Opportunity Overview

This position has several levels of responsibility - Supply base, Materials and Production planning. As an NPI Supply Base planner, you will be responsible for quoting new custom parts with prototype and production suppliers, some overseas. As an NPI Material Planner, you will be responsible for material deliverables to build new product, ensuring a timely material pipeline for products that span from Prototype through Production release. Lastly, as an NPIManufacturing Planner, you will be responsible for planning works orders, many multi-level, through our prototype and preproduction builds, which includes managing deviations and engineering change on the product.

Responsibilities include:

• Planning management of multi-level, large part count Bills of Materials for highly complex electro-mechanical products
• Working globally with contract manufacturers and suppliers to establish a sourcing strategy, quoting for both short-term prototype turns and long-term production costs
• Material planning, requisitioning material, and resolving critical material shortages on new product
• Collaborating with Engineering and Operations teams on product structure to assess assembly "make versus buy"
• Releasing work orders, monitoring manufacturing builds and reporting to development and management team on Production Job status
• Ability to work on cross-functional teams and to communicate with all levels of management
• Coordinating with suppliers on RMAs/rework of product from either quality issues or Engineering Change notices
• Responsible for Planning transfer from Teradyne to contract manufacturers
• Assessing Lead Time Profiles for product and recommending risk buys for forecasted demand
• Ability to find creative ways to resolve problems using project management skills
• Recognizing when problems must be escalated is a critical skill
• Executing purchase requisitions and purchase orders for prototype parts through our MRP system.

All About You

We seek individuals who share our passion and determination. Our commitment to customer success drives us to go the extra mile. If you're ready to join us in this mission, take a closer look at the minimum criteria for the position.

• Bachelor's degree required or relevant experience
• 2-4 years of experience with electro-mechanical products
• Prior experience planning and buying within an MRP/ERP system is a must
• Ability to succeed in a highly agile environment that requires attention to detail while maintaining a broad scope of vision to implement sourcing/planning change
• Candidates must be able to work independently
• Excellent knowledge of spreadsheets, pivot tables, and formulas in Excel
• Skilled with presentation software and database tools are helpful
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills are a necessity
• A team player that has a high level of flexibility, and will work toward common goals inter-departmentally and cross-functionally
• Nominal travel is a possibility (10%)
• Demonstrated proactive planning and leadership skills as well as a proven ability to envision and implement change (problem identification and solution recommendation, and implementation)

We are only considering candidates local to the position location and are unable to provide relocation for this position.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Benefits:

Teradyne offers a variety of robust health and well-being benefit programs, including medical, dental, vision, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, and more. Please click here to see details.

Compensation:
The base salary range for this role is $66,500 - $95,400. This range is a good faith estimate, and the amount of base salary will correspond with experience and skill set. This range can also fluctuate depending on demand and location.

Incentive Plan: This job is eligible for discretionary bonus(es) based on financial performance.

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