Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Lead material planning and sourcing strategies for test interface solutions. Identify and qualify new suppliers globally, ensuring compliance with quality and NPI program requirements. Manage material readiness through all program phases, concept, prototyping, NPI phase gates, and production ramp. Partner closely with product development to ensure supply continuity and inventory optimization for assigned NPI programs. Drive early engagement with suppliers during NPI to validate material readiness, ramp capability, and capacity planning to support both NPI and production requirements. Monitor lead times, allocation risks, and component obsolescence; proactively mitigate risks through alternative sourcing or strategic buys. Represent Supply Chain in cross functional program meetings, providing updates on material status, cost exposure and delivery risks. Manage supplier forecasts, MOQ, NCNR liabilities, and inventory buffers in alignment with demand volatility. Drive resolution of material shortages, quality issues, and last time buys in coordination with quality and engineering teams. Monitor contract compliance and performance obligations, assist with the management of commercial contracts, and spend with key suppliers. Identify and assess supplier risks including financial stability, geopolitical exposure, cybersecurity and ESG. Develop and enforce procurement policies, SOP's and frameworks. Prepare executive level program updates on material readiness, spend, and risk management. Negotiate pricing, terms, and contracts to achieve the best value for the company. Support should cost modeling, benchmarking, and total cost of ownership analysis. Issue purchase orders based upon MRP requirements and NPI program management team requests. Monitor supplier deliveries and expedite orders to meet NPI schedules. Assist with other duties as required. Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required: