Global Commodity Manager: Printed Circuit Boards

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The successful candidate will be a member of the Ciena’s Global Commodity Management team and responsible for managing Printed Circuit Board (PCB) portfolio. Candidate shall be responsible for analyzing PCB market trends, developing commodity strategies, negotiating supplier pricing & business terms, developing supply assurance programs, managing suppliers and serving as Ciena’s subject matter expert for all business related activities associated with commodity.

How You Will Contribute:

• Develop and implement commodity strategies that ensures the utilization of best in class products & suppliers based on Technology, Quality, Supply & Cost
• Monitor commodity market trends such as new technology developments, product costs, global supply conditions and competitive supplier landscape to develop strategies that leverage market trends

• Collaborate with key internal stakeholders to develop and implement commodity strategies that achieve Ciena’s overall objectives
• Serve as lead negotiator to optimize Ciena’s total cost of ownership for commodity over product lifecycle
• Monitor capacity readiness with suppliers for new and sustaining products to ensure time to market expectations & revenue/customer commitments are achieved
• Resolve critical supply shortages by actively working with suppliers and EMS partners

• Identify and mitigate potential supply chain risks associated with Ciena’s suppliers and ensure supply availability for PCB products
• Define & implement strategies that minimize Ciena’s supply chain risks and ensure continuity of supply for optical components

• Collaborate with R&D to successfully onboard new products & technologies that align to commodity strategy

• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with suppliers and their management to ensure best in class support to Ciena 
• Lead recurring business reviews with key suppliers to ensure congruence between Ciena’s goals and supplier’s actions
• Support internal stakeholders with the negotiation of legal agreements that enable Ciena’s business requirements with suppliers

The Must Haves:

• Knowledge of PCB industry, suppliers, market trends and technologies is desirable
• Understanding of different PCB technologies such as multi-layer, high density interconnect, high frequency, Silicon Like PCBs is desirable
• Familiarity with PCB manufacturing processes is desirable
• Experience leading cross functional teams which include R&D, PLM, Quality for key commodity initiatives
• Strong negotiations skills
• Ability to influence and foster strong relationships both internally and externally
• Confidently works well …