Director of Electro-mechanical Commodity Management

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How Will You Contribute:

As a member of the Global Procurement Organization, the Director of Electro-mechanical Commodity Management will lead a team of commodity managers and New Product Introduction Sourcing Specialists to drive results on multiple facets, namely, cost, quality and service for all product related material managed by Ciena.

Candidate will be responsible for defining supplier sourcing definition and supplier selection, cost management and reduction in line with cost erosion market trends and margin targets, supply security, and overall supplier relationship development and collaboration.  Candidate will be responsible for supply security and supply chain agility.

The Must Haves:

Strategy definition / Implementation:

• Candidate must lead a team of commodity managers to establish and drive a Portfolio/Commodity strategies and execution plan for the Global Electro-mechanical and Interconnect Sourcing function, consisting of long-term supplier development approach focused on delivering world class Quality, delivery and cost.  Sourcing must be optimized for lowest total cost including local/regional sourcing, multi-vendor sourcing, vendor managed inventory, and business terms aligned with optimized cash conversion and quality coverage.

•  Candidate will collaborate with various R&D, PLM, and Supply Chain teams to develop an approved and qualified supply base, and develop strategic partnerships that address our needs.

• Define and Drive Supplier development, consolidation and/or localization initiatives for key commodities / regions, enabling improvements in overall total cost of doing business.

• Develop, manage and refresh individual and Electro-mechanical technology, Architecture and commodity sourcing strategies for each actively managed technology.

Contractual Support:

• Negotiate and execute master supply contracts and other critical agreements.

• Ensure best in class purchase contract terms and conditions are established with vendor base in order to minimize quality, cost, and agility exposure to Ciena.  Candidate will support business units and legal organizations with the negotiation of Legal Agreements.

Security/Continuity of Supply:

• Individual must ensure security of supply.  Individual must monitor the "hot issues" at both the macro and at the micro economic level within the supply base. Must be able to influence suppliers for supply allocation, monitor supply stability for all commodities levels, ensure no revenue impacting issues and be able to communicate any and all issues effectively and precisely to extended teams.   Candidate must develop strategy for supply de-risking such as VMI, multi-sourcing, capacity commitment etc., and be able to work with various groups to determine optimal supply security strategy.

Cost Reduction:

• Candidate will be held accountable for the overall annual cost reduction performance of the Commodity Group (Electro-Mechanical) while ensuring cost targets are achieved. Key objective is to achieve corporate and product level cost reduction targets.

• Track market trend and conditions to ensure capitalization on improving trends as well as communicate where conditions may pose deterioration to the costs of the business unit and take appropriate measure if required.

• Identification of more creative methods to save cost, through re-design, supplier transfers, or other supply chain adjustments to improve overall total cost

 Supplier Relationships:

• Candidate must foster strong working relationship with suppliers within his/her portfolio in order to maintain best in class overall support and supply to Ciena.  Candidate must enable frequent communication mechanisms with suppliers through business reviews to ensure constant alignment of priorities between supplier and Ciena while addressing any and all concerns from a support, quality and service level.

• 10+ years Strategic Procurement and Supplier Relationship Management experience in Electro-mechanical and Interconnect commodities

• Has experience and relationships across the main electro-mechanical suppliers in the industry

• Strong management and interpersonal skills

• Demonstrate strong analytical abilities

• Excellent negotiation skills,

• Foster strong team collaboration and be results oriented. 

• Must be able to influence and support several cross functional groups such as R&D, Material Management, Component Engineering, Product Line Management and the NPI Program Office as an example.

• Must also be able to influence key sourcing decisions and

• Have excellent working relationship with suppliers in order to ensure best in class overall support

• Strong communication skills both orally and written

Pay Range:

The annual pay range for this position is $141,800 - $235,700 CAD

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