ByteDance seeks Tech Leads for CDN/PoP projects. Responsibilities include developing sourcing strategies for CDN and PoP site rollouts, managing end-to-end sourcing projects, establishing supplier selection criteria, and facilitating collaboration across teams.  This involves financial and cost analysis, vendor management, data analysis using tools like Tableau and Excel, inventory planning, process improvement, market trend research, and risk management.  The role requires strong analytical, communication, and collaboration skills.  Domestic and international travel up to 10% is required.

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<div class="jobDetail__1UFk5 jobDetail" style="transform: translate(0px, 0px); opacity: 1;"><div class="block-title">Responsibilities</div><div class="block-content">About ByteDance
Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Why Join Us
Creation is the core of ByteDance's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible. 
Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day. 
To us, every challenge, no matter how ambiguous, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always. 
At ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve. 
Join us.

About the Team
Our team plays a crucial role in ensuring the company’s success. We seek people who are willing to learn and put in the effort to solve problems. Our challenges are not your regular day-to-day problems - you’ll be part of a team that’s developing new solutions to new challenges. It’s working fast, at scale, and we’re making a difference. We are looking for talents to join us on this exciting journey!

Responsibilities
Support high-impact projects and programs for the rapid rollout of CDN (Content Delivery Network) and PoP (Point of Presence) sites by developing category sourcing strategies ensuring the suppliers are capable of meeting current and future business requirements.
Manage end-to-end Sourcing projects (including planning, execution, measurement, and optimization of projects) and ensure on-time delivery for the new regions CDN and PoP sites.
Establish supplier selection criteria, evaluate alternative suppliers, manage the RFO process, and drive final supplier selection in partnership with Engineering, Business Control, and other cross-functional partners.
Facilitate collaboration among Tax, Legal, Finance, business stakeholders, and service providers.
Provide day-to-day coordination among the sourcing and supply chain functions to optimize speed, quality, cost, and risks, and organize and report project status.
Influence internal process improvement across multiple teams and functions.
Own and provide market and actual unit and total cost data which feeds into total cost of ownership (TCO) models.
Formulate contingency plans to de-risk technical challenges, long lead time, single source, and any supply issue.</div><div class="block-title">Qualifications</div><div class="block-content">Qualifications
Must have a Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering (any), Information Technology, Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or a related field, and 3 years of related work experience; OR a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering (any), Information Technology, Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or a related field, and 6 years of related work experience, out of which 5 years must be post-bachelor’s, progressive related work experience.

Of the required experience, must have 3 years of experience in each of the following:
Performing financial and cost analysis, including Total-Cost Ownership (TCO), and creating Should-Cost Models for pricing analysis to support sourcing strategy, negotiation with suppliers, and opportunity identification;
Performing vendor management activities, including evaluating supplier performance compared to business needs, developing and assessing supplier scorecards, negotiating supplier legal terms on behalf of business interests, and monitoring SLA compliance;
Collecting, visualizing, analyzing, and presenting supplier and project data using business intelligence and data visualization tools Tableau and Excel pivot table, and using data to provide category spending and project KPI benchmarks;
Developing inventory planning models to support demand forecast planning and capacity planning;
Identifying and realizing process improvement opportunities by mapping current state processes and assessing for improvement opportunities in future-state process designs; and
Researching market trend studies and risk management practices, and applying findings when coordinating supply chain sourcing strategies, including finding alternative supplies, to ensure supply chain continuity.

Domestic and international travel required up to 10%.

Type: Full time, 40 hours/week
Location: San Jose, CA
Salary Range: $160800 - $288000 per year

To Apply, click the apply button below. Contact lpresumes@bytedance.com if you have difficulty submitting resume through the website.

ByteDance Inc. is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At Bytedance, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

ByteDance Inc. is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at lpresumes@bytedance.com.

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#IND-DNI</div><div class="block-title">Job Information</div><div class="block-content block-content-jobinfo"><div class="job-info-item__UZSBL job-info-item-lang__3Il6m"><span>【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)</span><div class="template__2vEr7"><div class="editor-content" style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', 'PingFang SC', 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Roboto', 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; color: #1f2329; word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><p style="font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $160800 - $288000 annually.<span>​</span></p><p style="font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.<span>​</span></p><p style="font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).<span>​</span></p><p style="font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.<span>​</span></p><p style="font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:<span>​</span></p><p style="font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:<span>​</span></p><p style="font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;<span>​</span></p><p style="font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and<span>​</span></p><p style="font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">3. Exercising sound judgment.<span>​</span></p></div></div></div></div></div>

Tech Lead – CDN/PoP (Multiple Positions)