🕒 7 days ago
Leads technology sourcing strategy and complex procurement projects, negotiates supplier contracts, analyzes spend, manages supplier performance, and partners across teams to optimize costs and mitigate risk.
Strategic Sourcing Manager, Mechanical Components
🕒 16 days ago
Strategic SourcingDirect ProcurementSupplier Relationship ManagementPartnership Development
📜 Description
- Lead procurement and partnership initiatives for vehicle direct materials, including interiors, structural components, and advanced hardware.
- Work cross-functionally to develop and execute medium-term business and technology roadmaps supporting vehicle development and autonomous ride-hailing.
- Develop the supply chain and partnership footprint with a long-term strategic view.
- Manage supplier partnerships, milestones, change orders, quality, cost control, and performance assessments.
- Research suppliers, industries, and markets; build cost transparency and total cost of ownership models.
- Negotiate contracts, review supplier quotes, advise stakeholders on supplier selection, and identify sourcing alternatives.
🛠️ Requirements
- 4+ 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
- Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment to achieve business objectives
- Demonstrated ability to identify business process issues and drive process improvement
- 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
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 drive modules, powertrain, chassis, or body components.
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.
Follow us on LinkedIn
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
Bonus Qualifications
Similar jobs
Search more Procurement Specialist jobs
🕒 8 days ago
Develop electrical category and sourcing strategies, secure supplier capacity and agreements, and lead end-to-end procurement to support timely delivery of infrastructure projects across the region.
14
🕒 12 days ago
As a Procurement Specialist, you will ensure efficient sourcing of raw materials and supplies, manage supplier relationships, and optimize procurement processes to meet quality and cost objectives.
🕒 18 days ago
Own day-to-day purchasing and strategic sourcing, developing suppliers, negotiating agreements, and optimizing costs and supply resilience for precision hardware and manufacturing programs.
🕒 2 days ago
Drive end-to-end sourcing, negotiate supplier agreements, manage contract and third-party risks, and improve procurement governance and workflows while partnering with Legal, Compliance, Finance, and business stakeholders.
📍 🇦🇹 Vienna - Hybrid💼 Full-Time🎹 Mid-level📦 Procurement Specialist📢 🇬🇧 English Required📢 🇩🇪 German Required