About this Network Design & Optimization Manager role at Dyson
About us
Within the CSCO Office & Network Strategy team, two activities take place simultaneously:
CSCO Office: This group manages the Chief Supply Chain & Operations Officer’s office. Responsibilities include developing and executing the communication strategy, handling OPEX, overseeing risk and audit processes, preparing reports for ExCo and Board meetings, leading the weekly Leadership Team meeting as well as leading cross-functional strategic projects.
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Network Strategy: The focus here is on ongoing optimization of our manufacturing network, ensuring optimal cost, cash flow, service levels, sustainability, and resilience. The team constantly monitors changing external factors (such as tariff wars, geopolitical shifts, logistics disruptions), upcoming product roadmaps and current and potential partner’s capabilities. We create, evaluate, and propose optimization scenarios, which are submitted to the company’s Board for approval and implementation.
About the role
The Network Design & Optimization Manager is responsible for shaping and evaluating supply chain network scenarios that support the company’s long‑term strategy. The role translates corporate and supply chain strategy into concrete network design choices—across manufacturing footprint, make‑vs‑buy decisions, regional vs global setups, and partner selection—using rigorous analytics and structured stakeholder alignment.
The role operates at the intersection of strategy, analytics, and executive decision‑making, supporting recommendations that are reviewed and approved at senior leadership and Board level.
Key Responsibilities:
1. 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:
o Make vs. buy decisions
o Regional vs. global manufacturing and distribution models
o 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.
2. 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.
3. 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:
o Strategic context and problem statement
o Scenarios considered and analytical outcomes
o Key trade‑offs, risks, and mitigations
o 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.
Key Stakeholders:
The role interacts regularly with senior leaders across the supply chain and corporate functions, including:
· Chief Supply Chain & Operations Officer
· Global Supply Chain
· Outsourced Procurement
· Direct Procurement
· NPI / Industrialization
· Finance
About you
You are a strategic, analytically rigorous supply chain professional who thrives at the intersection of strategy, data, and executive decision‑making. You are comfortable working with ambiguity, structuring complex problems into clear scenarios, and influencing senior stakeholders through fact‑based, well‑articulated recommendations.
Experience & Background
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.
Analytical & Problem‑Solving Skills:
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.
Strategic & Business Acumen:
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.
Stakeholder & Communication Skills
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.
Ways of Working
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. #LI-AK
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.
