Supply Chain Manager

The role

The Supply Chain Manager will lead sourcing strategy and end-to-end supply chain management for optical and photonic components. This includes supplier identification, qualification, negotiation, and relationship management to align with build schedules.

What you will do

• Translate plans and forecasts into supplier capacity requirements and allocation requests
• Monitor supplier lead times, allocation cycles, and delivery commitments
• Coordinate with planning and production teams to align supplier capacity with build schedules
• Develop and manage supply plans balancing demand, inventory, and manufacturing capabilities
• Establish planning processes, metrics, and governance
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives
• Lead supplier qualification activities in partnership with engineering and quality teams
• Assess supplier financial health, manufacturing capacity, and technology roadmap alignment
• Support commercial negotiations for pricing, capacity commitments, and supply agreements
• Partner with engineering and product teams to translate technology roadmaps into sourcing plans

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Materials Science, Supply Chain, or related field
• 5+ years of sourcing/procurement and supply chain experience
• Proven track record negotiating supply agreements and managing supplier relationships across Asia and other global regions
• Excellent analytical and cross-functional stakeholder management skills

About the company

Lumilens is building photonics infrastructure for AI supercomputing. The company is a well-funded startup backed by Mayfield.