Senior Manager - New Product Development Sourcing (Nottingham or Huntingdon, UK)

Role Overview

Senior Manager - NPD Sourcing reporting to the Director, Global Procurement.

Lead Videojet's global new product development sourcing organization, driving sourcing excellence, supplier readiness and cost performance across a geographically dispersed team serving multiple regions.

Location

Nottingham or Huntingdon, UK - hybrid work arrangement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a geographically dispersed team of procurement professionals across the US, UK, Germany and China supporting all active NPD programs.
• Drive sourcing strategies that consistently achieve quality, delivery, cost, sustainability, and production readiness targets.
• Partner closely with Engineering, R&D, Operations and Commodity Management teams to ensure sourcing activities are fully integrated into NPD stage gate processes.
• Standardise sourcing tools, best practices, KPIs and reporting structures across global R&D sites to improve launch execution and scalability.
• Oversee supplier selection, qualification, onboarding and sourcing readiness for highly complex manufacturing programmes.
• Influence cross functional stakeholders to align sourcing decisions with product innovation goals, launch timelines and total cost objectives.
• Build strong supplier partnerships while supporting long term sourcing strategies and risk mitigation initiatives.
• Coach and develop team members fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.

Essential Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering or related field.
• Significant experience in strategic sourcing, procurement or supply chain leadership within complex manufacturing environments.
• Direct experience supporting New Product Development (NPD/NPI) programmes and production readiness activities.
• Proven people leadership experience managing geographically dispersed or cross functional teams.
• Experience leading supplier selection, qualification, onboarding and commercial negotiations for technically complex products.
• Ability to manage multiple sourcing programmes simultaneously while influencing global stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel internationally as needed.

Preferred Experience

• Aerospace, industrial equipment, automation, electronics, medical device or other highly engineered manufacturing industries.
• ERP/procurement systems such as SAP or Oracle.
• Lean, Six Sigma or continuous improvement methodologies.
• Commodity management or advanced supplier strategy development.
• Cross cultural leadership within global matrix organisations.
• Sustainability or responsible sourcing initiatives.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with bonus plan.
• Healthcare and pension benefits.
• 26 days of annual leave.
• Powerful team in a collaborative mentoring environment.
• Career coaching and development opportunities.