Contract Manufacturing Manager Responsibilities Develop, sustain and grow a meaningful relationship with our partners to ensure best support to our product and advanced technology development • Lead new product RFP/RFQ and business award process, including establishing supplier selection criteria, evaluating suppliers, managing the supplier selection process, and driving final supplier selection in partnership with engineering, technical operations, quality and supplier chain teams • Negotiate commercial agreements with best-in-class pricing, flexibility, quality, delivery, payment, warranty and service terms to meet both technical, operational and commercial requirements (including MVA, NRE & CapEx) • Manage budget process for Opex and CapEx with cross-function teams and various levels of management, reporting spend vs actual • Lead and manage cost optimization opportunities with partner and internal cross-functional teams • Develop and implement supplier performance measurement systems and conduct periodic supplier business reviews with the management and cross functional teams, and follow through with subsequent improvement actions plans • Manage escalations from the teams and address the concerns with the partner to drive short-term and long-term improvement actions Minimum Qualifications • 5+ years Supply Chain experience with primary focus on Contract Manufacturing in the high-volume hardware manufacturing • 2+ years of experience managing Asia supply base • Experience building Supplier Relationships • Experience with supplier/evaluation/selection, predictive cost models, contract negotiations and supply base management • Experience in leading negotiations with suppliers and managing executive level relationships • Experience communicating with all levels of management, including proficiency in writing executive briefs • Experience operating in a dynamic, fast-paced environment • Experience working in and managing high volume, consumer electronic product launches and delivery • BS degree in a relevant engineering field or equivalent experience Preferred Qualifications • Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements) • Broad experience in factory operations, quality, hardware and electrical engineering, product safety and compliance, logistics and trade compliance • Experience navigating through ambiguity in a fast-paced environment and prioritize multiple work threads to maximize impact • Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies • Master's degree in a related engineering discipline or MBA • Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)