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Salary: CNY 500,000 - 750,000 / annual
Greenlight is a family technology company with 6.5+ million users, offering a suite of products including a debit card app, GPS trackers, and family management tools. We're seeking a Director, Manufacturing to establish our first on-the-ground presence in China and lead all aspects of our original design manufacturer (ODM) relationships.
You will be Greenlight's primary representative on factory floors across the Greater Bay Area, with full authority over manufacturing decisions: you can halt shipments, reject lots, demand corrective actions, and influence supplier selection. Reporting to the VP of Business Operations, you'll partner closely with Hardware Engineering, Quality, Finance, and Supply Chain teams in the US, spending 15–30% of your time on-site at supplier facilities during critical development phases.
Key responsibilities include:
- Serve as on-site presence during builds, line walks, and production ramps
- Lead manufacturing readiness for new products through EVT, DVT, PVT phases and mass production transition
- Own quality gates including outgoing inspection, pre-shipment sign-off, and hold-and-release decisions
- Manage change control (ECN/PCN, tooling, materials, sub-tier components) with documented quality review
- Hold ODMs accountable to contractual quality and reporting commitments
- Manage third-party inspection partners (QIMA, SGS, Intertek): define scope, write AQL plans, and verify work
- Lead nonconformance investigations (8D, 5-Why, fishbone analysis) to root cause and verified corrective action
- Convert returns and warehouse defect data into supplier scorecards and weekly quality reports for the US team
- Source next-generation manufacturing partners via RFIs, RFQs, supplier audits, should-cost analysis, and second-source qualification
- Ensure production evidence supports product certifications, including children's product safety standards
- Translate technical intent and factory concerns bidirectionally between US engineering and production teams
Note: This role is employed through Greenlight's Employer of Record (EOR) partner in China, with Greenlight directing day-to-day work. Contracts, POs, and supplier payments are signed by the US entity; you recommend and negotiate.
Requirements:
- 7+ years in supplier quality, sourcing, or manufacturing operations for consumer electronics or connected devices, with substantial time on ODM/CM factory floors in China
- Experience owning both quality (audits, inspection standards, nonconformance, CAPA) and sourcing (supplier identification, RFQs, cost analysis, qualification)
- Hands-on new product introduction (NPI) experience taking consumer products from prototype through EVT/DVT/PVT to mass production
- Working command of quality tools: 8D, 5-Why, FMEA, PPAP/FAI, SPC/Cpk, MSA, AQL sampling, and ISO 9001
- Deep process knowledge in at least one area (injection molding and tooling, SMT/PCBA, final assembly, or batteries) sufficient to challenge supplier claims on the floor
- Fluency in Mandarin Chinese plus strong written and spoken business English; Cantonese is a plus
- Willingness to travel frequently to the Greater Shenzhen Bay Area and supplier sites (15–30% during critical product development)
- Self-directed working style; you'll be the only team member in your time zone but may join one evening call per week overlapping with US Eastern time
Bonus qualifications: First in-country hire experience for a foreign company, inspection agency management, children's product or regulated category experience, NFC/payment hardware or wearables background, CQE certification, Six Sigma Black Belt, ISO 9001 Lead Auditor certification, or startup process-building experience.
