🕒 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
📅 Oct 22, 2024
Strategic SourcingSupplier Relationship ManagementProcurementContract Negotiation
📜 Description
- Lead procurement and partnership initiatives for vehicle materials and operations infrastructure.
- Work cross-functionally to develop and execute medium-term business and technology roadmaps.
- Build the supply chain and partnership footprint with a long-term strategic view.
- Manage supplier milestones, change orders, quality, cost control, and performance assessments.
- Research suppliers, industries, and markets; develop cost transparency and total cost of ownership models.
- Negotiate contracts, review supplier quotes, and identify sourcing alternatives and cost efficiencies.
🛠️ Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in partnership development and/or purchasing in a hardware product environment
- Bachelor’s degree
- Strategic sourcing, financial and business opportunity analysis, comfort with legal frameworks, and contract negotiation skills (development, supply, licensing, and service agreements)
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders, including C-level, engineering, legal, finance, manufacturing, and logistics
- Excellent analytical skills
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- Ability to analyze and interpret market trends relevant to pricing.
- Proven ability to cultivate and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers.
- Strong focus on cost management and optimization.
- Experience in evaluating and optimizing Bill of Materials (BOM) costs in collaboration with suppliers.
Full job description
As Strategic Sourcing Manager of Direct Procurement, you will be responsible for Zoox’s strategic sourcing and industry partnerships, which includes working cross-functionally to understand needs for third-party engagement across the business, finding and evaluating potential partners and suppliers, drafting and issuing RFQs, leading the negotiation of all key terms and conditions as well as pricing, managing commercial and supply chain issues, identifying and executing on cost reduction opportunities, and overall management of third party relationships. You can operate independently and possess expertise in electronics, powertrain, chassis, body, safety systems, EV charging, fleet maintenance or capital equipment.
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:
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