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NPI Engineering Manager
Exeter, NH
Job Description
Location: Exeter, NH
Industry: Manufacturing/Firearms
Employment Type: Permanent Placement
Qualifications:
- Requires a minimum of 5 years of directly related experience with a bachelor s degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Thorough knowledge of NPI, procurement, sourcing, and supplier management
- Manufacturing engineering and supplier quality experience related to CNC machining.
- Practical manufacturing machining experience preferred
- Project Management
- Act as the sourcing lead in all New Product Introduction project meetings for assigned projects.
- Primary liaison between Sig Sauer and our suppliers during the NPI process.
- Provide regular updates on assigned projects to the Sr. Manager of Global Sourcing.
- Analyze/provide initial cost estimates for assigned projects (capital and components).
- Complete NPI risk assessment for suppliers, new technology, sole sourced parts, and EOL (end of life) components.
- Assist with negotiation of tooling agreements and ensure suppliers provide best pricing and delivery schedules.
- Facilitate orders for tooling, services, and prototype parts.
- Manage tooling schedules and expedite as needed with suppliers to support the NPI project timeline.
- Coordinate tooling modifications between engineering and suppliers.
- Proactively drive costs out of the project and identify cost risks (both for development and after release to production).
- Works closely with Design Engineers to align activities to the commodity specific strategic strategy.
- Facilitate orders for all components needed to complete first article submission builds.
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