Strategic Sourcing Manager, Custom Mechanicals and Packaging

The Supply Chain and Strategic Sourcing Group at Meta Reality Labs (“RL”) is seeking a Memory Global Sourcing Manager to drive impact and deliver results in highly innovative RL devices. This position will focus on leading one of the most strategic categories in sourcing. The scope includes identifying, selection and development of long-term partnerships for new products and new technologies through early engagement across cross-functional partners, aligning external partner strategy to internal product roadmap needs, and to deliver best in class components and modules meeting Meta product requirements at the right time, at the right speed, and at the right cost. An ideal candidate will have high ambition to grow with Meta. You must be a high energy/impact individual who thrives in a high-demand and fast-paced environment and successfully navigate through ambiguities/difficult obstacles through facts & data, evaluation of alternatives, open-mindedness, thought-through strategy, and superior communications. Leading cross-functional organizations through sourcing activities will be required.Strategic Sourcing Manager, Custom Mechanicals and Packaging Responsibilities

Conduct global market landscape memory analyses, leveraging 3rd party memory analysts, supplier information and personal research and partner with commercial and technical cross-functional stakeholders to recommend the right partner technology decision matrix to take advantage of market pricing opportunities through advanced purchases or Long-Term Agreements

Continually benchmark the industry to monitor technology trends and ensure best practices are incorporated into the Meta supply chain

Actively engage and influence new technology exploration, collaborate with cross functional partners on creating a long-term Technology Roadmap mapping closely with Product Roadmaps, and advise/recommend to the executive team a clear partner/supplier strategy

Develop and drive technology partner engagement strategy ensuring suppliers meet Meta’s current and future technical and business requirements

Partner and work with a cross-functional team to drive the supplier selection process (own RFx) and component qualification both under strict engineering and commercial best practices/disciplines

Actively participate in aiding to solve technical and operational challenges along with cross-functional partners, to keep product launch schedules on track

Execute second source qualification, alternate materials/process evaluation/quality, and other cost reduction initiative at the material/manufacturing level

Be an expert in commodity technology, cost and supply. Command of technical cost reduction concepts to both product and category level

Drive Early Supplier Involvement initiatives to ensure our suppliers are proactively providing input into new product designs and future product roadmaps

Drive product cost and negotiate competitive pricing while keeping in mind the total landed cost

Formulate contingency plans to de-risk technical challenges, long lead time, single source, and any supply risks

Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering or technical field

Minimum of 5 years of experience in the consumer electronics, semiconductor or tech industry and experience scaling technologies, having taken a component or module or system from concept stage into mass production

Experience articulating points of view with executive management and executes plans

Experience working embedded with hardware and systems engineering throughout product development process of technology products

Experience building relationships with engineering, product management, and other cross-functional partners and drive discussions around optimization of technical specifications, and features versus value trade-offs

Experience building and influencing relationships at suppliers’ executives level with a holistic view on supplier’s core offerings enabling future collaboration in new/uncharted technology domains, to consolidate leverage for Meta

Data-driven problem-solving skills to address multi-dimensional problems with high levels of uncertainty across multiple functional teams

Experience in supplier evaluation/selection, should cost models, contract negotiation and supply base management

Experience with high volume, consumer electronics products

Sourcing experience in custom mechanical parts, assemblies, and modules

Experience with managing CMs, ODMs, OEMs

MBA or Master of Mechanical Engineering

Minimum QualificationsPreferred Qualifications For those who live in or expect to work from California if hired for this position, please click here for additional information. About Meta Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.
$144,000/year to $201,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

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