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Optical Fiber – Strategic Buyer/Technologist
Sunnyvale, CA
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 25 days ago
NegotiationProcurementCommunicationCollaborationFiber Optics
About the role
- include managing technical specifications, conducting supplier risk assessments, optimizing cost models, and ensuring supply continuity to meet project requirements. · Supplier Management: Identify, qualify, and manage key supplier relationships, establishing KPIs for quality, delivery, and cost performance. · Strategic Sourcing: Develop procurement strategies for optical components, including fiber optic cables. · Negotiation & Contracts: Negotiate pricing and terms & conditions. · Collaboration: Work with engineering, operations. · Fiber characterization: measure key parameters
- include managing technical specifications, conducting supplier risk assessments, optimizing cost models, and ensuring supply continuity to meet project requirements. · Supplier Management: Identify, qualify, and manage key supplier relationships, establishing KPIs for quality, delivery, and cost performance. · Strategic Sourcing: Develop procurement strategies for optical components, including fiber optic cables. · Negotiation & Contracts: Negotiate pricing and terms & conditions. · Collaboration: Work with engineering, operations. · Fiber characterization: measure key parameters Qualifications: · 5+ years of proven experience in strategic sourcing, ideally focusing on telecommunications, optical transport, or infrastructure. · Technical Knowledge: Understanding of optical fiber design, passive fiber connectivity, silicon photonics, and manufacturing processes. · Bachelors degree or higher in relevant technical field · Excellent teamwork and interpersonal/communication skills within the company and with partners, customers, and consultants. · Good to have: Direct lab experience of fiber characterization and performance simulations.
Responsibilities
- Manage the sourcing, procurement, and supplier relationships for fiber optic cables.
- Identify, qualify, and manage key supplier relationships, establishing KPIs for quality, delivery, and cost performance. ·
- Develop procurement strategies for optical components, including fiber optic cables. ·
- Optical Fiber Strategic Buyer: Manage the sourcing, procurement, and supplier relationships for fiber optic cables.
Requirements
- 5+ years of proven experience in strategic sourcing, ideally focusing on telecommunications, optical transport, or infrastructure. ·
Nice to have
- Direct lab experience of fiber characterization and performance simulations.
Skills
- Avicena is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California with a development center in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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