Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager, CapEx

The role

Lead commercial strategy, advisory and execution for all Zoox manufacturing projects. Own third-party manufacturing supplier relationships end-to-end, covering sourcing, negotiations, project execution and supplier performance.

What you will do

• Lead procurement and partnership initiatives for Zoox manufacturing organizations
• Serve as lead point of contact for all commercial topics with key suppliers
• Manage day-to-day partnership success: milestones, change orders, quality, cost control
• Build supplier performance assessments to support future sourcing decisions
• Work with engineering, operations, manufacturing, strategy, finance and design on the business and technology roadmap
• Design and run supplier, industry and market research
• Build total cost of ownership models to support sourcing decisions
• Ensure optimal contract coverage with engineering and legal support
• Support negotiation of capital equipment in the Zoox supply chain
• Support future production strategizing

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of experience focused on commercial analysis and decisions
• Expertise in capital projects and equipment for hardware manufacturing or production
• Experience driving completion of complex projects with internal and external parties
• Ability to view project dependencies end-to-end and mitigate risks
• Experience crafting, negotiating and executing complex contractual agreements

Nice to have

• Open-minded self-starter who can 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

About the company

Zoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the ecosystem needed to bring it to market. It aims to provide next-generation mobility-as-a-service in urban environments.