Vice President, Procurement Communications

What You Will Do

• Business partnership:Serve as the primary procurement business partner to the Communications GM and leadership team.
• Segment strategy:Develop and execute a multi-year procurement strategy aligned with Communications business priorities technology roadmap customer programs and margin goals.
• Category leadership:Lead sourcing and supplier strategies across direct materials engineered components electronics optics mechanicals contract manufacturing capital equipment logistics and indirect spend.
• Cross-functional alignment:Partner closely with engineering product management operations supply chain finance quality and legal to align supplier strategies with business needs.
• NPI and roadmap support:Engage early in product development and NPI to influence design-to-cost design-to-source supplier selection and supply readiness.
• Supplier network:Build and manage a global supplier network that supports cost quality delivery innovation capacity responsiveness and risk requirements.
• Commercial negotiations:Lead major supplier negotiations including pricing payment terms supply commitments service levels quality obligations and commercial risk protections.
• Cost and cash:Drive cost savings productivity cost avoidance working-capital improvement and gross margin expansion.
• Supply assurance:Develop supply assurance strategies for critical components single-source suppliers constrained technologies long-lead materials and customer-critical programs.
• Supplier performance:Improve supplier performance through scorecards executive business reviews supplier development and corrective-action plans.
• Market insight:Provide leadership visibility to supplier-market trends technology constraints cost drivers capacity risks and supply-chain exposures.
• Digital and analytics:Strengthen procurement analytics processes systems reporting and operating cadence.
• Team leadership:Lead mentor and develop a high-performing procurement team.

What You Bring

• Bachelors degree in supply chain business finance engineering operations or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• 15 years of progressive procurement sourcing supply chain operations or manufacturing leadership experience.
• Experience leading procurement for technically complex products direct-material categories electronics optics communications systems or advanced technology businesses.
• Strong background in strategic sourcing supplier management contract negotiation cost reduction supplier risk management and procurement operations.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with senior business leaders GMs CTOs engineering operations finance supply chain and quality teams.
• Experience supporting NPI product roadmap execution supplier readiness and production ramp planning.
• Strong financial acumen including the ability to connect procurement actions to gross margin operating income inventory cash flow and business growth.
• Experience leading global teams and influencing across matrixed organizations.
• Strong executive communication negotiation analytical and decision-making skills.

Preferred Experience

• Experience in communications infrastructure optical networking transmission systems transport systems photonics electronics advanced components or complex systems manufacturing.
• Experience managing suppliers for custom components engineered materials optics electronics contract manufacturing or high-reliability technical products.
• Experience in businesses with demanding customer commitments rapid product transitions long lead times and high technical complexity.
• Experience with procurement transformation supplier-base optimization should-cost programs value engineering digital procurement tools or global category management.

Leadership Profile

The successful candidate will be a strategic procurement executive who can operate as a true business partner to the GM while bringing strong commercial discipline supplier-market insight technical curiosity and execution rigor. This leader should be able to influence product engineering operations and finance decisions through a procurement lens.

Success in the Role

• Deliver annual and multi-year savings productivity and gross-margin improvement commitments.
• Improve supplier performance across cost quality delivery responsiveness innovation capacity and risk.
• Strengthen supplier readiness for NPI product ramps customer-critical programs and roadmap execution.
• Reduce exposure to single-source long-lead constrained-technology and supply-continuity risks.
• Build strong stakeholder confidence with the Communications GM CTO BU leaders operations engineering finance quality supply chain and enterprise procurement.

Quality and Environmental Responsibilities

Depending on location this position may be responsible for the execution and maintenance of the ISO 9000 and/or other applicable standards that may apply to the relevant roles and responsibilities within the Quality Management System and Environmental Management System.

CultureCommitment

Ensure adherence to companys values (ICARE) in all aspects of your position at Coherent Corp.:

Integrity Create an Environment of Trust

Collaboration Innovate Through the Sharing of Ideas

Accountability Own the Process and the Outcome

Respect Recognize the Value in Everyone

Enthusiasm Find a Sense of Purpose in Work

Coherent Corp. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religion national origin disability protected Veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law.