Commodity Manager, Optics in Toronto

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Primary Responsibilities

• Strategic Sourcing: Define, develop and implement strategy for the assigned commodity, including management and optimization of the supplier panel. Lead the negotiations process including timelines and facilitate the decision making process. Negotiate best contract (commercial and technical package) for Procurement requirements. Ensure commercial gatekeeping during implementation. Work with NPI Engineering team during early stage of design to influence cost and lead time. Promote standardization, modularization, and upstream integration. Support the Bids & Proposal teams with specific market intelligence on supplier for future business pursuits and RFP support. Direct the Business Analyst on bid BOM evaluation, target cost, RFx, and identification of procurement risks. Drive cross-functional team to perform Supplier capacity/capability assessments.
• Commodity Management: Work with critical and/or challenged suppliers of optical components, precision optics, coatings, and optical assemblies to improve On Time Delivery and First Pass Yield to target levels. Act as an escalation point for Production Buyers and manage critical supplier recovery schedules to meet organizational demand requirements. Understand and track performance across the organization’s optics supply base, including spend, supply markets, material and component costs, supplier capacity, and tiers of suppliers supporting optical components and assemblies. Conduct and evaluate optics industry competitive intelligence, market reports, trade publications, and supplier capabilities. Monitor emerging optical technologies, materials, manufacturing processes, coatings, and component trends, and visit trade shows, showrooms, factories, and product design events. Support development of business cases for optical components, manufacturing capabilities, and supplier sourcing strategies, while tracking supplier performance, cost reductions, quality improvements, and overall supply chain savings. Manage the business review process with optics suppliers to ensure market trends, supplier performance, optical quality requirements, manufacturing capabilities, capacity, cost, and future business needs are aligned with organizational objectives.

Required Capabilities

• Excellent communication and negotiating skills
• Effectively manage multiple competing priorities
• Initiative to investigate problems, develop solutions and obtain results
• Multi-lingual capabilities are highly preferred but not required
• Strong spreadsheet and presentation skills

Desired Education and Experiences

• Experience in a highly regulated industry, Aerospace & Defense is preferred.
• Bachelor or Master degree in Business Administration, Engineering or Finance from a four-year College or University.
• PMP and/or CSCP designation is considered an asset.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in either Fabricated metal parts, Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS), Optical assembly or Systems / Sub-systems integration.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver results in a manufacturing environment.
• Solid understanding of ERP/MRP and production planning principles
• Working knowledge of export controls and Offsets is considered an asset

Travel

• Ability to travel to global locations (expected travel about 10-20%)

This posting is for a current vacancy. In the province of Ontario, Canada, the pay range for this position will be $110,000 to $130,000.

At L3Harris, we foster an inclusive and equitable workplace. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. For applicants with disabilities, we will provide you with accommodation so that you have what you need in order to be at your best.

L3Harris performs background checks prior to employment as all applicants must be eligible for registration with the Controlled Goods Program and obtain and maintain a positive security assessment. Some positions may require a government of Canada “Reliability” status and/or Level 2 (Secret) security clearance. In addition, L3Harris performs pre-employment substance abuse testing where required.