Materials Program Manager, Product Operations

Materials Program Manager

The Materials Program Manager (MPM) is responsible for the overall financial health of the Bill of Materials (BOM) and for ensuring a diverse and continuous supply for innovative, highly integrated consumer products. This individual has a business-oriented mindset and partners with local and remote Operations, Engineering, and Software teams to drive the development, implementation, and management of product costing, budget, and the Supplier Plan of Record (SPOR). As the business representative, the MPM captures, documents, and communicates financial exposures, supply risks, and expenditures related to their product. They are involved in all stages of the product family's lifecycle to ensure that we meet all financial targets and maintain qualified material availability through the end of the product's life. Additionally, the MPM supports weekly Executive Product Line reviews, which assess performance against budget, target, and actual costs, as well as the SPOR status.

Key job responsibilities include:

• Collaborate with Product Management, Finance, Engineering and Supply Chain teams to set product cost target and guardrails.
• Drive initiatives with the Cross-functional Team to create a detailed cost reduction plan to meet or exceed product cost targets.
• Work alongside the Cross-functional Team to identify the cost implications of engineering and process changes.
• Conduct regular cost reviews with Executive Management and thoroughly analyze every aspect of your product costs.
• Plan and manage tooling budget and spend.
• Architect and establish a solid Supplier Plan of Record (SPOR) for the product(s) along with Engineering, Software, Supply Chain, and other Ops functional teams to ensure time-to-market, supply continuity, manufacturability, scalability, and sustainability.
• Coordinate with EMS partners to determine the product purchase order cost for xVT builds.
• Manage purchase price variance claims due to engineering changes, component obsolescence, or forecast discrepancies.
• Drive successful implementation of the SPOR during the development cycle through mass production prior to transferring to sustaining team.

A day in the life of the Materials Program Manager involves working with the local and remote operations and engineering teams driving development, implementation, and management of the product budget. This person is the business voice responsible for capturing, documenting, and communicating financial exposures and outlay as it relates to their product. They are involved throughout all stages of the product family's life-cycle to ensure we achieve all financial targets through end-of-life. They support weekly executive product line reviews outlining performance against budget, target, and actual cost.

About the team: We are a NPI Product Operation team dedicated to building exceptional products that customers love, delivering seamless connected experiences, and driving profitable growth. From early pre-concept exploration through final product launch, we guide every stage of the innovation journey—identifying bold ideas, transforming them into pioneering products, and managing end-to-end delivery with precision and agility.