Staff Global Supply Manager
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Lightmatter is a photonic-computing company developing optical interconnects and light engines for AI-scale data centers.
Mountain View, United States
Funding history
About Lightmatter
Founded in 2017 by MIT researchers, Lightmatter develops photonic infrastructure for AI, including its Passage interconnect platform and Guide light engine.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will lead commercial sourcing and supplier governance across hardware manufacturing partners. You will negotiate supply agreements, pricing, capacity, and commercial terms; build should-cost models; mitigate supply risks; manage supplier performance; and align vendor allocations with technical specifications and budget targets.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, engineering, or a related quantitative field
- 7 or more years of Global Supply Management, Strategic Sourcing, or Direct Procurement experience
- Experience managing complex hardware supply chains and partner relationships
- Experience sourcing and negotiating commercial agreements, term sheets, and contracts with Tier-1 contract manufacturers or OSATs
- Proficiency in should-cost modeling and structured negotiations
- Experience managing multimillion-dollar hardware spend
- Business acumen and cross-functional stakeholder management
- Capacity to comply with U.S. export control laws
Responsibilities
- Lead strategic sourcing, contract negotiation, and supplier relationships
- Secure manufacturing capacity and improve supplier performance
- Identify and qualify secondary sources, secure material allocations, and establish continuity plans
- Lead vendor selection and commercial terms for packaging, assembly, and testing lines
- Draft, negotiate, and execute supply agreements, pricing matrices, lead-time guarantees, and volume contracts
- Develop yield-adjusted should-cost models and clean-sheet cost breakdowns
- Standardize capital-expenditure requirements and identify equipment-optimization opportunities
- Lead quarterly business reviews and enforce service-level agreements
- Align vendor allocations with technical specifications and budget targets
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Retirement savings matching program
- Basic, voluntary, and AD&D life insurance
- Vacation, sick time, and public holidays
- Paid family leave
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage
- Commuter benefits
- Flexible hybrid workplace model
- Equity grants for eligible full-time employees