Senior Supply Chain Engineer (5925)

Are you looking for an opportunity with plenty of growth potential? Do you enjoy working in an exciting, fast-paced, collaborative environment? Are you interested in working with the world's most innovative companies to create a more connected world?

Connecting Continents. Impacting Communities.

The backbone of the Internet is a series of high-tech subsea fiber optic cables deployed throughout the globe - SubCom has deployed over 50% of them. Our employees ensure data communications networks are engineered, manufactured, deployed to the highest standards, enabling faster and more reliable connectivity to communities worldwide. Every member of the SubCom team plays a role in an end-to-end process that is critical to enterprises, governments, big cities, and rural towns.

We encourage, expect, and value creativity, thoughtful risk taking, openness to change, and diverse perspectives. Whether you're a seasoned applicant seeking a new and exciting challenge, or you're new to the workforce and looking for a flexible, rewarding, and fast-paced position with an innovative and stable organization (since 1953), SubCom has opportunities to advance your career.

Position Overview

Leads the development of initial and/or new supply sources and the initial business and process requirements to facilitate procurement of parts and equipment for SubCom Products. Analyses technical data, designs, preliminary specifications, manufacturing limitations, supplier facilities, and availability of parts and equipment. Investigate potential suppliers and recommend those most desirable. Leads, Arranges, participates cross-functional teams in communication and collaboration between suppliers and engineers, purchasers, inspectors, and other company personnel to facilitate economical procurement of parts and equipment used in SubCom's products.

Responsibilities

• Lead the wet and dry plant effort in sustained engineering for the Supply Chain Management team.
• Identify and develop alternate/2nd source Suppliers
• Lead cross-functional team through charter development to execution using SubCom methodology and stage-gate process
• Develop cost modeling for continued price evaluation/reduction through VA/VE
• Work with R&D and Operations engineers to identify non-value-added requirements
• Work with Suppliers to drive quality improvement initiatives
• Works directly with Suppliers to understand their cost structure and drive part/process pricing improvements through elimination of non-value-added effort.
• Works internally to develop "Should-Cost Models" and communicates cross-functionally with R&D, Finance, Supply Chain and Operations teams
• Identify 2nd and 3rd source opportunities through alternate parts, processes, or technology to create optionality for SubCom
• Develop and maintain Product Lifecycle Management reporting tools in support of the pipeline initiatives to drive future cost reduction efforts
• Work closely with the design, quality and component engineering teams to ensure continued source of supply
• Participate in regular Supply Chain meetings and interfaces with all departments
• Ensure compliance with purchasing policies and procedures, ethical practices and adherence to relevant laws and regulations