The NPI Buyer is responsible for procuring materials for NPI projects, managing supplier relationships, tracking material receipts, and supporting NPI engineers in their purchasing needs.
Family Description
Supply (SU) covers the configuration, demand, and supply planning, order management, sourcing, production, delivery, and managing the procurement activities towards our suppliers.
Subfamily Description
Procurement (PRO) associates with specifying procurement demands, selecting and contracting suppliers, maintaining the relationship to a supplier, and managing the lifecycle; including supplier performance, risk, and phase-out for all suppliers for direct material, services, and indirect material.
Responsibilities
About the Team
Supply (SU) covers the configuration, demand, and supply planning, order management, sourcing, production, delivery, and managing the procurement activities towards our suppliers.
Subfamily Description
Procurement (PRO) associates with specifying procurement demands, selecting and contracting suppliers, maintaining the relationship to a supplier, and managing the lifecycle; including supplier performance, risk, and phase-out for all suppliers for direct material, services, and indirect material.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities include the following:
- Work with NPI purchasing and program managers to assist in the procurement of materials for
NPI projects. - Procure mechanical components to support NPI project.
- Provide material order status
- Procure test equipment, software and other materials/services to support Hardware
Engineering’s activities - Monitor and track NPI material receipts and maintain order and delivery records by project
- With intimate knowledge of the purchasing system and processes, resolve purchase order and
payment issues - Sell and transfer excess material to Production contract manufacturers, as needed
- Support NPI engineers in identifying and vetting new suppliers
- Manage incoming NPI material ensuring proper disposition of received material
- Support NPI technical purchasing and program management activities
- Responsible for monitoring, tracking and reporting on all aspects of NPI material receipts.
- Work with local change management control on material revisions and support change
documentation. - Requires a very flexible attitude and willingness to work on a broad spectrum of engineering
build, material management and change control issues.
Your skills and experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. Candidates with Bachelor's in CS, EE, will be more
relevant. - 5+ years of project-related experience in NPI supply chain management.
- Proficient with MS Office tools, especially Excel/Access.
- In-depth knowledge of SMA methods, hardware assembly, and factory test processes.
- Previous experience with PDM tools.
- Working knowledge of electronics hardware design concepts, practices, and procedures.
- Excellent organization skills, with demonstrated ability to work independently to achieve
individual and group goals. - Proven ability to perform under pressure and deliver success.
- Knowledge of the Nokia NI product line is an asset.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to read and understand technical (mechanical and electrical) drawings, schema?cs, BOM’s
etc.
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Our recruitment process
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If you’re interested in this role but don’t meet every listed requirement, we still encourage you to apply. Unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences enrich our teams, and you may be just the right candidate for this or another opportunity.
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Some of our benefits in US:
- Corporate Retirement Savings Plan
- Health and dental benefits
- Short-term disability, and long-term disability
- Life insurance, and AD&D – Company paid 2x base pay
- Optional or Supplemental life and AD&D insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
- Paid time off for holidays and Vacation
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Tuition Assistance Plan
- Adoption assistance
- Employee Assistance Program/Work Life Resource Program
The above benefits exclude students.
Disclaimer for US/Canada
Nokia Maintains broad annual base salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience and market conditions, and with consideration to internal peer equity. Check the salary ranges in the job info section for this role.
All North America job posts will post for a minimum of 7 calendar days and up to 180 days or until candidate/s identified.
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