SCM PM

Cadence Preferred is a highly-specialized supplier of sales and marketing campaigns, content development, web design and staffing for high-technology companies such as Microsoft, Adobe, EMC, HP and Concur.

We are currently looking for Jr. PM SCM

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Interface with cloud infrastructure design teams to help remove roadblocks related to new hardware certification, sku documents and test requirements
• Set engineer group and customer expectations for when new product capacity to come online at microsoft data centers
• Review end to end process service level agreements of various teams and implement efficiency improvements to reduce cycle time
• Work with design teams to ensure sourcing boms accuracy
• Manage supply base materials and build schedules related to all new cloud infrastructure pilot activity
• Remove gates within mcio related to supplier awards, sku releases and data center selections for new products
• Ensure data center readiness alignment with new product roadmaps and pilot delivery schedules
• Work with mcio sourcing team to ensure dual sourcing of components and report to senior leader continuity of supply mitigation plans
• Assess supplier design and material readiness to convey expectations to engineering groups when new product capacity will be online
• Drive progress and change across multiple organizations to improve new product design and delivery cycle times
• Set metrics for cycle time improvement and report out progress to multiple organizations senior leadership teams

Requirements:

• 1-4 years’ minimum experience in an electronics supply chain and hardware delivery environment.
• Demonstrated experience and success managing materials for new product introductions for servers, storage and other high technology products. Datacenter support, datacenter build-out experience desired.
• Prior Experience NPI launch related activities for high tech electronics
• Project Management within the supply chain discipline, involving multiple global suppliers, and understanding of logistics
• Current Experience in IT or other high-tech electronics procurement or supply chain. Root cause analysis for BOM (bill of materials) related issues.
• Ability to articulate problem statements and drive solutions to improve NPI related cycle time
• Ability to work well independently in ambiguous situations, and deal effectively with conflicting priorities and changes
• Strong analytical skills and knowledge in root cause analysis/problem solving and the ability to implement and drive corrective actions and efficiencies in a matrix environment
• Customer driven and strong attention to detail

Preferred skills:

• APICs, ISM, or similar affiliation/certification preferred
• Experience with Power BI and building supply chain tools in Excel nice to have
• Someone who has worked in a leading brand previously, tech industry will be great.

Job Type: Contract

Required experience:

• PM: 4 years
• high-tech electronics procurement or supply chain: 4 years

Required license or certification:

• APICs, ISM, or similar affiliation/certification