Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager, Capital Expenditures
Job Summary
Job Description
The Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager will lead commercial strategy, advisory, and execution for all Zoox manufacturing projects. This role will own Zoox manufacturing third-party relationships end-to-end, managing competitive sourcing, negotiations, project execution, and ongoing performance of manufacturing suppliers. The position also involves supporting negotiations for capital equipment in the Zoox supply chain and contributing to future production strategizing, ensuring successful and predictable production of complex systems at scale through world-class supplier relationships and cost structures.
Must have:
- Lead procurement and partnership initiatives for manufacturing
- Build and maintain strategic supplier relationships
- Manage supplier performance and assessments
- Engage with stakeholders for roadmap execution
- Design and conduct market research
- Ensure optimal contract coverage
- 8+ years of experience in commercial analysis
- Expertise in capital projects and equipment
- Experience driving complex projects
- Ability to view project dependencies end-to-end
- Successfully negotiated complex agreements
Good to have:
- Open-minded self-starter
- Adaptable, improvisational, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently on multiple tasks
- Organizational skills for managing transactional details
Perks:
- Paid time off
- Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
- Amazon RSUs
- Health insurance
- Long-term care insurance
- Long-term and short-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
2 skills required
Job Details
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.
In this role, you will:
- Lead procurement and partnership initiatives for Zoox’s manufacturing organizations; 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 assembly 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
Qualifications:
- 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
Bonus Qualifications:
- 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
Compensation and Benefits
There are three major components to compensation for this position: salary, Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), and Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights. The salary range for this position is $157,000 to $195,000. A sign-on bonus may be offered as part of the compensation package. Compensation will vary based on geographic location and level. Leveling, as well as positioning within a level, is determined by a range of factors, including, but not limited to, a candidate's relevant years of experience, domain knowledge, and interview performance. The salary range listed in this posting is representative of the range of levels Zoox is considering for this position.
Zoox also offers a comprehensive package of benefits including 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, and life insurance.
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