The Supply Chain Manager role involves managing logistics, procurement, and inventory, ensuring material availability while optimizing processes and minimizing costs, all while leading a small team.
About Commonwealth Fusion Systems:
Commonwealth Fusion Systems is on a mission to deliver the urgent transition to fusion energy.
Combining decades of research, top talent and new technologies, we’re designing and building commercially viable fusion power plants. And working with policymakers and suppliers to build the energy industry of the future.
We’re in the best position to make it happen. Since 2018, we’ve raised over $2 billion in capital – more than any other fusion energy company in the U.S.
Now we’re looking for more thinkers, doers, builders, and makers to join us. People who’ll bring new perspectives, solve tough problems, and thrive as part of a team.
If that’s you and this role fits, we want to hear from you.
Join the power movement as a Supply Chain Manager
This is a critical leadership role for the CFS supply chain organization. This role is the main interface with the CFS manufacturing and operations teams and is responsible for ensuring internal customers have the materials, equipment, and physical / software tools that they need when they need them.
This person will lead a small team consisting of individuals supporting inventory, logistics, planning and procurement to meet company objectives. The Supply Chain Manager will be responsible for managing supplier relationships, optimizing processes and minimizing cost and waste. This person ensures alignment with and supports the broader business by utilizing data to identify trends, improve performance and reduce risk.
This role requires compliance with U.S. laws concerning the export of controlled or protected technologies or information (collectively, “Export Control Laws"). Any offer of employment will be contingent on the need for compliance with such Export Control Laws.
What you'll do:
- Manage logistics, inventory, and procurement activities related to supply chain including procurement, contracting, planning, and delivery of hardware and equipment to the worksite
- Negotiate and provide oversight for supplier contracts while aligning with CFS headquarter contracts
- Create and ensure compliance with all CFS Safety guidelines and policies; correct any unsafe conditions or behaviors while maintaining a clean work environment
- Assist with the definition of material control policies and procedures
- Ensure compliance with safety and financial requirements
- Act as the key interface between engineering, operations and manufacturing and the supply chain organization
- Establish and achieve team KPIs
- Maintain materials, Material Handling Equipment, and supplies required to meet CFS inventory related functions
- Establish ‘pull’ strategy from the procurement and planning organizations to deliver systems and components for construction per the defined Master Schedule
- Supervise, evaluate and coach team members
- Ensure accuracy of orders and record verified information in CFS ERP system
- Ensure compliance with CFS HazMat storage
- Supervise inventory, logistics, planning and procurement staff
What we’re looking for:
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- 10+ years experience in supply chain
- 5+ years experience in materials management in a manufacturing environment
- 7+ years experience in a management role
- Exceptional understanding of inventory and warehouse operations
- Experience negotiating contracts and supplier relationship management
- Ability to identify process gaps and create solutions for improvements
- Understanding of ERP functionality and ERP critical fields
- Strong computer skills with GSuite tools
- Possess remarkable problem-solving skills with a bias for speed
- Learns quickly and adapts to new information and environments
- Able to work with minimal supervision to follow through on assignments and meet deadlines
- Ability to lead and mentor
- Demonstrate organizational skills and accuracy, with the ability to prioritize job functions to meet deadlines and ensure smooth workflow and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
- Possesses excellent judgment and the ability to make and execute on decisions for the holistic betterment of the company with little oversight
- Exhibit strong customer service skills and an entrepreneurial spirit
- Effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment with exceptionally tight deadlines with frequent interruptions and distractions
- Address problems with a positive, creative, collaborative approach, always keeping the customer experience in mind
- Have exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, and be able to write concise, logical and grammatically correct business correspondence
- Have strong relationship building skills, and the ability to interact and work effectively with many levels of personnel and suppliers
Bonus points for:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Experience in a start-up or high growth environment
Must-have Requirements:
- Ability to occasionally lift up to 50 lbs
- Perform activities such as typing, standing, or sitting for extended periods of time
- Perform extended periods of phone or teleconference work
- 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
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At CFS, we excel in fast-paced environments, driven by our values of integrity, execution, impact, and self-critique. As we grow, we’re eager to bring on mission-driven folks who offer diverse perspectives and fresh ways to tackle challenges.
We value diversity deeply and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer by choice. We consider all qualified applicants equally, regardless of race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, protected veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or any other basis protected by law.
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