NPI Buyer Planner

Mini-Circuits designs, manufactures and distributes integrated circuits, modules, and sub-systems for high-performance radio frequency (RF) and microwave applications. With design, sales, and manufacturing locations in over 30 countries, Mini-Circuits’ products are used in a range of wired and wireless communications applications. Our products are also used in detection, measurement, and imaging applications, including military communication, guidance, and electronic countermeasure systems, commercial, scientific, military land, sea, and aircraft;

automotive systems, medical systems, and industrial test equipment.

Mini-Circuits sells its products to over 20,000 customers globally through our direct sales force, applications engineering staff, and sales representatives, as well as through our extensive website.

The NPI Buyer / Planner II independently owns multiple New Product Introduction (NPI) programs and is responsible for end-to-end procurement and material planning from prototype through production handoff for MMIC business unit. This role ensures material readiness, supplier accountability, cost control, and risk mitigation while driving cross-functional alignment across Engineering, Planning, Quality, and Business Units.

The NPI Buyer / Planner II operates with limited supervision, makes tactical NPI decisions, and mentors junior team members, serving as a key execution lead within the NPI supply chain organization.

• Independently own multiple MMIC NPI programs from prototype builds through production handoff.
• Serve as the primary supply chain point of contact for assigned NPI programs.
• Own end-to-end NPI procurement activities, including supplier selection support, purchase order execution, material planning, and critical material expediting.
• Develop and execute material supply plans by balancing demand forecasts, supplier capacity, inventory levels, lead times, and project schedules.
• Monitor inventory, material availability, and supply continuity while minimizing shortages, excess inventory, and obsolescence.
• Assess supplier readiness and manufacturing capability to support prototype builds, qualification, and production launch.
• Monitor supplier delivery performance and coordinate recovery plans to mitigate schedule risks.
• Develop and implement engineering storeroom(s) to better manage engineering parts / samples across multiple locations.
• Drive cost control through price validation, variance analysis, and sourcing strategy alignment.
• Identify material risks including shortages, long lead times, supplier constraints, and capacity limitations, and implement mitigation plans.
• Lead material phase‑in/phase‑out activities and evaluate supply chain impacts of engineering changes, component obsolescence, and design updates.
• Improve commonality and re‑use of existing component library.
• Support supplier qualification, alternate source implementation, and sourcing transitions to improve supply continuity and reduce business risks.
• Lead supply chain activities related to component lifecycle changes, including EOL, NRND, engineering changes, alternate source implementation, and design updates.
• Develop and execute material phase‑in and phase‑out plans to minimize supply disruption and obsolete inventory.
• Evaluate the supply chain impact of engineering changes and coordinate implementation across Engineering, Quality, Purchasing, Planning, Manufacturing, and suppliers.
• Analyze Bills of Material (BOMs) to ensure material availability, identify supply risks, and support design changes.
• Ensure continuity of supply throughout component and product lifecycle transitions.
• Maintain data integrity across ERP and planning systems, including item setup, BOMs, MRP parameters, sourcing information, lead times, and planning master data.
• Analyze Bills of Material (BOMs) to ensure material availability and support engineering changes.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance NPI planning processes, system efficiency, material visibility, and launch readiness.
• Promote material standardization and reusable supply chain solutions to improve scalability and reduce…