NPI Sourcing Manager

Description

• Business partnership between strategic sourcing and product development for new product launch projects
• Drive project deliverables by collaborating with cross functional teams and influencing stakeholders.
• Navigate through ambiguity to define and focus on priorities to deliver business objectives.
• Negotiate agreements (i.e., development agreement, statements of work, licensing agreement) achieving favorable terms that mitigate business risks and protect Illumina’s IP while maintaining cost competitiveness.
• Strengthen strategic supplier relationships to reduce business risk and support supplier escalations.
• Collaborate with internal teams and suppliers to develop capabilities, continuity, and capacity.
• Support the execution of continuous improvement initiatives within Global Supply Chain.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s Degree; or 6 years and a Master’s Degree; or a PhD with 3 years’ experience; or equivalent experience
• Strategic thinker; anticipates and develops business opportunities and priorities for future action while also executing on concrete business objectives.
• Customer focused, able to listen, very responsive, and action oriented to meet business needs while maintaining a positive, professional outlook.
• Strong analytical skills that allow the successful candidate to extract core data from a variety of sources, draw conclusions and insights, and translate those insights into actions.
• Business acumen; demonstrated ability to understand financial and legal terms
• Ability to deal effectively with pressure, multiple tasks, deadlines, and rapidly changing priorities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with requisite interpersonal skills to partner, collaborate and build relationships with business partners, suppliers, and regional teams.
• Experience developing and leading RFx events.
• Strong negotiator; ability to negotiate the best deal for Illumina and influence upwards.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time; both domestic and international.
• Familiarity with ERP and procurement systems.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office (Project, Word, Excel, Outlook, Access).