Manufacturing Business Manager, Home and Health

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business Administration, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in CM/JDM management or supply chain management.
• Experience with finance and analytics and cost modeling.

Preferred qualifications:

• MBA or advanced degree in supply chain, business, or engineering.
• Experience in consumer hardware product development and mass production; Experience with connected devices, ambient computing, Ultra-WideBand (UWB) and Long-term Evolution (LTE) carrier business.
• Ability to lead and drive change management by influencing a broad range of stakeholders.
• Excellent discussion, establishing impactful partnership, and executive relationship management skills.
• Ability to travel globally up to 20% of the time and for extended periods as needed.
• Ability to communicate in Mandarin fluently and experience with international business customs to effectively communicate with local stakeholders.

About the job

Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.

Responsibilities

• Develop Contract Manufacturing (CM)and Joint Development Manufacturing (JDM) strategy and implement supplier management processes with critical partners.
  
• Lead the creation and implementation of Request for Anything (RFx) processes, cost models and negotiation strategy.
  
• Manage assigned manufacturing partners to program requirements in cost, quality, schedule and technology areas; support engineering and operations escalations and drive immediate performance improvement.
  
• Lead executive sessions with CM/JDMs includingExecutive Business Review (EBR) and Quarterly Business Review (QBR)technology roadshows.
  
• Propose periodic cost improvement ideas in terms of Design for Excellence (DFX) or alternative technology choices.