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Global Commodity Manager – Photonics Components
Ciena
Ottawa, CAN
Full-time
Senior · 8+ years experience
Onsite
CAD 97300-155300 yearly / year
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How you will make an impact
• Lead development and execution of a global commodity strategy for optical active photonic components, ensuring long-term, cost-competitive supply.
• Build a diversified, innovation-focused supplier ecosystem with balanced risk and regional exposure.
• Cultivate executive-level supplier partnerships backed by structured governance and performance accountability.
• Negotiate complex global agreements that secure competitive pricing, supply priority, and commercial protections.
• Drive cost reduction programs and margin expansion through cost modeling, benchmarking, and design-for-cost initiatives.
• Ensure supply assurance and proactively mitigate risk related to capacity, geopolitical exposure, and single-source dependency.
• Align sourcing decisions with product, financial, and technology strategies across cross-functional teams.
The Must Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field; MBA preferred.
- 8–12+ years of experience sourcing optical components.
- Demonstrated success negotiating high-value international supply agreements.
- Strong commercial acumen with proven impact on cost reduction and margin improvement.
- Experience managing suppliers in high-growth, technology-driven markets.
- Advanced negotiation and contract structuring capability.
- Strong executive presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
Nice to haves
• Experience with optical photonic components such as lenses, fibers, etalons, and prisms.
• Background in make-vs-buy analysis or vertical integration strategy.
• Familiarity with should-cost modeling and total cost of ownership analysis.
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