NPI Sourcing Manager

The role

You will lead strategic sourcing and outsourcing of critical hardware for radars. You will work with R&D, Production, Quality, and Sales to ensure manufacturability and cost efficiency from prototype to volume production.

What you will do

• Involve key suppliers early in the NPI process.
• Enforce Design for Manufacturability, Design for Cost, and Design for Supply Chain.
• Supervise strategic acquisition and outsourcing projects.
• Manage tactical and strategic hardware categories.
• Identify, evaluate, and negotiate with global suppliers for specialized radar components.
• Source microelectronics, RF electronics, custom enclosures, and computing modules.
• Lead should-cost analyses and secure tooling assets.
• Establish dual-sourcing and mitigation strategies for critical single-source radar hardware.
• Guide sourcing through stage-gate phases from EVT and DVT to volume production.
• Formulate commercial agreements, NDAs, and Master Supply Agreements.

Required qualifications

• BA, MSc, or HBO in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
• 3+ years of purchasing and strategic sourcing experience in high-tech manufacturing
• Proven track record negotiating complex commercial agreements
• Solid understanding of industrial sourcing processes and stage-gate development lifecycles
• Fluent English, both spoken and written
• Analytical thinker
• Structured, accurate, and comfortable maintaining overview across multiple priority projects
• Proactive team player with strong cross-cultural communication skills
• Willing to travel internationally up to 20% of the time

Nice to have

• basic Dutch is a plus

Benefits

• Great Place to Work certified company
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Commuting allowance
• 30 days of paid holiday leave
• possibility to buy 3 additional holiday days
• Opportunities to develop your skills through training and certifications
• High quality laptop/desktop, monitor, headphones, and other necessary equipment
• International team of 30+ nationalities
• social events and Friday drinks

About the company

Robin Radar is a defence technology leader in detecting, tracking and classifying drones and other small airborne objects. They are one of the top 10 fastest-growing companies in the Netherlands.