Global Commodity Manager – Photonics Components
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- Ottawa, ON
- $97,300-155,300 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Experience supporting telecom or hyperscale interconnect markets.
- Exposure to Supplier Relationship Management governance models.
- Knowledge of geopolitical supply chain risk indicators.
- Cross-functional leadership in engineering, product, or finance environments.