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About Ciena Canada, Inc.

Ciena Canada, Inc. is a technology company that leads with its humanity, driving business priorities alongside meaningful social, community, and societal impact. We prioritize a personalized and flexible work environment that empowers individual passions, growth, wellbeing, and belonging.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Global Supply Chain Manager to join our High-Speed Photonics Operations team. As a core member of this team, you will play a multi-faceted role, encompassing internal engagement with R&D and product engineering groups, as well as external facing into the Ciena supplier ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with the R&D organization to ensure early and successful engagement with either existing or new suppliers to support Ciena's plan of record (POR).
• Be the 'one neck to grab' interface between R&D and new suppliers to enable a new supplier product development program, jointly with R&D.
• Ensure R&D demands for protos are understood and fulfilled by new or existing suppliers to meet Ciena's Plan of Record.
• Ensure suppliers understand product objectives and drive them to meet requirements for cost, output, capacity, quality, and weekly reporting expectations.
• Ramp preparation: Ensure the establishment of a robust supply chain and partner selection, considering operations elements such as cost, BOM churn, product yield, test methods and coverage, factory capacity, supplier qualification.
• Facilitate weekly calls with core supplier partners to ensure successful product execution for KPIs such as cost, yields, output, capacity, quality, supply assurance, forecast compliance.
• Manage a portfolio of critical commodities/suppliers, including pricing and contract negotiations, supply assurance, and cost competitiveness.
• Conduct complex RFQs on leading edge technology, clearly communicating requirements, timelines, and expectations.
• Analyse and put forth a fact-based recommendation for supplier selection based on cost analysis and other critical variables.

Requirements

• 10 years of experience in high tech (telecommunications)
• Electrical Engineering degree + master's in business administration is preferred.
• Strong collaborative skills and effective communication ability on both the technical and commercial fronts.
• Proficiency in MS office and Power BI.

Compensation and Benefits

The annual pay range for this position is $86,200 - $137,800 CAD. Ciena offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, participation in 401(K) (USA) & DCPP (Canada) with company matching, Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), company-paid holidays, paid sick leave, and vacation time.