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Bruker · 11 hours ago

Materials Project Manager

Bothell, WA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$101K/yr - $160K/yr

7+ years exp

Bruker is one of the world’s leading analytical instrumentation companies enabling scientists to make breakthrough discoveries. The Materials Project Manager (MPM) will act as the primary liaison between the Business Unit and Global Supply Chain, ensuring material readiness and availability across product development and sustaining activities.

ChemicalLife ScienceManufacturingMedical

Responsibilities

Serve as the designated Global Supply Chain (GSM) representative on all BU project teams, driving early engagement and lifecycle supply chain planning

Own material strategy development and execution to support all phases of product development through sustaining operations

Support supply chain requirements across both NPI initiatives and ongoing production for existing products

Define and report clear-to-build (CTB) status to key stakeholders, ensuring alignment between procurement activities and build schedules

Partner closely with the respective BU planners to align CTB projections with real-time build plans, demand shifts, and supply chain constraints

Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, and Legal to resolve supply issues and maintain alignment on project milestones

Coordinates demand signals through MRP to minimize inventory exposure

Forecasts and communicates engineering, materials, and manufacturing requirements to suppliers

Under some supervision, creates, releases and updates new project materials strategy

Works with engineering to identify preliminary critical parts, long-lead parts and inspection

Coordinates and provides product development process deliverables through matrix management of buyers such as:

Actively manage RFQs, provide COGs estimate for new products or assemblies, and mitigate continuity of supply challenges both internally and externally

Coordinates activities around source selection, specification creation and price negotiation with appropriate team members to receive materials at the right cost, quality, and lead time to improve our working capital goals

Collaborates with the engineering team to interpret engineering requirements for product development process as it relates to buying materials accurately, according to specifications, on time and on budget

Driving supplier price and delivery negotiations, NDAs, and assisting with the negotiation of contracts as necessary

Utilizes the preferred supplier selection and assessment process when selecting suppliers

Completes supplier risk assessment on critical and unique parts. Monitors supplier performance (delivery, quality, cost)

Provides input to outsourcing decisions by performing make versus buy analysis Works with engineering to identify preliminary critical parts, long-lead parts, and inspection requirements

Assists in developing supplier and commodity road maps to engineering

Utilizes value analysis on build-to-print components in support of Should Cost analysis

Maintain day-to-day supplier relationships for Critical and/or High Value Suppliers, acting as the point of contact for supplier commercial issues

Actively mediates and partners with quality and engineering teams to resolve supplier quality issues for assigned product groups and drive appropriate corrective action(s)

Escalate issues to the appropriate management when necessary

Qualification

Supply Chain ManagementSAP S4/HANAData AnalyticsMicrosoft OfficeProject ManagementCross-functional CollaborationPresentation SkillsProblem-solving SkillsInterpersonal SkillsOrganizational SkillsFlexibility

Required

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Economics or related field

7-10 years of experience of supply chain, demand planning, purchasing, inventory control and /or supplier management

Strong working proficiency with Microsoft Office, including expert-level functionality with Excel

Minimum 3 years' experience working with SAP S4/HANA and analytical software (PowerBI, Tableau, SAP Analytics Cloud, etc.)

Knowledge of project management application tools and best practices

Strong written and oral presentation skills

Experience working with diverse, cross-functional teams

Preferred

Master's degree (MS or MBA) – Management, Supply Chain, Engineering, Business or other related field

Technical knowledge of operational and manufacturing processes (design, assembly, integration, and test)

Certificate in CPIM or CSCP strongly preferred

Certificate in DDPP strongly preferred

Background in supply chain management for complex, high-technology products in the life sciences or biotech sector, ideally supporting research tools such as molecular, cellular, or imaging platforms strongly preferred