Senior Manager - IT Procurement Category

Senior Executive – Data Analytics

Structural Test Engineer

Cloud Engineering Manager

Division Manager - VP2

Technology Obsolescence - Task force - Data Specialist (VP1)

Supply Planning Leader

Supplier Development Process Engineer

Supervisor Supply Chain

Product Manager

Role Description: <ul><li>The Senior Manager – IT Procurement Category Management is responsible for leading strategic sourcing and category management across Information Technology.</li><li>The role owns the end-to-end IT category strategy, including spend and demand analysis, market intelligence, business case assessment, strategic sourcing, contract development, supplier relationship management and value delivery.</li><li>The position works closely with technology and corporate stakeholders to translate business and technical requirements into effective sourcing strategies and commercially competitive contracts.</li><li>The successful candidate will bring strong IT procurement expertise across Software, SaaS, Cloud, Infrastructure, Managed Services, Telecommunications, Cybersecurity and IT Professional Services, with a focus on cost optimisation, service resilience, information security, data protection, compliance and total cost of ownership.</li></ul> Responsibilities: IT Category Leadership <ul><li>Lead category strategies and sourcing across Software and SaaS, Cloud and Hosting, IT Infrastructure, End-user Technology, Networks, Telecommunications, Cybersecurity, Managed Services and IT Professional Services.</li><li>Evaluate commercial and licensing models, including subscriptions, consumption-based pricing, enterprise agreements, perpetual licensing, support and maintenance.</li><li>Work with technology stakeholders to assess technical requirements, scalability, interoperability and service resilience.</li><li>Develop Statements of Work (SOWs), deliverables, acceptance criteria, SLAs, service credits, milestones and payment structures.</li><li>Apply total cost of ownership and lifecycle costing to technology procurement decisions.</li></ul> Strategic Sourcing &amp; Commercial Negotiations <ul><li>Lead complex IT sourcing projects from initial requirements and market engagement through tendering, supplier selection, contract award and implementation.</li><li>Develop appropriate sourcing strategies, including competitive tenders, framework agreements, multi-supplier arrangements and direct negotiations.</li><li>Lead high-value commercial negotiations covering pricing, licensing, service levels, risk allocation, liability, intellectual property, data protection and contractual exit provisions.</li><li>Identify supplier and technology risks, including vendor concentration, technology lock-in, cybersecurity, service continuity and obsolescence.</li></ul> Spend Analysis &amp; Cost Optimisation <ul><li>Analyse IT spend, demand, utilisation and consumption to identify cost-saving opportunities.</li><li>Establish and monitor savings and cost-avoidance targets.</li><li>Lead business cases, commercial assessments and total cost of ownership evaluations.</li><li>Develop pricing benchmarks, should-cost models and commercial scenarios.</li><li>Drive demand management, licence optimisation, supplier consolidation and standardisation initiatives.</li></ul> Market Intelligence &amp; Category Strategy <ul><li>Monitor technology market trends, supplier capabilities, commercial models and regulatory developments.</li><li>Evaluate supplier financial stability, delivery capabilities, market positioning and product roadmaps.</li><li>Develop and maintain IT category strategies, sourcing roadmaps, supplier segmentation and governance frameworks.</li><li>Conduct category reviews and quarterly business reviews, tracking cost, service, risk, innovation and compliance.</li></ul> Stakeholder &amp; Supplier Management <ul><li>Act as the primary procurement partner for designated technology stakeholders.</li><li>Engage with senior technology leadership and advise on sourcing strategies, commercial options and supplier risks.</li><li>Collaborate with IT, Finance, Legal, Information Security, Data Privacy, Enterprise Architecture and Contract Management teams.</li><li>Lead strategic supplier selection, onboarding, performance management and executive-level supplier relationships.</li><li>Monitor contractual obligations, service levels, renewal timelines and supplier improvement plans.</li></ul> People Management &amp; Governance <ul><li>Lead, coach and develop a team of IT procurement professionals.</li><li>Establish team objectives and strengthen capabilities in sourcing, negotiations, contracting, analytics and supplier governance.</li><li>Ensure compliance with procurement policies, sourcing procedures, delegated authority and financial controls.</li><li>Drive continuous improvement, accountability, collaboration and operational excellence.</li></ul> Financial Accountability <ul><li>Manage an IT procurement category spend portfolio of approximately AED 800 million.</li><li>Drive cost reduction, cost avoidance, demand optimisation and measurable value delivery.</li><li>Ensure compliance with approved budgets, financial controls and savings-tracking requirements.</li></ul> Requirements: Qualifications &amp; Experience Education <ul><li>Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Finance or a related discipline.</li><li>A postgraduate or advanced degree is preferred.</li></ul> Experience <ul><li>8–12+ years of experience in procurement or category management, with substantial exposure to IT procurement.</li><li>3–5+ years in leadership roles managing complex, high-value IT procurement programmes.</li><li>Demonstrated experience in developing and executing IT category strategies.</li><li>Proven track record in managing IT contracts, supplier negotiations, savings delivery and commercial risk.</li><li>Experience working with senior technology stakeholders is essential.</li><li>Middle East or UAE experience is advantageous but not mandatory.</li></ul> Preferred Certifications <ul><li>CIPS or ISM CPSM.</li><li>ITIL, COBIT, FinOps, Software Asset Management, Cloud or Cybersecurity certifications.</li><li>PMP, PRINCE2 or Lean Six Sigma certifications are advantageous.</li><li>5. Technical Skills &amp; Competencies</li><li>IT procurement and technology category management.</li><li>Strategic sourcing and complex commercial negotiations.</li><li>Software, SaaS, Cloud and IT Infrastructure procurement.</li><li>Cybersecurity, Telecommunications and Managed Services procurement.</li><li>Supplier relationship and performance management.</li><li>IT commercial models, software licensing and contract management.</li><li>Spend analysis, financial modelling and total cost of ownership.</li><li>Statements of Work (SOWs), SLAs, KPIs and performance-based contracting.</li><li>Procurement platforms such as SAP Ariba and Coupa.</li><li>Contract law, information security, data privacy and risk management.</li><li>Project and change management.</li><li>6. Behavioural Competencies</li><li>Strategic thinking and commercial acumen.</li><li>Strong communication and presentation skills.</li><li>Stakeholder management and influencing ability.</li><li>Leadership, coaching and team development.</li><li>Customer focus and solution-oriented thinking.</li><li>Collaboration and relationship building.</li><li>Innovation and continuous improvement.</li><li>Strong execution and accountability.</li></ul>

Role Description: <ul><li>The Business Intelligence &amp; Insights Consultant will be responsible for designing, developing, and delivering enterprise-level BI dashboards, reports, and analytical solutions.</li><li>The role will focus on translating business requirements into actionable insights using Power BI and other data analytics tools, supporting business functions such as Finance, Procurement, and Human Capital Management (HCM).</li><li>The ideal candidate should have strong technical expertise in Power BI, DAX, SQL, and data modelling, along with the ability to engage with business stakeholders and support data-driven decision-making.</li></ul> Responsibilities: <ul><li>Design, develop, and maintain interactive Power BI dashboards, reports, scorecards, and paginated reports.</li><li>Gather business requirements and translate them into technical specifications and reporting solutions.</li><li>Develop data models, DAX calculations, Power Query transformations, and SQL queries.</li><li>Implement Row-Level Security (RLS), Object-Level Security (OLS), drill-through, and dynamic filtering.</li><li>Analyze business data to identify trends, patterns, anomalies, and actionable insights.</li><li>Develop KPI dashboards and performance tracking reports for business stakeholders.</li><li>Ensure data accuracy, consistency, report performance, and adherence to BI standards.</li><li>Collaborate with Data Engineering teams to validate data pipelines and source-to-report accuracy.</li><li>Support self-service BI adoption by conducting user training and developing documentation.</li><li>Engage with stakeholders, manage reporting requirements, conduct UAT, and continuously improve BI solutions.</li><li>Required Technical Skills</li><li>Strong hands-on experience with Power BI, including dashboards, reports, DAX, and Power Query (M).</li><li>Good knowledge of SQL and data extraction techniques.</li><li>Experience in data modelling, including Star and Snowflake schemas.</li><li>Knowledge of Power BI Service, deployment, RLS, and OLS.</li><li>Experience with KPI reporting, data visualization, and business analytics.</li><li>Advanced Excel skills.</li><li>Exposure to Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse, Python, or Tableau is an advantage.</li><li>Familiarity with Finance, Procurement, or HCM data domains is preferred.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Bachelors degree in IT, Computer Science, Business, Data Analytics, or a related discipline.</li><li>4–7 years of relevant experience in BI development, Power BI reporting, data visualization, or analytics.</li><li>Power BI Data Analyst (PL-300) certification required or to be obtained within 12 months.</li><li>Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer (DP-600) certification is preferred.</li></ul> Key Competencies <ul><li>Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.</li><li>Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.</li><li>Strong attention to detail and data accuracy.</li><li>Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.</li><li>Good presentation and data storytelling skills.</li><li>Ability to manage multiple reporting requirements and deadlines.</li><li>Continuous learning and improvement mindset</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Strategic Governance: Act as the technical lead for manufacturing test processes, coordinating technical quality metrics, systemic defect resolution, and sustaining product integrity across multiple global sites.</li><li>Design Influence: Represent structural test in high-level design reviews, setting DfT standards and negotiating probe access and coverage requirements to reduce risk in NPI and production.</li><li>Operational Leadership: Direct the development and deployment of complex ICT and Flying Probe programs. Oversee the qualification and release of test fixtures and assets, ensuring zero-defect compliance.</li><li>Technical Authority: Perform senior-level code reviews and lead global change control processes (ECOs/deviations) for test program source code and manufacturing recipes.</li><li>System Optimization: Lead the integration of advanced On-Board Programming (OBP) strategies and boundary scan (JTAG) flows into the manufacturing line to improve efficiency and test depth.</li><li>Mentorship &amp; Influence: Define and promote debug methodologies for manufacturing site test engineers; act as the lead interface between and external fixture/hardware vendors.</li><li>Process Scalability: Champion the adoption of automated workflows, version control standards, and statistical process control (SPC) to drive continuous improvement across the global manufacturing footprint.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical field.</li><li>8+ years of professional experience in structural test development, debug, and release on industry-standard ICT platforms (e.g., Keysight i3070/Series 6 or TRI).</li><li>5+ years of experience with Flying Probe system development (e.g., SPEA FP4080 or equivalent).</li><li>Demonstrated experience leading end-to-end manufacturing test requirements, including program development, fixture procurement, and factory floor correlation.</li><li>Proven experience leading technical projects or providing technical guidance to multi-functional teams or external manufacturing partners.</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Lead the engineering, operation, and continuous improvement of enterprise cloud platforms across Microsoft Azure (primary), AWS, and GCP, including landing zones, networking, platform services, and secure cloud foundations.</li><li>Build and maintain standardized delivery pathways, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code (IaC) modules, GitOps practices, and environment automation to enable consistent, scalable, and compliant deployments.</li><li>Drive an automation-first engineering model, reducing manual intervention through policy-as-code, automated workflows, AI-assisted engineering, and agent-based execution of routine operational activities.</li><li>Develop and mature AIOps capabilities, including anomaly detection, intelligent alert correlation, automated remediation, and measurable reduction of operational toil.</li><li>Design and operate infrastructure supporting enterprise AI workloads, including GPU/accelerated compute, managed AI services, model serving and inference endpoints, vector and retrieval services, and secure AI landing zones.</li><li>Partner with Data &amp; AI teams to provide scalable, secure infrastructure for AI solutions while managing capacity, quotas, workload isolation, and AI infrastructure consumption and cost reporting.</li><li>Lead cloud reliability, observability, and resilience, establishing service level objectives (SLOs), error budgets, metrics, logging, tracing, recovery playbooks, and validated RTO/RPO requirements.</li><li>Implement cloud security, identity, and compliance guardrails through secure baselines, policy-as-code, workload identities, privileged access controls, and Microsoft Entra ID integration.&nbsp;</li><li>Maintain platform compliance with applicable data protection and industry standards, including GDPR, CCPA, PCI-DSS, and SOC 2, in partnership with Global Cybersecurity and other governance teams.</li><li>Execute FinOps and cloud optimization initiatives, including tagging and cost allocation, rightsizing, scheduling, storage optimization, reservations, savings plans, committed spend, forecasting, and consumption reporting.</li><li>Support the organizations cloud-first transformation, including modernization and consolidation of VMware workloads and rationalization of AWS and GCP environments around strategic business requirements.</li><li>Lead and develop a globally distributed cloud engineering team, establishing engineering standards, structured code and design reviews, operational discipline, continuous learning, and accountability for cloud providers and engineering partners.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.</li><li>10+ years of progressive cloud and infrastructure engineering experience, including at least 3 years leading engineering teams with accountability for production platform services.</li><li>Expert-level, hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, with demonstrated experience building and operating environments across AWS and GCP.</li><li>Deep experience with platform engineering and infrastructure-as-code, including Terraform, Bicep, GitOps, CI/CD pipelines, landing zones, and automated provisioning.</li><li>Demonstrated experience implementing cloud automation and AI-enabled operations, including AIOps, AI-assisted engineering, or agent-based automation.</li><li>Hands-on experience supporting AI/ML infrastructure, including GPU/accelerated compute, managed AI services, model serving, or AI workload platforms.</li><li>Strong production experience with Kubernetes (AKS, EKS, or GKE), cloud security, identity, observability, and reliability practices.</li><li>Experience leading distributed engineering teams and supporting highly available, business-critical technology environments.</li></ul> Preferred Skills <ul><li>Professional certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, Google Professional Cloud Architect, CKA, Terraform Associate, or FinOps Certified Practitioner.</li><li>Experience with Microsoft Entra ID, workload identity, privileged access, Conditional Access, zero-trust principles, and policy-as-code.</li><li>Experience with observability and SRE practices, including Grafana, Prometheus, Azure Monitor, CloudWatch, SLOs, and error budgets.</li><li>Working knowledge of FinOps, cloud cost optimization, tagging strategies, reservations, savings plans, and consumption reporting.</li><li>Experience migrating and modernizing VMware and on-premises workloads into cloud environments.</li><li>Experience leading global teams across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.</li><li>Experience within aviation, transportation, logistics, field operations, or other 24/7/365 operational environments.</li></ul>

Responsibilities: Service Operations Management: <ul><li>Lead and manage the First Recovery (L1 Application Support) team comprising approximately 19 analysts.</li><li>Ensure seamless delivery of 16x6 operational support (Monday through Saturday) and weekend coverage during Mainframe and AS400 IPL activities.</li><li>Drive effective handling of incidents, service requests, alerts, and operational tasks.</li><li>Ensure incidents are prioritized, triaged, and assigned appropriately to meet SLA commitments.</li><li>Act as the primary escalation point for critical incidents and major service disruptions.</li></ul> Incident &amp; Request Management: <ul><li>Drive achievement of the teams key KPI of maintaining a minimum 60% First Recovery Resolution Rate for all incidents received by the L1 support team.</li><li>Monitor incident trends and recurring issues, initiating preventive and corrective actions.</li><li>Ensure timely escalation of unresolved incidents to L2/L3 support teams.</li><li>Conduct incident reviews and implement lessons learned to improve service quality.</li></ul> Application &amp; Infrastructure Health Monitoring: <ul><li>Oversee proactive application and infrastructure health checks.</li><li>Ensure monitoring activities are performed consistently and operational issues are detected early.</li><li>Work with infrastructure, middleware, database, and application teams to improve system stability and availability.</li><li>Drive automation and operational improvements where appropriate.</li></ul> Knowledge Management: <ul><li>Establish and maintain a comprehensive Knowledge Base (KB) repository.</li><li>Ensure all recurring incidents, service requests, troubleshooting procedures, and operational runbooks are documented.</li><li>Promote knowledge sharing and continuous learning within the team.</li><li>Drive reduction of repeat incidents through effective documentation and process improvements.</li></ul> People Leadership: <ul><li>Manage, coach, and develop a team of 15–20 direct reports.</li><li>Perform resource planning, scheduling, workload distribution, and succession planning.</li><li>Conduct performance management, mentoring, and career development activities.</li><li>Foster a culture of accountability, customer focus, collaboration, and continuous improvement.</li><li>Ensure adequate staffing and capabilities are maintained to support business requirements.</li></ul> Stakeholder Management: <ul><li>Engage with application owners, infrastructure teams, business users, and senior management on operational matters.</li><li>Provide regular reporting on KPIs, incident trends, service improvements, and team performance.</li><li>Participate in governance meetings and operational reviews.</li></ul> Continuous Improvement: <ul><li>Identify opportunities to improve operational processes, tooling, and monitoring capabilities.</li><li>Drive reduction in incident volumes through root cause analysis and preventive actions.</li><li>Support operational transformation initiatives and service maturity improvements.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Bachelors Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.</li><li>Minimum 8–12 years of IT experience with at least 3–5 years in a people management role.</li><li>Proven experience managing 15–20 direct reports in an Application Support environment.</li><li>Strong background in L1 and/or L2 Application Support.</li><li>Experience managing shift-based operational teams.</li><li>Demonstrated experience in Incident Management, Service Request Management, and Operational Support.</li></ul>

﻿Responsibilities: Data Collection &amp; Integration: Collect and consolidate data from multiple sources, including: <ul><li>CMDB platforms (e.g., Remedy)</li><li>IT Asset Management (ITAM) systems</li><li>Vendor lifecycle and support data</li><li>Security, vulnerability, and patching sources</li><li>Ensure data consistency and alignment across asset, configuration, and lifecycle repositories</li><li>Validate data accuracy, completeness, and currency</li></ul> Technology Obsolescence Analysis: <ul><li>Identify EOL, EOS, and obsolete technologies across hardware, software, OS, databases, middleware, and cloud services</li><li>Analyze lifecycle risks by technology type, vendor, business unit, and criticality</li><li>Support prioritization of remediation based on risk, business impact, and exposure</li></ul> Reporting &amp; Dashboarding: <ul><li>Design, develop, and maintain interactive dashboards and reports using:</li><li>Power BI / Tableau</li></ul> Create Standard Views Covering: <ul><li>Obsolescence risk heatmaps</li><li>Aging and lifecycle timelines</li><li>Remediation progress and trends</li><li>Compliance and audit‑ready metrics</li><li>Enable self‑service analytics for stakeholders where appropriate</li></ul> CMDB &amp; Asset Management Support: <ul><li>Support the alignment of CMDB data with actual deployed assets</li><li>Identify gaps, redundancies, or inaccuracies in configuration and asset records</li><li>Drive improvements in asset lifecycle tagging, ownership, and criticality classification</li><li>Collaborate with ITSM, ITAM, and platform teams to improve data quality and governance</li></ul> Stakeholder &amp; Decision Support: <ul><li>Provide insights and analysis to:</li><li>Domain leads and task force leads</li><li>Project managers and delivery teams</li><li>Risk, security, and audit stakeholders</li><li>Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for non‑technical audiences</li><li>Support business case development and roadmap planning with data evidence</li></ul> Data Governance &amp; Continuous Improvement: <ul><li>Define and document data definitions, metrics, and reporting standards</li><li>Automate data refreshes and reporting pipelines where possible</li><li>Identify opportunities to improve lifecycle visibility and predictive risk analysis</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>5–8+ years of experience in a data analyst or reporting role within IT or technology functions</li><li>Experience supporting modernization, risk, lifecycle, or transformation initiatives is a strong advantage</li><li>Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Analytics, or related field</li><li>Power BI or Tableau certification</li><li>ITIL or IT Asset Management certification is a plus</li><li>Data &amp; Analytics Skills</li><li>Strong experience in data analysis and visualization</li><li>Hands on expertise in:</li><li>Power BI (DAX, data modeling, performance optimization)</li><li>Tableau (dashboards, calculated fields, storytelling)</li><li>Strong SQL skills for querying large datasets</li><li>Experience working with structured and semi structured data</li></ul>

Role Description: <ul><li>Supply Planning Leader is accountable for end-to-end supply planning across an assigned product portfolio and multiple distribution centers.</li><li>The role ensures timely, cost-effective product availability while balancing customer service, inventory health, working capital, capacity, and logistics performance. This leader converts demand into feasible supply plans, manages risks and constraints, and drives cross-functional execution and continuous improvement in a global, matrix environment.</li></ul> Responsibilities: <ul><li>Develop and execute supply plans aligned with customer demand, inventory targets, business priorities, capacity, material availability, supplier constraints, and transportation lead times.</li><li>Ensure finished-goods availability and timely replenishment across distribution centers, regional warehouses, and source plants by driving MRP recommendations and monitoring plan adherence.</li><li>Lead weekly and monthly supply reviews and actively support S&amp;OP and S&amp;OE by providing supply status, reviewing demand outlook, recommending trade-offs, and driving approved actions.</li><li>Optimize safety stock, MRP policies, inventory deployment, stock coverage, turns, availability, and working capital while maintaining healthy inventory levels.</li><li>Manage phase-in and phase-out planning for the assigned portfolio.</li><li>Identify demand-supply gaps, capacity bottlenecks, material constraints, revenue risks, and service opportunities; lead root-cause analysis, recovery plans, prioritization, and allocation decisions.</li><li>Support customer-service targets, including Fill Rate, STR, OTIF, and PP Confirmation, by aligning commitments with realistic supply capabilities.</li><li>Partner with Demand Planning, Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics, Customer Service, Product Management, and Sales on material availability, inventory strategy, supply risks, and executive reviews.</li><li>Prepare monthly and annual inventory and freight projections and improve sourcing and transportation economics, including ocean buying from source.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Operations, Business, or a related field.</li><li>10+ years of experience in supply planning, materials planning, inventory management, manufacturing, distribution, OEM, automotive, industrial, or aftermarket environments.</li><li>At least 4 years of team-leadership experience, with demonstrated stakeholder management, influencing, communication, and problem-solving capability.</li><li>Experience working effectively in fast-paced, global, matrix, and ambiguous environments.</li><li>Strong knowledge of supply and demand planning, forecasting, inventory optimization, capacity and constraint management, distribution networks, transportation, warehousing, and S&amp;OP/S&amp;OE.</li><li>Proficiency in SAP MRP and inventory planning, SAP IBP, and advanced Microsoft Excel; strong Microsoft PowerPoint and analytics capability.</li></ul>

Responsibilities: Cross function collaboration: <ul><li>Coordinate Procurement, SQE, PDE, MPDE, Engineering Assess and document manufacturing capability, process maturity, and QMS compliance during PCBA new supplier qualification/Development.</li><li>Engage upstream and downstream raw material partners to improve delivery capability, capacity alignment, and supplier responsiveness.</li><li>Organize and lead regular cross-functional reviews with PDE, MPDE, and suppliers to address delivery risks, manufacturing readiness, and improvement actions.</li><li>Track and drive closure of cross-functional and supplier action items, escalating gaps as needed.</li></ul> NPI stage: <ul><li>Provide early manufacturing and engineer support for PCBA commodities from a sourcing and supply chain perspective to support supplier selection decisions (critical).</li><li>Conflict Management: Coordinate and facilitate DFM (Design for Manufacturing) discussions with suppliers, and Engineering to ensure manufacturing requirements are clearly understood and accepted (no design decision ownership).</li><li>Assess and document manufacturing capability, process maturity, and QMS compliance during PCBA new supplier qualification.</li><li>Act as a coordination interface between Procurement and Engineering, ensuring alignment on quality, commercial, and technical expectations without assuming design ownership.</li></ul> Approved Supplier Management: <ul><li>Drive yield, process stability, and delivery performance improvements at supplier sites.</li><li>Collaborate with suppliers and key supply chain nodes to improve lead time and delivery reliability, supporting company sample and production needs.</li><li>Partner with CM and Procurement to support SRM programs for strategic PCBA suppliers, with close tracking of action plan execution.</li><li>Facilitate cross-functional supplier improvement workshops (e.g. CoPQ reduction, lead time optimization) as a neutral coordinator, ensuring clear ownership and accountability.</li><li>Monitor progress and escalate unresolved issues where action items are not closed as committed.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Electrical / Automation/ Mechanical or any Engineering related majors.</li><li>At least 7 years of MPDE experience within PCBA (Industry relevant), connector and cable assembly Quality Management portion. Procurement, supply chain experience OR Total years of experience 10+ years in various industries including PCBA.</li><li>Knowledge on specific product and process as required (Connectors, Cable and Cable Assemblies, PCBA Tolerances and Cost Drivers)&nbsp;</li><li>In-depth knowledge of electronic manufacturing processes such as PCBA assembly (SMT/THT), box build, testing, and packaging</li><li>Understanding of supplier capabilities, capacity planning, and EMS operating models</li><li>Familiarity with DFM/DFA (Design for Assembly), component sourcing, and BOM management</li><li>Awareness of quality systems, certifications (ISO 9001,IATF 16949 and IPC- Association Connecting Electronics Industries), and related compliance standards</li><li>Ability to work with EMS partners on cost, yield, lead time, and continuous improvement</li><li>Experience supporting NPI, supplier qualification, and scale-up to mass production</li><li>Expert level with the tools related to supplier APQP process, include but not limited to PPAP, FMEA, CP, MSA, SPC, R@R and 8D methodology is a Plus.</li><li>Thorough knowledge of Problem-Solving tools (5-Why, Ishikawa/Fishbone diagrams, Fault Tree</li><li>Analysis)</li></ul>

Role Description: <ul><li>Lead and supervise end-to-end supply chain planning for New Product Introduction (NPI) and New Product Development (NPD) projects at the Shirwal plant.</li><li>The role converts project requirements into executable material, production, capacity, inventory, packaging and logistics plans from early project gates through prototype, validation, pilot build, PPAP/PSW, SOP and ramp-up.</li><li>The position ensures launch readiness, timely risk escalation, disciplined SAP planning and structured handover to the regular MRP planning team after SOP.</li></ul> Responsibilities: <ul><li>Team Leadership &amp; Governance: Lead the NPI planning team, assign project ownership, review priorities and represent supply chain in plant and project launch reviews.</li><li>NPI Planning &amp; Launch Readiness: Own supply chain deliverables from early project gates through prototype, validation, pilot, PPAP, SOP and ramp-up, ensuring material and capacity readiness.</li><li>SAP, Master Data &amp; Material Planning: Ensure timely setup of parts, BOMs, routings, sourcing and MRP parameters. Convert project demand into executable material plans and manage shortages and MRP exceptions.</li><li>Supplier &amp; Cross-Functional Coordination: Coordinate with Procurement, Suppliers, Engineering, Quality, Operations, Logistics and Project Management to secure materials, tooling, packaging, capacity and shipment readiness.</li><li>Risk, Cost &amp; Change Management: Maintain launch risk visibility and control engineering-change, inventory, premium-freight, capacity and obsolescence exposure through timely recovery actions and escalation.</li><li>Performance Improvement &amp; Handover: Standardize NPI planning dashboards and routines, improve data quality and automation, and complete a controlled handover to the series MRP controller after SOP. KEY DELIVERABLES / SUCCESS MEASURES</li><li>On-time completion of NPI supply chain deliverables and gate commitments.&nbsp;</li><li>Material availability and build readiness for prototype, validation, pilot, PPAP and SOP events.</li><li>Accurate BOM, sourcing and MRP master-data readiness before planning execution.</li><li>Clear visibility of shortages, capacity constraints, inventory exposure, freight risk and recovery dates.</li><li>On-time PPAP/PSW support, SOP achievement and stable ramp-up without avoidable customer disruption.</li><li>Controlled inventory, premium freight and obsolescence exposure through early risk management.</li><li>Timely and complete handover from NPI planning to regular series planning after SOP.</li></ul> Requirements: Technical Skills <ul><li>SAP planning and procurement processes (MRP, stock/requirements analysis, material master, PR/PO and inventory visibility) - mandatory.</li><li>Advanced Microsoft Excel, including analytical models, PivotTables, lookups, dashboard preparation.</li><li>Power BI or an equivalent reporting and visualization tool.</li><li>Working knowledge of BOMs, routings, capacity planning, production scheduling, inventory planning, supplier lead times and logistics.</li><li>Good understanding of automotive NPI/NPD phases, PPAP/PSW readiness.</li><li>Bachelors degree, preferably in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations or a related discipline.</li><li>MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification is preferred.</li><li>Strong analytical, problem-solving and data-management capability.</li><li>Clear communication, stakeholder management and cross-functional partnership skills.</li><li>Working knowledge of automotive manufacturing, launch planning and project-gate governance.</li><li>3 to 7 years of relevant experience in supply chain, material planning, production planning or NPI/NPD planning within a manufacturing environment.</li><li>Experience managing material and capacity readiness for new product launches from prototype through SOP and ramp-up.</li><li>Hands-on experience with SAP MRP, planning master data, shortage management and supplier follow-up.</li><li>Experience coordinating across Project Management, Engineering, Quality, Operations, Procurement and Logistics.</li><li>People leadership or team-coordination experience, with evidence of disciplined follow-up and escalation.</li></ul>

Responsibilities : <ul><li>Engage executive and corporate users to understand needs, decision workflows and pain points.</li><li>Translate requirements into clear product definitions, user stories and acceptance criteria.</li><li>Run structured discovery and experimentation to validate value and feasibility before build commitments are made.</li><li>Identify opportunities to extend assigned products from task-level support to broader workflow automation, and contribute these to the product roadmap.&nbsp;</li><li>Own the end-to-end delivery of assigned AI products, including Rocket, from definition through to launch.</li><li>Ensure quality, usability and readiness criteria are met before release to a senior user base.&nbsp;</li><li>Own assigned products after launch, driving iterative improvement based on usage data and user feedback.</li><li>Define, track and report product KPIs covering adoption, usage, accuracy, satisfaction and time saved.</li><li>Register and maintain AI use cases for assigned products within the agreed portfolio management process.&nbsp;</li><li>Act as the day-to-day product interface for executive and corporate stakeholders.&nbsp;</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>3 – 6 years of experience in digital or AI product management, product ownership or equivalent delivery roles.&nbsp;</li><li>Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field such as information technology, business, finance, engineering or mathematics.&nbsp;</li><li>Hands-on experience in product management across discovery, delivery and lifecycle.&nbsp;</li><li>Exposure to AI, automation or data-driven products.&nbsp;</li></ul>

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