NPI Sourcing Manager

About the role

As our NPI Sourcing Manager, you lead the strategic sourcing and outsourcing of critical hardware that powers our radars. You work side‑by‑side with R&D, Production, Quality, and Sales, bringing suppliers into early design stages to ensure manufacturability and cost efficiency.

Key responsibilities

• Integrate key suppliers early in the NPI process and enforce Design for Manufacturability, Design for Cost, and Design for Supply Chain.
• Supervise strategic acquisition and outsourcing projects, managing both tactical and strategic hardware categories.
• Identify, evaluate, and negotiate with global suppliers for specialized radar components such as microelectronics, RF electronics, custom enclosures, and computing modules.
• Lead should‑cost analyses, secure tooling assets, and establish dual‑sourcing and risk‑mitigation strategies for critical single‑source hardware.
• Guide sourcing through stage‑gate phases from EVT and DVT to volume production, drafting commercial agreements, NDAs, and Master Supply Agreements.
• Partner with Quality, Manufacturing, and Logistics on First Article Inspections and ERP data integration to improve supply‑chain KPIs.

Required profile

• BA, MSc or HBO in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 3 years of purchasing and strategic sourcing experience in high‑tech manufacturing.
• Proven track record negotiating complex commercial agreements while maintaining strong supplier relationships.
• Strong understanding of industrial sourcing processes and stage‑gate development lifecycles.
• Fluent in English (spoken and written); basic Dutch is a plus.
• Willingness to travel internationally up to 20 % of the time.

Required skills

• ERP systems
• Microelectronics sourcing
• RF electronics sourcing
• Computing modules sourcing

What we offer

• Great Place to Work® certification
• Comprehensive pension plan and commuting allowance
• 30 days paid holiday (with option to buy 3 additional days)
• Training and certification opportunities for skill development
• High‑quality laptop/desktop, monitor, headphones and necessary equipment
• International team of 30+ nationalities with social events and Friday drinks