Taara ยท 2 months ago
Systems Supply Chain Manager
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$150K/yr - $170K/yr
10+ years expTaara is a company born at Google's Moonshot Factory, focused on delivering faster and more reliable internet connectivity through innovative optical communication technologies. The Systems Supply Chain Manager will optimize complex supply chains and ensure operational efficiency, while managing supplier performance and driving cost reduction initiatives.
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Responsibilities
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
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
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering or Supply Chain Management or equivalent
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
Preferred
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
Benefits
Bonus
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Company
Taara
Taara is a telecommunication company specializing in free-space optical solutions.
51-200 employees
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