It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us! Lumentum Canada was awarded the 2022 National Capital Region’s Top Employers for the 6th consecutive year and the 2022 Career Directory Canada’s Best Employers for Recent Graduates for the 5th consecutive year. The Global Commodity Manager (GCM) will manage Lumentum optical components. This role is responsible for managing the supplier base and developing commodity strategy for sub commodities to be assgined. This key individual will understand all market aspects and be recognized as the global industry expert within Lumentum for the commodity portfolio. The GCM position is a focal point for Lumentum and is responsible for driving the adoption of commodity strategies into the engineering’s design and/or manufacturing objectives. In this positon you will: As a Global Commodity Manager you are responsible for: Developing cost models and understanding cost drivers. Being the recognized expert for global market information: long term supply, demand, capacity, price, market segments, competition, short and long-term market trends, and environmental and/or regulatory implications. Developing complex, global and comprehensive supplier-buyer contractual relationships. Developing negotiation strategies and driving negotiations to achieve stated goals and objectives. Developing and documenting negotiation and contracting process consistent with commodity strategy. Own communication for contract data and volumes across global teams, modalities and supply base as appropriate. Leverage supplier capabilities and business opportunities on a domestic and international basis. Primary owner for the supplier relationship. With technology partners, and in accordance with the commodity strategy, drive supplier selection, development and overall supplier management. Work with Strategic Technology Leaders and Supplier Quality Engineering to integrate Lumentum supplier performance requirements into all suppliers. Develop commodity specific performance criteria and award/remove business in accordance with results. Work with suppliers to drive improvement on all areas measured within the supplier scorecard. Drive global supply base consolidation analysis, planning and implementation. Exhibit systems and metrics knowledge. Required Qualifications: Experience with developing a sourcing plan reflective of portfolio management: long-term agreements or annual contracts or purchase contracts, etc. is required. BS in Business or Engineering or related field, or demonstrated relevant working experience. Willing to Travel approximately 10%. 8+ years Commodity Management experience. Experience with ERP, MRP Systems. Commodity knowledge and experience in the field of optical telecommunication industry is a plus. Preferred Qualifications: Strategic business process leadership, innovative, results oriented. Excellent interpersonal communication and negotiation skills. Ability to communicate with senior management, internally and externally, for effective commodity strategy execution is highly preferred. Self-motivated, able to work independently and under pressure, to achieve requested timing and quality of assigned tasks. Lumentum (NASDAQ: LITE) is a market-leading designer and manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products enabling cloud, optical networking, and laser applications worldwide. Lumentum optical components and subsystems are part of virtually every type of data center, telecom, and enterprise network. Lumentum lasers enable advanced manufacturing techniques and diverse applications including next-generation 3D sensing capabilities. Lumentum is headquartered in San Jose, California with R&D, manufacturing, and sales offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.lumentum.com and follow Lumentum on Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, and YouTube. We believe Lumentum is a great place to work and we support a diverse and inclusive culture where employees bring their whole and authentic selves to work. We strive to build meaningful connections that fuel innovation to produce products that impact the world. We are committed to creating a diverse and welcoming workplace that includes employees with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We believe that enables us to better meet our mission and values while serving customers throughout our global communities. People of color, women, LGBTQIA+, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. All offers of employment are subject to background checks, appropriate work authorizations, and depending on the country, drug screens may be required prior to the start date. As a global employer, Lumentum is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. Protected categories differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction but may include race, ethnic origin, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status.
