Network Design & Optimization Manager

About the Company

About the Role

Responsibilities

• ● Strategy & Scenario Definition
• ● Develop a deep understanding of the external context (geopolitical shifts, trade and tariff dynamics, logistics disruptions, sustainability expectations, supplier capabilities) and internal context (product roadmap, volume evolution, cost structure, operational constraints).
• ● Translate company and supply chain strategy into clear network design imperatives, including:
• ● Make vs. buy decisions
• ● Regional vs. global manufacturing and distribution models
• ● Capacity allocation and footprint evolution
• ● Define end to end network scenarios that reflect strategic options and trade offs across cost, service, cash, resilience, and sustainability.
• ● Frame scenarios with clear assumptions, constraints, decision levers, and success criteria to enable objective evaluation and executive discussion.
• ● Analytics & Scenario Assessment
• ● Lead the quantitative assessment of network scenarios using appropriate modeling and analytical approaches.
• ● Evaluate scenarios across multiple dimensions, including total landed cost, service performance, inventory and cash impact, risk and resilience, and scalability.
• ● Conduct sensitivity and "what if" analyses to test robustness of scenarios against key uncertainties (e.g. demand shifts, cost inflation, tariffs, capacity changes).
• ● Synthesize complex analytical outputs into clear insights, highlighting trade offs, risks, and decision implications.
• ● Stakeholder Alignment & Executive Communication
• ● Partner closely with stakeholders from scenario definition through assessment and final recommendation, ensuring alignment on assumptions, scope, and evaluation criteria.
• ● Act as an integrator across functions, balancing sometimes competing objectives and perspectives.
• ● Prepare high quality executive level materials (decks, narratives, decision papers) that clearly articulate:
• ● Strategic context and problem statement
• ● Scenarios considered and analytical outcomes
• ● Key trade offs, risks, and mitigations
• ● Clear, actionable recommendations
• ● Present and defend recommendations to a wide range of audiences, including senior leadership and executive forums, adapting depth and messaging as required.
• ● Chief Supply Chain & Operations Officer
• ● Global Supply Chain
• ● Outsourced Procurement
• ● Direct Procurement
• ● NPI / Industrialization
• ● Finance

Requirements

• ● Master's degree in Engineering, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, or a closely related quantitative field.
• ● 7-10 years of professional experience in supply chain, network design, operations strategy, management consulting, or a related analytical role within a complex, global environment.
• ● Experience working on network design topics (such as manufacturing footprint optimization, make vs buy decisions, capacity allocation, sourcing strategies, or regional vs global operating models) is a plus.
• ● Exposure to executive level decision processes, including preparation of recommendations reviewed by senior leadership or Boards.
• ● Strong analytical rigor with the ability to build, assess, and interpret complex models to evaluate supply chain scenarios.
• ● Hands on experience with scenario analysis, sensitivity analysis, and "what if" modelling, translating quantitative outputs into clear business insights.
• ● Ability to assess trade offs across multiple dimensions, including cost, service, cash, risk, resilience, and sustainability.
• ● Structured problem solver who can frame unclear or complex questions into well defined hypotheses, assumptions, and decision levers.
• ● Ability to connect external trends (e.g. geopolitics, tariffs, logistics disruptions, supplier capabilities) with internal realities (product roadmap, volumes, constraints, cost structure).
• ● Commercially minded, with a pragmatic approach to balancing strategic ambition with operational feasibility.
• ● Strong interpersonal and influencing skills, with the ability to work effectively across functions and levels of seniority.
• ● Proven capability to align diverse stakeholders on assumptions, priorities, and trade offs throughout the scenario definition and assessment process.
• ● Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear, concise, and compelling executive level materials (PowerPoint).
• ● Confident presenter who can explain complex analyses in simple, decision oriented terms, adapt messaging to different audiences, and constructively challenge viewpoints when required.
• ● Comfortable operating in a fast moving, dynamic, and sometimes ambiguous environment.
• ● Self driven, detail oriented, and accountable, with a strong sense of ownership from problem definition through recommendation.
• ● Collaborative mindset, acting as an integrator across functions rather than a single lens specialist.
• ● Curious and forward looking, with a continuous improvement mindset toward tools, methods, and ways of working in network design and optimization.

Benefits

• ● Dyson monitors the market to ensure competitive salaries and bonuses. Beyond that, you'll enjoy a transport allowance and comprehensive medical care and insurance. But financial benefits are just the start of a Dyson career. Professional growth, leadership development and new opportunities abound, driven by regular reviews and dynamic workshops. And with a vibrant culture, the latest devices and a relaxed dress code reflecting our engineering spirit, it's an exciting team environment geared to fuelling and realising ambition.
• ● Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don't think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.