The posting
About the Team:
Born at X, Google's Moonshot Factory, Taara is on a mission to connect billions of people lacking abundant and affordable internet today by pioneering the way we use light to deliver faster, cheaper, more reliable connectivity. Lead the charge in bringing our groundbreaking wireless optical communication and photonics chip technologies to the world. Drive our growth story as we scale innovative solutions across the world. Join us to light the way for bridging the digital divide and illuminating the future.
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.
