Commonwealth Fusion Systems

Supply Chain

StaffSupplierIntegrationManager-ARC

$130–200k Devens, Massachusetts, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Manager candidates.

The Brief

“Staff Supplier Integration Manager - ARC at Commonwealth Fusion Systems. Skills: Supplier Integration, Supply Chain Strategy, Technical Sourcing, Supplier Relationship Management. Create global supply chain strategies. Execute global supply chain strategies”

What You'll Achieve.

Improve product cost; Achieve supply chain readiness; Achieve supply chain reliability

Industry & Context.

Supply Chain
Problems you'll solve

Solve tough problems; Identify gaps; Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting; Broad ambiguous problems

Eligibility Requirements

Typing for extended periods, Standing for extended periods, Sitting for extended periods, Willingness to travel, Work required nights, Work required weekends, On-call regularly, Work in hazardous facility, Compliance with Export Control Laws

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Expert in technical sourcing, Experienced in uncertain environments, Comfortable in low TRL environments, Capable of serving as senior face of CFS, Speak languages of plasma physicists, engineers, material scientists, Speak directly to Executive Leadership Team, Marshal internal resources and consensus

Nice to Have

Previous experience with Mergers and Acquisitions, Joint Venture formation experience, Strategic partnership framework development experience

What You'll Do.

Create global supply chain strategies

Execute global supply chain strategies

Integrate supply chain with design teams

Improve and simplify CFS designs

Conduct supplier searches

Build supplier relationships

Manage supplier relationships

Negotiate long-term agreements

Negotiate high-value agreements

Drive powerplant value engineering

Drive cost reductions

Drive technology selection

Increase TRL of fusion hardware

Develop techno-economic models

Advise on company acquisitions

Develop joint ventures

Drive public private partnerships

Drive supply chain readiness

Drive supply chain reliability

Develop category strategies

Develop commodity strategies

Support customer diligence

Support sponsor diligence

Support partner diligence

Support investor diligence

Develop scope for new projects

Develop budget for new projects

Develop schedule for new projects

Develop strategic plan

Execute strategic plan

Align strategies with business growth

Align strategies with new product introductions

Build relationships with supplier leadership

Deepen relationships with supplier leadership

Align with Engineering

Align with Technology

Align with Operations

Manage sourcing processes

Manage sourcing performance

Prepare briefing materials

Write research results

Publish research results

Manage organizational effectiveness

Gather intelligence on supplier health

Inform Sr. Leadership of risk

Propose countermeasures for risk

Conduct supplier business reviews

Communicate supplier performance

Conduct business evaluations

Serve as escalation point

Resolve corrective actions

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with Chief Engineer; Partner with R&D organization; Partner with Fusion Economics teams; Feedback loop to R&D; Feedback loop to engineering; Advise Supply Chain teams; Advise Open Innovation teams; Advise Government Affairs teams; Advise C-Suite teams; Support Investor Relations teams; Support Business Development teams; Support Corporate Finance teams; Support Engineering teams; Align with Engineering; Align with Technology; Align with Business; Align with Operations; Align with Finance; Align with Quality; Collaborate with external partners

Communication Scope

Executive presentations; Technical writing; Public facing presentations

Process & Methodology

Project management, Process improvement, Work plans, Milestones

Full Job Description

## Description 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 we're 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 nearly $3 billion in capital, making us the largest and leading private fusion company in the world. 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 Staff Supplier Integration Manager CFS confronts exciting but significant challenges associated with the supply chain for ARC and other new products and projects.  Key challenges for ARC include: (a) producing a design that leads to a very cost competitive and producible (deployable) product (b) managing high levels of technical uncertainty and (c) an expensive and operationally difficult path to begin building ARC power plants. The Staff Supplier Integration Manager (SSIM) will create and execute global supply chain strategies fully integrated with CFS design teams and in close partnership with other functions including R&D, business and corporate development, Open Innovation, and government affairs.  This strategy development will include focused and highly technical efforts to improve and simplify CFS designs with practical knowledge of supply chain capabilities, focused on major improvements to product cost and other key metrics.  It will require deep, continuous, and insightful research into new technologies, evolving market conditions, and other key trends.  The SSIM will also conduct global, creative and systematic supplier searches, and build and manage complex, senior

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