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Nokia is committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. Your career here will have a positive impact on people’s lives and will help us build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable, and inclusive world.

We challenge ourselves to create an inclusive way of working where we are open to new ideas, empowered to take risks and fearless to bring our authentic selves to work.

The team you'll be part of

The pandemic has highlighted how important telecoms networks are to society. Nokia’s Network Infrastructure group is at the heart of a revolution to bring more and faster network capacity to people worldwide through our ambition, innovation, and technical expertise.

As part of the Optics Supply Chain Engineering Organization, the Optical Product Engineering Team is seeking a Supply Chain Program Manager to support new product introduction of the Optical Subsystem products at out EMS Jabil Penang and other subcomponent vendors. This local Product Engineer will work with Product Engineering team in Vimercate and R&D team in Nuremburg, New York, and Sunnyvale, to introduce new products at the EMS by ensuring the designs are manufacturable and that all associated documentation is complete and correct. In addition, the program manager will provide sustaining support to mass production ensuring the NOKIA quality, yield and delivery requirements for the product are met.

What you will learn and contribute to

As part of the team, you will:

• Responsibility for Supply Chain Program Management.
• Represent Industrial Engineering (IE) / Supply Chain (SC) in with other Nokia organizations like R&D, PLM, Reverse Supply Chain teams.
• Program manage Nokia contract manufacturers regarding new product introduction, volume ramp and end of life processes.
• Escalation point for output impacting supply and technical issues.
• Provide input and represent SC in product life cycle reviews.
• Understand, implement, and follow corporate processes, tools, and strategies wrt Industrial/Supply Chain Engineering.
• Work in cross-functional, cross-locational teams.
• Ensure overall continuity of supply.
• Set up New Product Introduction (NPI) project plans and execute them.
• Resolve operational issues out of prototype and pre-series runs in cross-functional teams (Product Engineering, Test Engineering, R&D, PLM, Procurement, Quality, Manufacturing).
• Interface and supervise the Electronics Manufacturing Service provider (EMS) on operational and technical basis.
• Set up and meet manufacturing quality targets.
• Set up and meet manufacturing yield targets.
• Stabilize new product in manufacturing environment.
• Work efficiently with state-of-the-art tools and databases to analyse and visualize SC relevant data.
• Manage product changes in supply chain.
• Work in quality and yield improvement projects.
• Manage "Phase-In-Phase-Out" of product variants.
• Analyze and support component discontinuations (DA), last-time buys (LTB).
• Work on Supply Chain processes and optimization projects.
• Support "Product Transfers" between different locations or companies.

Your skills and experience

You have:

• Technical education as an Electrical / Mechanical/ Manufacturing / Industrial engineer or comparable.
• Hardware experience from working in Product Manufacturing or Hardware Development.
• Basic understanding of Optical products Supply Chain and manufacturing systems and technologies.
• Understanding of Quality Management Requirements (TL9000, ISO9000).
• Experience with Optical and or Silicon Photonics products.
• Experienced in project or program management.
• Previous experience in Industrial Engineering and/or Supply Chain (Program) Management would be ideal.
• Basic micro-economical knowledge (profit-loss-mechanisms in Manufacturing/Supply Chain).
• Willingness to be based in Penang.

It would be nice if you also had:

• Goal oriented leader and team player
• "Soft skills" to lead a Cross functional team (direction, motivation, conflict resolution, leading by example)
• Experienced in working in an international / global environment
• Openness to work with distributed teams and different cultures
• Advanced communication skills (orally and in writing)
• Good analytical capabilities to understand complex relations
• Experienced in the usage of Project Management tools
• Experienced in the usage of Product Data Management tools
• Practiced in MS Office tools (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint)
• Fluency in Malay and English languages (verbally and in writing)

What we offer

Nokia offers flexible and hybrid working schemes, continuous learning opportunities, well-being programs to support you mentally and physically, opportunities to join and get supported by employee resource groups, mentoring programs and highly diverse teams with an inclusive culture where people thrive and are empowered.

Nokia is committed to inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer

Nokia has received the following recognitions for its commitment to inclusion & equality:

• One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere
• Gender-Equality Index by Bloomberg
• Workplace Pride Global Benchmark
• LGBT+ equality & best place to work by HRC Foundation

At Nokia, we act inclusively and respect the uniqueness of people.

Nokia’s employment decisions are made regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
We are committed to a culture of inclusion built upon our core value of respect.

Join us and be part of a company where you will feel included and empowered to succeed.