Sourcing Engineer- Precision​/Reel to Reel Stamping

This role is ideal for a sourcing professional with strong technical aptitude and experience managing supplier development activities for advanced manufacturing processes, including high-speed wafer technologies, precision stamping, plating, molding, over molding and connector and cable assembly solutions. The successful candidate will partner closely with Product Development Engineering and Suppliers to drive sourcing strategy, cost competitiveness, and supply readiness for next-generation BiPass products.

As part of a rapidly growing product portfolio, this individual will work in close collaboration with other team members on BiPass products, proactively identify sourcing risks, drive supplier readiness, and execute against aggressive project timelines. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, demonstrates ownership and urgency, and influences cross-functional teams and suppliers to deliver results.

What You Will Do

• Represent NPD Sourcing as a core member of cross-functional project teams and align sourcing deliverables with project requirements, milestones, cost targets, and risk priorities.
• Develop and execute project and component sourcing strategies aligned with category strategy, preferred-supplier direction, regionalization objectives, and program requirements.
• Engage suppliers early, including before formal RFQ release when appropriate, to obtain technical input, assess capability, and improve the quality of the sourcing event.
• Prepare and issue complete RFQ packages in partnership with Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, and Program Management, including available specifications, forecasts, timing, quality requirements, and commercial expectations.
• Perform, drive, and facilitate supplier Technical Reviews and Feasibility Reviews at the RFQ stage. Ensure open technical items, assumptions, exceptions, DFM feedback, capacity constraints, and proposed mitigations are documented and resolved or formally risk managed.
• Confirm supplier technical feasibility and organizational capability before including the supplier in the Total Cost of Ownership evaluation and supplier nomination process.
• Lead TCO evaluations using technical capability, piece price, tooling and capital, logistics, quality, capacity, lead time, geographic risk, payment terms, and lifecycle economics as applicable.
• Lead or support commercial negotiations, cost-breakdown reviews, should-cost analysis, and cost-roadmap development to achieve project BOM and capital targets.
• Drive early identification, escalation, and mitigation of supplier, technology, tooling, capacity, quality, commercial, and continuity risks.
• Coordinate supplier onboarding, qualification planning, tooling kickoff, prototype and first-off-tool readiness, and other sourcing deliverables required to establish an executable supply path.
• Maintain accurate sourcing status, supplier decisions, cost information, risks, actions, and project documentation in the applicable systems and trackers.
• Execute a disciplined NPD handover with complete sourcing strategy, supplier, cost, tooling, risk, and readiness documentation at the defined transition milestone

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Previous experience sourcing in:
  Precision Reel to Reel Stamping/Over molding/Insert Molding;
  Plastic injection, Surface treatment and/or related manufacturing processes
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, or a related field; or equivalent work experience.
• Previous experience in Sourcing, Procurement, Supplier Development, Manufacturing Engineering or a related function.
• Working knowledge of RFQ execution, Supplier qualification and Development, Technical and Feasibility reviews, TCO analysis,…