NPDI Sourcing Lead

Role Summary

The NPDI Sourcing Lead is the regional point of contact for Procurement on assigned New Product Development & Introduction (NPDI) projects. This role is responsible for establishing a resilient, cost‑effective, and scalable supply chain for new products by driving early supplier engagement, sourcing strategy execution, and procurement readiness throughout the NPDI phase‑and‑gate process.

Key Responsibilities

NPDI Program Leadership and Cross‑Functional Alignment

Serve as the primary Procurement representative for assigned NPDI projects from early concept through production readiness.

Ensure procurement deliverables are planned, tracked, and executed in alignment with NPDI phase and gate requirements.

Represent Procurement at NPDI gate reviews, providing clear visibility into sourcing maturity, gaps, and mitigations.

Track and report key metrics such as cost, lead time, supplier performance, and launch readiness.

Partner closely with Engineering, Program Management, Commodity Management, Quality, and Operations teams to ensure sourcing strategies support overall project objectives.

Act as the primary escalation point for procurement‑related risks impacting cost, schedule, or supply resilience.

Early Supplier Engagement and Sourcing Strategy

Engage proactively with Engineering to understand component requirements early in the design process.

Engage suppliers early to assess technical capability, capacity, cost drivers, and lead‑time expectations.

Send early RFQs/RFPs ahead of design release and drive competitive bidding to achieve cost targets.

Facilitate collaboration between Engineering and suppliers to improve design for manufacturability, cost efficiency, and supply flexibility.

Establish strong supplier partnerships to drive innovation, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement.

Ensure sourcing approaches align with established commodity strategies and preferred supplier frameworks.

Cost, Risk, and Supply Chain Readiness

Support prototype, pilot, and pre-production builds, ensuring on-time availability of materials and services.

Ensure sourcing aligns with NPDI resilience expectations (multi‑source, regional manufacturing, avoidance of single‑point failures).

Use standardized BOM cost and risk tracking tools to maintain consistency and transparency.

Promote reuse of existing, qualified components and architectures where feasible to improve cost, availability, and time‑to‑market.

Drive sourcing maturity and readiness prior to product release to minimize disruption during ramp‑up and production.

Qualifications

Required

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related discipline.

Strong background in Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, or Supply Chain, with experience supporting new product or engineering‑driven programs.

Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a matrixed, cross‑functional environment.

Strong communication skills with the ability to influence across functions without direct authority.

Preferred

Experience supporting global supply chains and multiple manufacturing regions.

Familiarity with stage‑gate or structured product development processes.

Experience working closely with Engineering teams during early product development.

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About Vertiv

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers’ vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.

Work Authorization

No calls or agencies please. Vertiv will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

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