Head of Supply Chain

• The opportunity to build and lead a critical function in a pioneering semiconductor equipment company.

• A seat on the Operations leadership team, with real influence on supplier strategy, industrialization and how the company scales.

• Competitive compensation, including equity through our share incentive plan.

• An international, highly technical team with room to shape how we work.

• Relocation and immigration support, alongside our company benefits

We offer flexibility regarding your location within Europe, subject to what we can support as an employer. Proximity to Bergen or Eindhoven is an advantage. Regular presence at our sites and significant supplier-driven travel are expected, primarily within Europe.

💸 Part of the team, part of the company
Competitive salary + equity through our incentive plan.

🏋️ Feel-good perks
€50 monthly gym allowance, weekly team lunches, monthly social events, and annual off-site with the whole team.

🚀 Personal Development
Quarterly development goals with your manager and your own budget to learn and grow.

✈️ No journey without travelling
We support relocation and immigration to make joining Lace as smooth as possible.

At Lace Lithography, we're scaling up our team and looking for a passionate and sharp Head of Supply Chain to join us.

In our company we build chip lithography technology that will enable the next 100 years of chip manufacturing. Founded in 2023, we're based in Bergen (Norway) and Barcelona (Spain), and backed by some of the world's most ambitious investors.

We are moving from prototype tools to equipment deployed at customer sites. As our technology advances, a second challenge becomes just as decisive: building a supply chain that can reliably deliver the specialised components and subsystems our equipment depends on.

Time is a critical constraint. Some components have development and delivery lead times measured in years. Securing capacity early, building strong supplier partnerships and managing supply risks against our equipment roadmap are central to our success.

You will build and lead our Supply Chain function from the ground up - hands-on at first, establishing the supplier relationships, processes and capabilities needed to support customer deployments and, ultimately, repeatable production.

You report to the VP of Operations and join the Operations leadership team.

• Supplier strategy and sourcing - establish and develop our supplier base, identify critical suppliers, negotiate commercial agreements and build long-term partnerships.

• Long-lead items and capacity - manage the supply-side critical path against our equipment roadmap, securing supplier commitments and capacity ahead of demand.

• Supply risk - identify and mitigate critical dependencies, particularly single-source components, through alternative sourcing, capacity reservations and strategic inventory where appropriate.

• Supplier industrialization - work with Engineering and Quality to take critical suppliers from prototype deliveries to repeatable, controlled production.

• Cross-functional execution - translate evolving designs, bills of materials and equipment schedules into actionable sourcing plans and reliable deliveries.

• Supplier performance - establish performance management across quality, lead time, technology and cost, working closely with the Head of Quality on supplier quality assurance.

• Systems and material flow - establish purchasing workflows, supplier and material master data, inventory management, warehouse logistics and supply chain requirements within our ERP roadmap.

• Trade compliance - establish compliant import and export processes, including required documentation and controls, working closely with Legal on regulatory requirements and approvals.

• Team - build a lean, scalable Supply Chain organisation as the company grows.

• You understand that supply chain performance is built long before a purchase order is placed.

• You anticipate constraints, secure supplier commitments early and know how to balance delivery, quality, technology and cost.

• You are comfortable with evolving designs, incomplete specifications and shifting priorities.

• You build strong relationships with suppliers and engineers, challenge assumptions constructively and find practical ways to keep programmes moving.

• You combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution and take ownership when commitments are at risk.