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Contract Manufacturing Manager

Shanghai, China

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Meta is currently seeking a 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 best 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.

Contract Manufacturing Manager Responsibilities

• Identify and engage the Contract Manufacturer, Joint Development Manufacturer, Original Design Manufacturer partners to enable the emerging technologies and products with best-in-class quality, delivery and cost
• Develop, sustain and grow a meaningful relationship with our partners to influence their strategy, ensuring 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 Manufacturing Value Add, Non-Recurring Expense & 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, including leading design and cost trade-off conversation during development stages to influence production design and manufacturing processes for informed, data-driven product decisions
• 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 action plans
• Collaborate with the strategy team to develop our CM supplier strategies (including EMS industry, global business climate and competitive landscape)
• Develop relationships with key stakeholders to identify opportunities to leverage our partners capability to grow our business
• Manage escalations from the teams and address the concerns with the partner to drive short-term and long-term improvement actions

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive Supply Chain experience with primary focus on Contract Manufacturing in the high-volume hardware manufacturing
• Proven background in supplier/evaluation/selection, predictive cost models, contract negotiations and supply base management
• Experience working in and managing high volume, consumer electronic product launches and delivery

Preferred Qualifications

• BS degree in a related engineering discipline or equivalent experience
• Experience communicating and influencing all levels of management
• Experience navigating through ambiguity and prioritize multiple work threads to maximize impact
• Master degree in a related engineering discipline or MBA
• 8+ years of experience leading supply base management across Asia, including supplier performance management and cross-functional operations, as the role supports contract manufacturing partners primarily located in the Asia-Pacific region
• Broad experience in factory operations, quality, hardware and electrical engineering, product safety and compliance, logistics and trade compliance
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Willingness to travel (10-15% of time) and open to work with different time zones
• Experience building Supplier Relationships

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.

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