{"id":4298610,"url":"https://alion.io/job/ciena-director-supply-chain-strategy","title":"Director Supply Chain Strategy","company":{"id":4473578,"name":"Ciena","domain":"ceanatech.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/ciena-3","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":null,"truth_index":null},"role":"Operations","role_family":"Operations","seniority":"head","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"board_field","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"inferred","locations":[],"countries":[],"hiring_countries":["US"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-14T00:20:09Z","employer_posted_date":null,"last_verified_at":"2026-11-14T00:20:09Z","board_verified":false,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"not_scored","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"As the global leader in high-speed connectivity, Ciena builds the critical infrastructure powering the AI era. We’re a technology company shaping the future of networking, guided by innovation, integrity, and collaboration. Through development opportunities, meaningful work, and flexibility, Ciena supports growth and well-being—on and off the job. Connect with a career that matters.\n\nThe Director, Global Supply Chain Strategy & Architecture is responsible for defining the long-term strategy and future-state architecture of the global Supply Chain organization.\nThis leader will translate business growth objectives, product strategy, customer requirements, market dynamics, and external supply-chain trends into an integrated global supply chain strategy and future-state design. The role will define the strategic choices required across the supply chain network, manufacturing and partner ecosystem, capacity, resilience, inventory positioning, and critical capabilities to ensure the Supply Chain is positioned to scale, respond, and perform as the business evolves.\n\nThe Director will serve as the architect and integrator of the end-to-end supply chain, connecting functional strategies into a cohesive future-state direction, identifying structural and capability requirements, developing strategic scenarios, and establishing the multi-year roadmap required to prepare Supply Chain for future business needs.\n\nKey Responsibilities1. Global Supply Chain Strategy\nLead the development and ongoing evolution of the global, multi-year Supply Chain strategy, aligned with the corporate strategy and growth objectives.\n\nTranslate business, product, market, and customer strategies into implications for the future supply chain.\n\nDefine the strategic choices required across areas such as global footprint, capacity, sourcing, manufacturing, inventory, logistics, supply assurance, resilience, and partner strategy.\n\nIdentify the capabilities required to enable the supply chain to scale effectively while maintaining agility, competitiveness, and customer responsiveness.\n\nMaintain an external perspective on geopolitical developments, industry trends, supply-market dynamics, manufacturing models, and emerging supply-chain practices.\n\n2. Physical Strategic Roadmap & Prioritization\nDevelop and maintain an integrated 3-5 year Supply Chain strategic roadmap, translating strategy into clear priorities and strategic initiatives.\n\nEstablish the strategic rationale and expected business outcomes associated with major supply-chain investments.\n\nIdentify dependencies and trade-offs across major strategic initiatives and recommend priorities\n\nEnsure functional strategies connect to a common end-to-end direction rather than developing independently.\n\nPartner with functional leaders to translate the global strategy into actionable priorities within their respective organizations.\n\nFacilitate leadership discussions and strategy sessions focused on major supply-chain choices and priorities.\n\nEstablish a regular cadence for reviewing the Supply Chain strategy, external assumptions, strategic risks, and progress against priorities.\n\nEnsure strategic decisions are translated into clear ownership and accountability across the Supply Chain organization.\n\n3. Supply Chain Network & Ecosystem Strategy\nDevelop strategic perspectives on the global supply-chain footprint and ecosystem required to support future growth.\n\nAssess long-term requirements for manufacturing capacity, geographic diversification, supplier ecosystem, contract manufacturing, distribution, and logistics networks.\n\nEvaluate strategic make/buy/partner considerations and recommend the appropriate operating model for different elements of the supply chain.\n\nIncorporate geopolitical, concentration, continuity, capacity, cost, and customer considerations into global network decisions.\n\nPartner with functional leaders to develop strategies that strengthen supply assurance and reduce structural supply-chain risk.\n\n4. Strategic Capacity & Scale Readiness\nAssess the supply chain's ability to support future revenue, product, volume, and customer requirements.\n\nIdentify structural constraints that could limit the company's ability to scale.\n\nDevelop strategic scenarios for different growth, demand, supply, and geopolitical conditions.\n\nIdentify where additional capacity, capability, supplier diversification, inventory, or ecosystem investment may be required.\n\nEstablish a forward-looking view of supply-chain readiness and bring recommended actions and trade-offs to senior leadership.\n\n5. Strategic Business & Financial Analysis\nDevelop fact-based recommendations for complex supply-chain decisions, clearly articulating options, trade-offs, risks, investment requirements, and expected business outcomes.\n\nDevelop business cases for significant strategic supply-chain investments and decisions.\n\nPartner with Finance to assess the financial implications of alternative supply-chain strategies.\n\nBalance service, growth, resilience, inventory, working capital, cost, and investment considerations when developing strategic recommendations.\n\nEstablish measures that demonstrate whether the supply-chain strategy is delivering the intended business outcomes.\n\n6. Enterprise & Cross-Functional Alignment\nBuild strong partnerships across Product Line Management (PLM), R&D, Finance, Sales Operations, and other Enterprise functions.\n\nConnect product roadmaps, business growth plans, financial objectives, and customer requirements to future supply-chain requirements.\n\nEnsure Supply Chain implications are incorporated early into major business and product decisions.\n\nOutside the Scope of This RoleThis role does not own:\n\nDigital supply-chain strategy or technology implementation\n\nProcess transformation and process redesign\n\nSupply-chain systems implementation\n\nAutomation or AI deployment\n\nTransformation program management\n\nDay-to-day functional or operational execution\n\nThe Must Haves:\nBachelor’s degree in supply chain, Operations, Engineering, Business, Finance, or a related discipline.\n\nSignificant progressive experience in global supply chain, operations, strategy, or a related leadership role.\n\nBroad end-to-end understanding of supply-chain disciplines including planning, sourcing, manufacturing, inventory, logistics, supplier management, and supply assurance.\n\nDemonstrated ability to develop long-term strategy and translate complex business requirements into clear strategic priorities.\n\nExperience within a complex global manufacturing environment, ideally technology, telecommunications, electronics, semiconductor, or a related sector.\n\nExperience evaluating supply-chain networks, manufacturing strategies, capacity requirements, outsourcing models, and/or global supply ecosystems.\n\nStrong business and financial acumen with experience developing investment recommendations and evaluating strategic trade-offs.\n\nExceptional executive communication skills and demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders across organizational boundaries.\n\nNice to have: \nMBA or advanced degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, Finance, or related discipline.\n\nExperience working within an outsourced or contract-manufacturing operating model.\n\nExperience supporting periods of significant business growth or structural change.\n\nExperience with scenario planning, network strategy, supply-chain risk, and global capacity strategy.\n\nLeadership Competencies\n\nEnterprise Thinking: Optimizes decisions for the end-to-end business rather than individual functions.\n\nStrategic Foresight: Anticipates future business requirements and their implications for the supply chain.\n\nCommercial Acumen: Connects supply-chain choices directly to growth, customers and financial outcomes.\n\nStructured Problem Solving: Brings clarity and fact-based thinking to ambiguous strategic issues.\n\nInfluence & Alignment: Builds commitment across functions and senior leaders.\n\nExecutive Presence: Communicates complex strategic issues simply and confidently.\n\nDecision Orientation: Moves strategy beyond analysis into clear choices, priorities, and accountability.\n\nPay Ranges:\nThe salary range for this role in Ottawa, Canada is $144, 900 - $231, 500\nThe salary range for this role in the eastern-USA is $158, 800 - $253, 600\n\nPay ranges at Ciena are designed to accommodate variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions, and locations, reflecting our diverse products, industries, and lines of business. Please note that the pay range information provided in this posting pertains specifically to the primary location, which is the top location listed in case multiple locations are available.\nNon-Sales employees may be eligible for a discretionary incentive bonus, while Sales employees may be eligible for a sales commission. In addition to competitive compensation, Ciena offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, participation in 401(K) (USA) & DCPP (Canada) with company matching, Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), company-paid holidays, paid sick leave, and vacation time. We also comply with all applicable laws regarding Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.\n\nAt Ciena, we are committed to building and fostering an environment in which our employees feel respected, valued, and heard. Ciena values the diversity of its workforce and respects its employees as individuals. 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