Manager NPI Procurement
Pubblicato il 02-10-2026 - Alpitronic in Bolzano
Your Responsibilities
- Lead procurement activities within NPI and innovation projects, ensuring full procurement contribution to successful product development and industrialization
- Act as the primary procurement representative within cross-functional product development teams
- Provide functional leadership and guidance to NPI procurement buyers on sourcing strategies and supplier engagement models
- Promote and actively engage interplay with commodity teams to ensure effective execution of commodity strategies since the early stages of the projects
- Drive early supplier involvement during product design phases to identify cost optimization, standardization and innovation opportunities
- Ensure procurement integration from the earliest project stages, supporting design-to-cost, target costing, value engineering and multi-sourcing initiatives
- Coordinate with commodity teams supplier nomination, qualification and onboarding activities for new products and technologies
- Manage all project procurement-related interfaces between R&D;, Engineering, Project Management,
and Operations
- Monitor procurement readiness for product launches, including supplier capacity, tooling, lead times, material availability and risk mitigation plans
- Lead procurement risk assessments for innovation projects and define mitigation strategies together with Commodity Managers, Supplier Quality and Engineering teams
- Build and maintain long-term strategic supplier partnerships to secure competitiveness, innovation and supply continuity
- Drive supplier segmentation, performance management, periodic business reviews and continuous improvement initiatives
Your Qualifications & Skills
- Degree in Engineering, Electronics, Mechatronics, Industrial Engineering or a comparable technical discipline
- Several years of experience leading procurement NPI team or Project Buyer
- Proven experience in market and supplier analysis
- Ability to work both independently and within cross-functional tea