About the Role:Taara is looking to hire a results-oriented
Systems Supply Chain Manager with a specialized focus on optimizing and managing complex supply chains, ideally possessing deep expertise in optics and/or the photonics industry. The successful candidate will demonstrate a verifiable track record of successful supplier performance through strategic on-time delivery initiatives, aggressive cost reduction programs, and supplier relationship management.
How you will make 10x impact:- As a Systems Supply Chain Manager, you will report to a senior member of management and play a pivotal role in driving organizational alignment, facilitating communication, and ensuring operational efficiency across all functions of the company.
- Instrumental in coordinating reliability, quality and material planning across the entire supply chain . This includes driving Design for Manufacturing (DFM) initiatives to optimize product buildability and leading Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) activities for cycle time improvement.
- Own supply commitments for multiple product groups (Optics, PCBAs, Mechanicals), and drive resolution of supply issues, creating should costs reporting, and working across manufacturing and engineering groups.
- Work closely with contract manufacturing partners and managing vendors to remove obstacles, provide resources, and manage costs to meet build plans and align on favorable supply plans.
- Implement Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) methodologies across the supply chain to optimize expenditures from raw material acquisition through final product delivery, ensuring predefined cost-down targets are met.
- Coordinate and facilitate executive meetings, including agenda setting, documentation, and follow-up on action items.
What you should have:- Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering or Supply Chain Management or equivalent, and 10+ years of supply chain management with complex product experience from industries such as semiconductor, telecommunications, networking, hardware manufacturing, optics, photonics, automotives, aerospace, AR/VR/MR etc.
- 4+ years of knowledge or experience in NPI including developing project schedules, managing budgets, contributing in supplier selection, and product build management during proto-EVT-DVT-PVT phases.
- Knowledge of supply chain strategies (e.g., inventory reduction plans, supplier consolidation, lead time reductions, hedging, warehouse inventory management).
- Experience with MRP systems (Material Resource Planning) for example SAP MRP, Oracle NetSuite or equivalent and good understanding of PLM systems.
- Identify build requirements in comparison to suppliers capacity (e.g. fixed install capacity, realistic capacity) and consider supplier elements or other considerations
- Good understanding of bill-of-materials (BOM) structures, configuration management, clear-to-build process, engineering change order (ECO) process, and the product life cycle.
- Ability to champion technical solutions to manufacturability issues found with the design and collaborate effectively with peers, interdisciplinary engineering groups and vendors.
- Excellent communicator with strong problem-solving, analytical, and collaboration skills, able to influence and negotiate effectively with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Oversee production schedules considering terminal builds, priorities, materials availability and constraints for Taara Connect manufacturing teams and manage manufacturing builds based on supply availability.
- Lead continuous improvement efforts including data analytics, process improvements, and coordination with manufacturing and design engineering teams.
- Ability to travel up to 15% of the time domestically and internationally to contract manufacturers and supply chain vendors.
- Ability to work in the Sunnyvale office at least 3 days per week.
It would be great if you also had these:- MS degree in Industrial Engineer, Supply Chain Management or equivalent with 12 years of experience in a Technical Program / Supply Chain Management role.
- Experience with design for manufacturing projects of mechanical, electrical and optical components and sub-systems is a plus.
- Semiconductor and/or telecommunication equipment experience.
- Familiarity in SWIR products and manufacturing.
- People manager with experience in managing a team of supply chain program managers.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is
$150,000 - $170,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.
