Principal
Company is a scale-up with a total of 85 employees and growing fast. It works at the frontier of quantum computing technology, to support scientists and institutions worldwide with ‘qubit control equipment’ (hardware with (embedded) software). Appr. 50% of all employees has a PhD in physics and also about 50% employees is Dutch; the other 50% of personnel has 21 different nationalities. Company is based in Delft and funded by several investors.
Tasks
Reporting into the operations manager you will need to create strategies to secure the supply chain for electronic devices (production of PCBs, I/Cs, electronic parts).
Your focus will be on market analysis, supporting the innovation process, organizing the supply chain (strategy), on sourcing, selection and contracting plus solving issues in the supply chain.
Your scope will be truly global.
The category you will be responsible for comprises all components needed to produce PCBs. The supply chain for these components, especially I/Cs, is extremely complex and competitive: few suppliers and limited availability. Players in the supply chain are OEMs, distributors and EMSs (Electronic Manufacturing Service providers).
You need to think of strategies to assure timely delivery. E.g. by having direct contact not only with tier 1 suppliers, but also tier 2 and tier 3. Or by actively applying a multi vendor policy in each tier and even by making different designs for one PCB to assure that availability of components will not become a blocking factor in production.
You are familiar with the complexity of the (global) supply chain, know the industry with its drivers and the supplier in the global market for I/C’s and electronic parts as well as EMS’s.
Ofcourse you need to work intensively with your engineering colleagues, mainly PhD’s on the supply market, procurement strategies, NPD and the impact on their work.
The position will require some international travel.
Your profile
– You know the worldmarket for I/C’s, EMS’s, electronic components well
– Experience with NPD and familiar with a manufacturing environment
– Analytical and strategic, but also hands-on, pragmatic and a good team player
– Ability to work together with engineers at PhD level
– Ability to converse in Dutch; good command of English
– EU passport or working permit.
Sacrifice
– Salary level of around gross € 85K max/yr., depending on experience and know-how
– Everyone in the company (incl. board level) starts with a 1 year contract, followed by a contract
– 30 vacation days
– After the 1st year you will participate in a stock option scheme that lasts until 2026. The scheme will retroactively enter into force per date you started working for the company.
– Premium free pension
