Senior Manager - New Product Development Sourcing (Nottingham or Huntingdon, UK)
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We Offer:
- Competitive salary with a bonus plan.
- Healthcare and pension benefits.
- 26 days of annual leave.
- Powerful team in a collaborative mentoring environment.
- Career coaching and development opportunities.
Reporting to the Director, Global Procurement, the Senior Manager – NPD Sourcing will lead Videojet’s global new product development sourcing organization and drive sourcing excellence, supplier readiness, and cost performance across a geographically dispersed team supporting highly complex product development programs. This role is ideal for a leader who thrives in technically complex manufacturing environments and enjoys partnering closely with Engineering, R\&D, Operations, and Commodity Management teams to bring innovative technologies to market. The successful candidate will help shape a globally integrated NPD sourcing capability while driving standardization, supplier strategy, and operational excellence across multiple regions and R\&D sites. This role will be located in Nottingham or Huntingdon, UK, with a hybrid work arrangement.
In this role, a typical day will look like:
- 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.
- Standardize 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 programs.
- 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 while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- 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) programs 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 programs simultaneously while influencing global stakeholders.
- Willingness to travel internationally as needed.
- 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 organizations.
- Sustainability or responsible sourcing initiatives.
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