Strategic Supply Chain Director

3 weeks ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Ciena Canada, Inc. Full time

About the Role

Ciena Canada, Inc. is seeking a Strategic Supply Chain Director to join our team.

As a member of our Global Procurement Organization, you will report to the Vice President of Global Procurement and be responsible for creating, challenging, and driving the execution of the supply & commercial strategy. Your objective will be to drive optimum performance and the lowest total cost of ownership of component & purchased goods supply and EMS commercial landscape.

Responsibilities

  • Develop ODM sourcing strategy aligned with Product-line specifications, R&D make vs buy, cost, and geo footprint requirements.
  • Partner and collaborate with Inventory Management, Supply Planning, and Commodity Management to revamp Vendor Managed Inventory models and corresponding commercial agreements.
  • Partner closely with manufacturing peers to co-create the EMS sourcing strategy ensuring commercial agreements align with product line, partner capabilities/performance, and regional sourcing and order fulfillment objectives.
  • Establish and monitor the component and purchased goods supply strategies to ensure overhead optimization, operational simplification, and lowest total end-to-end cost.
  • Modernize the commercial models with our EMS and ODM partners to optimize the financial dynamics of the working relationship and reduce risk and the total cost of doing business.
  • Drive strategic enhancements to the component supply models through aligning inventory, cost, efficiency, visibility, and risk objectives.
  • Drive end-to-end lowest total cost of ownership of material flowing through the component supply chain from component suppliers, through Ciena's third party component distribution partners and supplier managed inventory hubs, and to/through contract manufacturers and direct order fulfillment centers.
  • Ensure continuity of supply and proper inventory velocity for all components that are managed by the third-party component distribution partners, EMS partners, and VMI programs.
  • Responsible for contract manufacturing commercial relationships and ensuring lowest TCO and supplier performance.
  • Oversee teams responsible for relationships and performance improvement of component distribution partners, contract manufacturers and OEM partners.
  • Strengthen relationships and alignment with these partners through establishing and orchestrating regular executive business reviews.
  • Establish metrics for tracking and reporting internal performance of your area and team.
  • Drive and mentor staff in long-term vision and strategic planning efforts for continuous improvement.
  • Ready and support team in negotiations of new commercial agreements aligned with updated strategic commercials objectives.
  • Hire, develop, motivate, and retain high-performing staff.

About You

  • Proven leadership skills – ability to motivate others to quickly achieve results in a matrixed environment
  • Excellent executive presence and able to have constructive, value-added, clear, dialogue with the Executive Leader Team
  • Effectively communicates verbally and through PPT creation
  • Demonstrates the ability to effectively present and 'sell' the message in your presentations.
  • Able to successfully modify communication according to audience; up/down or across the chain.
  • Uses experience and knowledge of procurement, supply chain, manufacturing, and industry to develop and champion long-term strategies
  • Strategic mindset – always thinking of longer-term impacts and alternate/better ways to achieve strategic objectives. Able to challenge management on looking at problems differently and able to propose and articulate alternate options to consider, and why
  • Self-confident with an ability to accept and respond to challenges in a positive manner
  • Ability to maintain a calm, positive, open-minded objective disposition in an environment with urgent priority and high tensions.
  • Accepts ownership for all performance that falls under scope of responsibility
  • Manages change, ambiguity, complexity and drives for results
  • Effectively presents complex topics in a simple, concise manner to audiences at various levels and of various sizes; able to take complex processes, topics, data and present them in a simple to follow manner leading to a logical conclusion.
  • Broad understanding of business issues, metrics, organizational finance, and linkages between operational performance and customer value
  • Strong organizational and analytical skills in addition to advanced project leadership and management skills
  • Data driven

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in business, supply chain, organizational management, or engineering
  • 15+ years of experience in advancing procurement or supply chains roles: including strategic sourcing, contract management, and functions responsible for influencing business strategy, supplier relations, and operating models.
  • Strong understanding of financial statements and the operational day-to-day items that can impact them.
  • Experience in management and leading cross divisional teams
  • Extensive experience working with or at contract manufacturers, ODMs, or OEMs in areas of business and commercial management
  • Superior negotiation skills developed through extensive sourcing and supplier relationship management experience
  • Experience writing/generating RFx to suppliers and leading teams in complex RFx projects and corresponding award contracts
  • Excellent quantitative, analytical and project management skills
  • Strong influencing skills that can be used to lead teams and build partnerships with internal resources and supply base

Ciena Canada, Inc. 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. We also comply with all applicable laws regarding Paid Family Leave.

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