Program Manager, Supply Chain, Devices and Services, Fitbit

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Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Physics, Math, or Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in production, materials management, material scheduling, or purchasing in a manufacturing company.
• Experience with Google Workspace products.
• Experience presenting data.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• MBA or Master’s degree.
• Experience with consumer electronics in a fast-paced operations environment.
• Ability to influence with analytical skills to drive product costs down with Engineering and Commodity Management teams.
• Exceptional presentation skills and executive influence.
  
  

About The Job

Google has one of the largest and most powerful computing infrastructures in the world. Your team is responsible for providing the manufacturing capability to deliver this state-of-the-art physical infrastructure. As a Manufacturing Engineer, you evaluate the product designs and create the processes, tools and procedures behind Google’s powerful search technology. When vendors build parts for our infrastructure, you’re right there alongside ensuring manufacturing processes are repeatable and controlled. You collaborate with Commodity Managers and Design Engineers to determine Google’s infrastructure needs and product specifications. Your work ensures the various pieces of Google’s infrastructure fit together perfectly and keep our systems humming along smoothly for a seamless user experience.

As a Supply Chain Program Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring supply chain readiness for multiple programs with specific attention to: cost optimization, multi-sourcing, and material readiness and availability for new product prototype builds and mass production ramp-ups.

In this role, you will work closely with Product Development, Commodity Sourcing, Manufacturing, and Planning teams to fully understand demand and supply needs and balance those against operational goals. You will understand the details of manufacturing processes, translating those into proper supply plans, and executing successfully against those plans.

Fitbit’s diverse line of innovative products of smartwatches, trackers and smart scale help people lead healthier, more active lives by empowering them with data, inspiration and guidance to reach their health and fitness goals. Our products deliver personalized experiences, insights and guidance through leading software and interactive tools to support our users’ health and wellness. Partnering with Google will expand our resources and global platform, and we will be able to accelerate innovation in the wearables category to scale faster, and make health even more accessible to everyone.

Responsibilities

• Be the supply chain conduit between engineering and operation and Asia supply chain partners to assure material deliveries at factories on-time in the right quantity.
• Perform regular supply versus demand analysis for critical materials to identify potential supply risks and inventory exposures by aligning supply chain processes with product development project plan milestones and the mass production ramp-up plan.
• Drive and own configurable bill of materials (CBOM) within a given program, and pursue cost optimization activities throughout the product development cycle.
• Provide frequent written and verbal executive status updates on material, cost, and readiness status.
• Work fluidly in a cross-functional team environment involving Manufacturing and Product Development teams.
  
  

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