Global Supply Manager

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Company’s three core products are Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio, an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses, Spectacles.

Spectacles are Snap's hand-free camera that take in both photo and video content that is shareable on, and off, Snapchat. With hardware and augmented reality working in tandem, Spectacles make it easy to make memories from your perspective, and relive them later.

Spectacles is home to Spectacles — a camera inspired by the human eye, powered by your imagination — and a world-class research & development team that is paving the way for the future of the camera. Spectacles builds creative technology that helps overlay computing on the world around us.

Snap’s camera supports real friendships through visual communication, self expression and storytelling. Moving forward, our camera will play a transformative role in how people experience the world around them, combining what they see in the real world, with all that’s available to them in the digital world.

Come join an amazing team working to define the future of AR hardware and help us overlay computing on the world with Snap’s AR Spectacles.

We at Snap are not just creating hardware; we’re working to revolutionize the computing platforms of the world through Spectacles enabling our customers to overlay computing on the world around them and turn any surface into a digital screen in a hands free approach. 

The Mechanical/Electromechanical Global Supply Manager (GSM) will support Spectacles’ product lines for Mechanicals like plastics, metals, silicon rubber components and sub-assembly parts, electro mechanicals like battery and speakers. At Snap as a GSM you will get to own the commercial relationships with your partners as well as influence commodity strategy and direction with internal stakeholders like product and industrial design. GSM's at Snap are responsible for commodity strategy, supplier selection, cost negotiations, continuity of supply, risk mitigation, as well as supporting overall project needs and timelines. 

Mechanical components are critical to the industrial design as well as function of Snap’s products and GSMs work closely with operations, supplier quality, as well as Snap’s product and industrial design teams. Come help us build out a supply chain for these commodity verticals that can support Snap’s next phase of growth. 

We’re looking for a Mechanical/Electromechanical Global Supply Manager (GSM) to join the Spectacles team at Snap Inc!

What you’ll do:

• Develop and execute strategies for hardware and maintain strategic supplier’s relationships, identify/implement cost saving opportunities, ensure the supply base and industry leading quality. 

• Act as the key interface between internal Engineering, Operations , Material and other cross functional teams and external commodity suppliers, contractor manufacturers to ensure procurement initiatives and support business objectives. 

• Collaborate with cross functional teams to identify opportunities and risks related to product design and business plans. 

• Ensure supply assurance, driving necessary and timely action for potential supply issues, strong alignment with material manager for accurate CTB.
   

Minimum Qualifications:

• Engineering or technical degree

• Great English communication skills

• Sourcing managements, min 4 years of experience

• Excellent negotiation and interpersonal skills.

• Flexibility to adapt to dynamic and at times ambiguous environments.

• 5-10 years of experience in supply chain development, sourcing management, or manufacturing operations.

• Good communication skills and ability to work in multilingual as well as multicultural environments with partners.

• Previous experience in the following areas is preferred; Plastic and silicon injection molding, Metal stamping and CNC, Metal injection molding, Batteries, Speakers, optical components.

• Periodical travel to supplier’s domestic and international manufacturing sites, approximately 25%. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Mechanical / electrical / Optical/ industrial  or similar engineering

• 5 Years of sourcing experience in Tech company : Apple, Amazon, DJI, Google, etc and/or worked at top tier suppliers: Foxconn, LY Tech, ICT-Luxshare, Lens

• Ability to work and influence across teams and manage timelines. 

• Being able to balance strategic and tactical responsibilities.

• Passion for Problem solving and driving resolution.

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and provide us some information.

"Default Together" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week. 

At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets.

Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!