Strategic Sourcing Manager – Test Infrastructure
Zoox
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Foster City • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $155,000 - $186,000 per year
About the role
- Lead procurement and partnership initiatives for Zoox’s testing infrastructure requirements; build and maintain strategic relationships with key suppliers as the lead point of contact for all commercial topics
- Lead the day-to-day process of ensuring successful partnerships (milestone adherence, change order management, quality assurance, cost control, etc.) and build supplier performance assessments to support future sourcing decisions
- Proactively engage with Zoox stakeholders (incl. engineering, operations, manufacturing, strategy, finance, and design) to derive and execute the short- and medium-term business and technology roadmap to support Zoox’s vehicle development and service deployment
- Design, conduct, and synthesize supplier, industry, and market research; drive cost transparency and build total cost of ownership models to support sourcing decisions
- Ensure optimal contract coverage for the commodity/service in partnership with engineering and legal support
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience focused on commercial analysis and decisions
- Expertise in automotive or autonomous technology development
- Experience in driving the 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
Benefits
- paid time off (e.g. sick leave, vacation, bereavement)
- unpaid time off
- Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
- Amazon RSUs
- health insurance
- long-term care insurance
- long-term and short-term disability insurance
- life insurance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
commercial analysiscontract negotiationproject managementcost controlquality assurancesupplier performance assessmenttotal cost of ownership modelingmarket researchchange order managementrisk mitigation
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationstrategic relationship buildingcollaborationproblem-solvingproactive engagementstakeholder managementorganizational skillsdecision-makingnegotiation