Material Program Manager

We are looking for a passionate supply chain professional! The Materials Program Manager plays a critical role in ensuring operational success for the Procurement organization. In this role, you will be responsible for materials readiness, availability, and visibility with a goal that our turn-key materials never show up on the critical path. Do you enjoy seeing products come to life? The MPM will manage the CTB ("clear to build") process with our engineers, suppliers and CEM’s, ensuring that we have efficient process and clear visibility on our procurement strategy. Your successful ability to partner with CEMs and the sourcing team on material strategy will directly impact our product success.What you’ll be doing:Clear-to-Build (CTB) Management: provide visibility to materials supply, highlighting projected coverage and constraints. CTB projections govern what we can commit to customers against AVC for revenue products and RSD for Engineering QT builds.Review and ensure the robust CM material management system and processes are in place, drive the SCAR’s for non-compliances.Act as Level 3 material escalation point through closely working with suppliers and distributors for shortage expedites, as well as working with engineering team for alternative solutions, with the goal that turnkey materials never on the critical path.Provide level 4 escalation to GCM team through managing CM to provide accurate and up-to-date material Supply Demand reports on the critical shortages and follow through the shortages until closure;Develop and assure the material safety stock are executed by the CEM against the agreed strategies.Provide allocation decisions to CEM for constrained materials by developing models across factories, programs, and lines of business.Identify E & O and other material risk, recommend critical course of action to leadership, and own the efforts to mitigate liability to the business.Prepare and communicate critical Materials availability updates to concerned parties including the executives; maintain executive reports and summaries, providing accurate and timely data to leadership on agreed cadence.What we need to see:8+ years of working experience in supply chain/operations, preferably with background in semiconductors.Bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering, Business focused on operations, supply chain management or equivalent experience in Semiconductor Planning.Ability to problem-solve and influence others through relationships and dataAdvanced modeling and predictive analytical skills; "Advanced User" of MS Excel with deep understanding of Excel techniques. VBA, SQL, Tableau, or similar data visualization tools a plus.Strong written and verbal communication skills including good English command with the ability to present to management required.Ways to stand out from the crowd: Passion to success and perfection.Committed partnership collaborations.NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most brilliant and talented people on the planet working for us. If you're creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you!