Manager, Product Design

Philadelphia, PA, United States

R378244

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Job Summary

Responsible for cultivating a relationship with all stakeholders to deepen supply chain's influence on product design. The ultimate objective is to raise awareness of supply chain impacts and effectuate change for realized savings in delivery, service, and redeployment. This manager will also set the foundation for increased quality and sustainability, acting as a subject matter expert to diverse stakeholders as required. Develops process and identifies touch points to drive department efficiencies. Assists in the development and achievement of department budget.

Job Description

Core Responsibilities

Define and integrate the product design process with supply chain, identifying key critical milestones for maximum supply chain impact.

Identify and quantify contribution of design to product and delivery costs.

Assess level of supplier involvement in product design and determine ways to deepen their integration to improve quality, serviceability, and sustainability.

Ensure early supplier and manufacturer involvement for concurrent engineering.

Clearly articulate and visualize cost benefit analysis for key features and design decisions.

Assess cost-benefit of standardization and simplification/modularization efforts.

Review the Product Life Cycle and establish appropriate Supply Chain requirements for each stage and category.

Collaborate on parallel supply chain design (packaging, ops, transportation, logistics, etc) for maximum realized impact.

Support vendor and supplier management responsible for ensuring consistent high quality and standardized operations, with clear priorities and accountability for deliverables.

Assess raw materials, sourcing, manufacturing, labor costs, and regulations to identify health, safety, and environmental impacts.

Measure and improve design time and impact to time to market, while maintaining or improving quality and cost.

Ensure collaborative define & design across all relevant stakeholders, including marketing, engineering, purchasing, production, and operations.

Leverage operational key performance indicators and metrics to partner with quality team to drive improvements resulting in increased customer experience and reduction in costs. Support focus on improvement in inventory, production management, transportation and cost.

Communicate and execute sustainability plans for supply chain operations.

Effectively communicate timelines, deliverables, and risks associated with each initiative and overall for the program effort.

Demonstrate an understanding and working knowledge of operations management, logistics and transportation, vendor management, inventory management.

Contribute to the hiring, training and onboarding of new operations team members.

Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.

Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary.

Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Employees at all levels are expected to:

Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.

Own the customer experience think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.

Know your stuff be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.

Win as a team make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.

Be an active part of the Net Promoter System a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.

Drive results and growth.

Respect and promote inclusion & diversity.

Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

Disclaimer:

This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

Comcast is an EOE/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer.

Comcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Relevant Work Experience

5-7 Years

Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That’s why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality – to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details.

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