Sesame
Global Supply Chain Manager, FATP
San Francisco · Contract
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 41 days ago
Supply ChainMechanical DesignElectrical EngineeringCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- Our team brings together founders from Oculus and Ubiquity6, alongside proven leaders from Meta, Google, and Apple, with deep expertise spanning hardware and software.
- Join us in shaping a future where computers truly come alive.
- This role is responsible for leading the sourcing strategy and supplier management for final assembly and packaging across our hardware products.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute sourcing strategies for contract manufacturing supporting both NPI builds and production ramp.
- Identify, qualify, and manage global suppliers with the technical capability and manufacturing capacity to manufacture the final product.
- Partner with Industrial and Product Design Engineering teams to ensure materials, finishes, and construction methods align with product design intent, user experience, and manufacturability.
- Lead commercial negotiations and contract development, including pricing agreements, tooling investments, and long-term supply agreements.
- Support new product introduction (NPI) by ensuring supplier readiness, component availability, and risk mitigation across EVT, DVT, and PVT through mass production.
- Drive cost optimization initiatives through value engineering, material selection improvements, and supplier benchmarking.
- Manage supplier performance across cost, quality, delivery, and responsiveness to ensure consistent execution.
- Collaborate with operations and contract manufacturers to ensure packaging and components integrate smoothly into factory builds and assembly processes.
- Identify potential supply risks and develop mitigation strategies to ensure continuity of supply.
- Sesame believes in a future where computers are lifelike - with the ability to see, hear, and collaborate with us in ways that feel natural and human.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in supply chain, sourcing, or commodity management within eyewear, hardware, or other consumer products.
- Experience managing suppliers for final assembly and packaging in eyewear or consumer products.
- Strong understanding of consumer product packaging, including retail packaging and protective packaging solutions.
- Experience partnering with a large cross functional team, including Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Module Engineering, etc, during product development.
- Experience managing supplier performance across cost, quality, delivery, and capacity.
- Experience working with global suppliers and contract manufacturers supporting consumer hardware production.
Compensation
- 401 (k) max employer match: 3.5% of compensation
Benefits
- 100% employer-paid health, vision, and dental benefits for you and your dependents
- Unlimited PTO and sick time
- Flexible spending account with employer matching up to $1,650/year (medical FSA)
- Opportunity to share in the company's success with competitive stock options
- Benefits do not apply to contingent/contract workers.
- With this vision, we're designing a new kind of computer, focused on making voice agents part of our daily lives.
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