in a fast-paced, changing, dynamic environment · Experience in developing and writing white papers Since its founding in 2013, Ring has been on a mission to make neighbourhoods safer. From the video doorbell to the DIY Ring Alarm system, Ring’s smart home security product line offers users affordable whole-home and neighbourhood security. At Ring, we are committed to making home and neighbourhood security accessible and effective for everyone – while working hard to bring communities together. Ring is an Amazon company. For more information, visit www.ring.com. With Ring, you’re always home.