Join the power movement as Vice President of Supply Chain
CFS's Supply Chain team has spent the last several years delivering the components needed for our SPARC tokamak; things like multi-ton forgings, cryoplants, vacuum vessels, superconductors, power supplies, and many more highly customized parts. In the process, we've built a deeply technical and talented Supply Chain team and we've planted the seeds for a future fusion supply chain. Now it's time to scale the global fusion Supply Chain to deliver many ARC power plants.
We're hiring our VP of Supply Chain to lead us through these next phases of scale-up, supplier development, planning, procurement, logistics, supplier quality, and systems. In this role, you will drive a multi-billion dollar procurement portfolio, scaling the global fusion supply chain and architecting CFS's internal supply chain systems, enabling the delivery of many ARCs per year.
What you'll do:
Supply Chain Strategy and Roadmap: Build the comprehensive plan to scale the global fusion supply chain to deliver all the components of ARC power plants
Activate Global Supplier Relationships: Sell suppliers on CFS's vision, and on scaling their capacity towards this vision. Do this globally, built on a strong understanding of global cultural differences and norms. Identify, initiate, structure, negotiate, and close partnerships with these suppliers
Complex Supplier Partnerships: Specialize in creative deal structures that align incentives and build robust supplier partnerships. Be a savvy win-win negotiator. Bring a full toolkit of deal structure and contract term options
Leadership: Lead and grow our ~100 person team of exceptional supply chain experts. Hire brilliant colleagues. Maintain a strong team culture connected to our mission
Supply Chain Systems: Continuously improve the company's supply chain systems, processes, and tools to remove waste, increase speed, and multiply the capabilities of our teams
What we’re looking for:
- 20+ years of progressive supply chain experience, including VP-level strategic leadership roles scaling cutting edge, hardware-intensive supply chains
- A proven ability to create and execute complex supplier development roadmaps for scaling up global capacity
- An exceptional leader and hirer of world class teams
- A talented architect of scalable supply chain systems and processes. Demonstrated ability to build a supply chain for a new industry
Bonus points for:
- Experience at multiple company scales, especially those rapidly growing from ~1000 person companies to ~5000 people
Must-have Requirements:
- Perform activities such as typing, standing, or sitting for extended periods of time
- Willingness to travel or work required nights/weekends/on-call regularly
- Work in a facility that contains industrial hazards including heat, cold, noise, fumes, strong magnets, lead (Pb), high voltage, high current, pressure systems, and cryogenics
Skills Required
- 20+ years of progressive supply chain experience, including VP-level strategic leadership roles scaling hardware-intensive supply chains
- Proven ability to create and execute complex supplier development roadmaps for scaling global capacity
- Experience structuring, negotiating, and closing complex supplier partnerships and creative deal structures
- Proven leader and hirer with experience building and growing large supply chain teams (~100 people)
- Demonstrated ability to architect scalable supply chain systems, processes, and tools for a new industry
- Experience at multiple company scales, especially rapid growth from ~1,000 to ~5,000 employees
- Willingness to travel and work nights/weekends/on-call regularly
- Ability to perform activities such as typing, standing, or sitting for extended periods
- Willingness to work in facilities with industrial hazards (heat, cold, noise, fumes, strong magnets, lead, high voltage/current, pressure systems, cryogenics)
What We Do
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) has the fastest, lowest cost path to commercial fusion energy. CFS is collaborating with MIT to leverage decades of research combined with new groundbreaking high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnet technology. HTS magnets will enable compact fusion power plants that can be constructed faster and at lower cost. CFS is now building SPARC, the world's first commercially relevant, net energy fusion demonstration device. SPARC will pave the way for the first fusion power plant, ARC, that will produce power on the grid. The ultimate mission is to deploy fusion power plants to meet global decarbonization goals as fast as possible. CFS has assembled a team of leaders in tough tech, fusion science, and manufacturing with a track record of rapid execution. Supported by the world’s leading investors, CFS is uniquely positioned to deliver limitless, clean, fusion power to combat climate change. If you are interested in joining our team, check out cfs.energy/careers for more information.
