Location: This role will work onsite at our office located in College Park, MD. We are open to hybrid and remote options for the right candidate.
Travel: Up to 25%
Job ID: 1518

The Role:

We are looking for a Commodity Manager for lasers and optics. As Commodity Manager, you’ll be part of a cross-functional team whose mission is to lead IonQ on its journey to build the world’s best quantum platform to solve the world’s most complex problems.

As a Commodity Manager - Lasers & Optics, you’ll be responsible for supporting supplier selection, performance, risk and compliance within IonQ’s lasers & optics supply base. You will work closely with technical teams and production teams to understand supply base needs and drive performance improvement to support IonQ’s roadmap.

Responsibilities:

• Support the implementation of sourcing strategies for lasers & optics. This includes partnering cross-functionally seeking strategic input, drive supplier selection activities, and supplier maintenance.
• Partner with SQE, Engineering and other internal stakeholders during the initial sourcing and vetting phases to ensure that new supplier qualifications align with the long-term commodity strategy; co-leading on-site assessments to bridge the gap between technical audit findings and commercial risk mitigation.
• Cost analysis, benchmark comparisons, and support commercial supplier negotiations.
• Review technical artifacts to draft RFx packages for lasers & optics.
• Drive cross-functional actions (internally and externally) to improve supplier performance, decrease risk, and reduce total cost of ownership.
• Maintain supplier KPIs to measure supplier risk and performance in areas of technology, quality, responsiveness, delivery and cost (TQRDC).
• Support supplier contractual negotiations as needed.
• Evaluate supplier capability, capacity, and scalability relative to forecast demand and design changes. Identify and report supply risks.
• Support purchase order execution, export compliance, monitor delivery performance, and proactively escalate supply or quality risks.
• Travel up to 25% of the time.

Requirements:

• 3+ years experience in strategic supply chain management in a manufacturing environment.
• Familiarity sourcing lasers, optics and camera systems.
• Demonstrated negotiation and supplier management experience.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with engineering, operations and quality teams, and navigating through cross-functional corporate layers.
• Comfortable working with high levels of ambiguity.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering, physics, or other technical field.
• Strong Microsoft Office and Google suite (e.g., Google Sheets, Google Slides) skills.
• Familiarity with ERP systems with experience in MRP.

Preferred Qualifications:

• CPSM, APSM, or certification.
• 5+ years experience in strategic supply chain management in a manufacturing environment.
• 3+ years strategic sourcing experience and technical knowledge on lasers, optics, and photonics components.
• Best-in-class cross-functional communication, collaboration & presentation skills.
• Sourcing experience in a defense contracting environment (i.e., FAR/DFARs, ITAR).
• Demonstrated experience in developing, evangelizing and deploying sourcing strategies.

The approximate base salary range for this position is $84,455 - $110,132. The total compensation package includes base, bonus, equity, and a range of benefit options found on our career site.