🕒 2 days ago
Own strategic sourcing across hardware, software, and services, leading category plans, competitive tenders, supplier negotiations, and risk management in a regulated aerospace and defense environment.
Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager, CapEx
📅 May 22, 2025
Strategic SourcingProcurementSupplier Relationship ManagementCommercial Analysis
📜 Description
- Lead procurement initiatives and strategic supplier relationships for manufacturing projects.
- Manage supplier partnerships, including milestones, change orders, quality assurance, and cost control.
- Build supplier performance assessments to inform future sourcing decisions.
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to develop and execute roadmaps for vehicle assembly and service deployment.
- Conduct supplier, industry, and market research; develop cost transparency and total cost of ownership models.
- Negotiate capital equipment and complex contracts, and ensure appropriate contract coverage.
🛠️ Requirements
- 8+ years of experience focused on commercial analysis and decisions
- Expertise in capital projects and equipment for hardware manufacturing/production
- Experience driving completion of complex projects with internal and external parties
- Ability to view project dependencies end-to-end and proactively mitigate risks or prepare for future needs
- Successfully crafted, negotiated, and executed complex contractual agreements
- Open-minded self-starter with the ability to adapt, improvise, and problem-solve
- Ability to work independently on multiple tasks and projects with various stakeholders
- Organizational skills to manage and track transactional details
Full job description
The Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager will lead commercial strategy, advisory, and execution for all Zoox manufacturing projects. It will own Zoox manufacturing third-party relationships end-to-end to lead (i) competitive sourcing and negotiations, (ii) project execution, and (iii) ongoing performance of manufacturing suppliers. Finally, this role will support negotiation of capital equipment in the Zoox supply chain and also support future production strategizing.
These activities ensure that Zoox’s manufacturing organizations can successfully and predictably produce complex systems at scale through world-class supplier relationships and cost structures.
About Zoox
Zoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market. Sitting at the intersection of robotics, machine learning, and design, Zoox aims to provide the next generation of mobility-as-a-service in urban environments. We’re looking for top talent that shares our passion and wants to be part of a fast-moving and highly execution-oriented team.
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Accommodations
If you need an accommodation to participate in the application or interview process please reach out to accommodations@zoox.com or your assigned recruiter.
A Final Note:
You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. Here at Zoox, we know that diverse perspectives foster the innovation we need to be successful, and we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.
In this role, you will:
Qualifications
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