Head of Global Supply Chain & Strategic Sourcing

Ignite Next GmbH; Blomsterdalen; Hybrid; NOK 1,480,000 - 2,009,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity via incentive plan

Relocation and immigration support

International, technical team

Gym allowance €50/month

Job summary

Lace Lithography seeks a Head of Supply Chain to build and lead our supply chain from the ground up, hands-on at first, establishing supplier relationships, processes and capabilities to support customer deployments and repeatable production. You will report to the VP of Operations and join the Operations leadership team.

The role focuses on supplier strategy, long-lead item planning, risk management and cross-functional execution with Engineering, Quality and Legal.

Qualifications

• Ten years or more in supply chain, procurement or strategic sourcing for complex, low-volume technical equipment.
• Experience managing long-lead, custom-engineered and single-source components within complex equipment programmes.
• Strong track record in strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations and supplier development.
• Ability to manage supply risks against demanding development and equipment delivery schedules.
• Sufficient technical understanding to work with engineers on complex precision hardware.
• Hands-on leadership style, building processes and supplier relationships before a dedicated team exists.
• Fluent English.

Responsibilities

• Establish and develop supplier base; negotiate agreements and partnerships.
• Manage long-lead items and capacity ahead of demand.
• Identify and mitigate supply risks and single-source dependencies.
• Industrialize suppliers from prototype deliveries to repeatable production.
• Translate evolving designs, bills of materials and schedules into actionable sourcing plans.
• Establish supplier quality and performance management.
• Design purchasing workflows and ERP roadmap alignment.
• Ensure regulatory trade compliance with Legal on approvals.
• Build a lean, scalable Supply Chain team.

Skills

Supply chain management

Procurement

Strategic sourcing

Supplier negotiations

Supplier development

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical understanding

Leadership

Fluent English

Job description

Lace Lithography seeks a Head of Supply Chain to build and lead our supply chain from the ground up, hands-on at first, establishing supplier relationships, processes and capabilities to support customer deployments and repeatable production. You will report to the VP of Operations and join the Operations leadership team.

The role focuses on supplier strategy, long-lead item planning, risk management and cross-functional execution with Engineering, Quality and Legal.