Manufacturing Operations - RL(Reality Lab)

As a part of China Manufacturing Operations for RL, you will be responsible for managing day to day operations with our global manufacturing partners in China. The Manufacturing Ops team aids in developing contract manufacturer (CM) operational capabilities and implementing strategy in line with the product roadmap. The team collaborates cross functionally to assess risks on-site, provide solutions, ensure factory readiness, meet overall ramp goals and ensure the success of the ramp with short and long term capacity planning and execution to the end of life (EOL).

Manufacturing Operations - RL(Reality Lab) Responsibilities:

• Lead the new Contract Manufacturer factory bring-up in China and oversea to support RL roadmap. Assess CM capabilities to identify opportunities to improve CM operational capabilities and implement operational strategy to inline with product roadmap.
• ● Driving factory readiness through early engagement with CM to ensure a smooth ramp. Lead factory planning in the early stage through campus, capacity, Manufacturing LT design, factory layout and material flow,labor plan etc. to ensure factory readiness
• ● Drive both Meta internal and external teams in the ramp stage to ensure operation commitment in Ex-F delivery. Collaborate with the Cross Functional Partner team on issue fixing and facilitate the issue resolution and escalation .
• ● Oversee day-to-day MFG in CM through production planning, capacity utilization, space utilization, labor management, factory cost and MES & production reporting, to ensure factory meet operational performance.
• ● Manages line conversion between programs to support Capex re-use, ECN & PRQ execution at factories and participates in the justification review board
• ● Lead the Smart Factory development in driving operational improvement, developing information intelligence and supporting sustainability.

• 6+ years of experience in high volume manufacturing, background in operational relevant roles.
• Leadership skills that can hold Xfn accountability to drive the things moving on under a dynamic environment.
• Operate in an ambiguity environment and quickly adjust themselves to new conditions . Can implement solutions to minimize disruptions caused by changes and act logically and communicate transparently to other team members in challenging situations.
• Great strategic thinking to solve difficult problems and insight of future industry trends for operation. Can leverage their expertise to creatively solve problems and contribute to future smart factory development.
• Good communication skills, can effectively communicate relevant information across a variety of media in a way that others find engaging, adapting style. And engages and persuades stakeholders and XFN through effective communication.
• Demonstrated technical skills and experience, including a detailed understanding of Final Assembly, Test, Pack and SMT processes.
• Proven project management experience (Planning, Cost, & Delivery).
• Frequent travel within Mainland China with some travel to Asia Pacific region and US.

• Experience with transfer / set-up/ qualify manufacturing in different areas/ region
• Experience with automated system bring up and qualification
• Experience with data analysis using JMP
• Proven interpersonal and communication skills.