Zoox · 3 hours ago
Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager, CapEx
Foster City, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$155K/yr - $210K/yr
8+ years expZoox is a company focused on manufacturing projects, and they are seeking a Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager to lead commercial strategy and execution for all manufacturing projects. This role involves managing supplier relationships, ensuring successful partnerships, and supporting negotiation of capital equipment within the supply chain.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesMachine LearningRoboticsTransportation
Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
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
Preferred
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
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
Company
Zoox
Zoox is an AI robotics company that provides mobility-as-a-service and self-driving car services. It is a sub-organization of Amazon.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$955MKey Investors
Grok Ventures
2020-06-26Acquired
2019-10-21Convertible Note· $200M
2018-07-08Series B· $465M
Leadership Team
Nelson Pedreiro
Sr. Vice President, Hardware
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Zheng Gao
Director of Hardware Engineering
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