Vice President of Supply Chain
Devens, MA - USA
Job Summary
Join the power movement as Vice President of Supply Chain
CFSs Supply Chain team has spent the last several years delivering the components needed for our SPARC tokamak; things like multi-ton forgings cryoplants vacuum vessels superconductors power supplies and many more highly customized the process weve built a deeply technical and talented Supply Chain team and weve planted the seeds for a future fusion supply chain. Now its time to scale the global fusion Supply Chain to deliver many ARC power plants.
Were hiring our VP of Supply Chain to lead us through these next phases of scale-up supplier development planning procurement logistics supplier quality and this role you will drive a multi-billion dollar procurement portfolio scaling the global fusion supply chain and architecting CFSs internal supply chain systems enabling the delivery of many ARCs per year.
Supply Chain Strategy and Roadmap: Build the comprehensive plan to scale the global fusion supply chain to deliver all the components of ARC power plants
Activate Global Supplier Relationships: Sell suppliers on CFSs vision and on scaling their capacity towards this vision. Do this globally built on a strong understanding of global cultural differences and norms. Identify initiate structure negotiate and close partnerships with these suppliers
Complex Supplier Partnerships: Specialize in creative deal structures that align incentives and build robust supplier partnerships. Be a savvy win-win negotiator. Bring a full toolkit of deal structure and contract term options
Leadership: Lead and grow our 100 person team of exceptional supply chain experts. Hire brilliant colleagues. Maintain a strong team culture connected to our mission
Supply Chain Systems: Continuously improve the companys supply chain systems processes and tools to remove waste increase speed and multiply the capabilities of our teams
- 20 years of progressive supply chain experience including VP-level strategic leadership roles scaling cutting edge hardware-intensive supply chains
- A proven ability to create and execute complex supplier development roadmaps for scaling up global capacity
- An exceptional leader and hirer of world class teams
- A talented architect of scalable supply chain systems and processes. Demonstrated ability to build a supply chain for a new industry
- Experience at multiple company scales especially those rapidly growing from 1000 person companies to 5000 people
- Perform activities such as typing standing or sitting for extended periods of time
- Willingness to travel or work required nights/weekends/on-call regularly
- Work in a facility that contains industrial hazards including heat cold noise fumes strong magnets lead (Pb) high voltage high current pressure systems and cryogenics
Required Experience:
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