Contract Manufacturing Manager that will lead and be responsible for the business relationship with our CM/ODM partners to build our innovative AR/VR products. In this role, you will lead the cross-functional efforts to identify, engage and enable the right partner for our consumer hardware business. You will be responsible for developing the strategic relationship with our partners, including negotiating commercial agreements, costs, optimizing the collaboration between the teams and developing long term strategy to grow a robust partnership. You will work closely with Hardware engineering, Operations, Finance, Legal, Supply Chain Strategy and other cross-functional teams to create an efficient and innovative supply chain to support successful builds, ramps, and sustaining operations.
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 competitive 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 of progressive Supply Chain experience with primary focus on Contract Manufacturing in the high-volume hardware manufacturing
• 5+ years of experience managing Asia supply base
• Experience building Supplier Relationships
• Proven background in supplier/evaluation/selection, predictive cost models, contract negotiations and supply base management
• Experience communicating with all levels of management
• Experience prioritizing competing workstreams based on business impact, production timelines, and stakeholder needs
• Experience working in and managing high volume, consumer electronic product launches and delivery
• BS degree in a related engineering discipline or equivalent experience
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience navigating through ambiguity in a fast-paced environment and prioritize multiple work threads to maximize impact
• 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
• Master's degree in a related engineering discipline or MBA
• Willingness to travel (10-15% of time) and open to work with different time zones
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
