Global Supply Chain Manager

Wayve•Sunnyvale, CA

About The Position

At Wayve we're committed to creating a diverse, fair and respectful culture that is inclusive of everyone based on their unique skills and perspectives, and regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law. About us Founded in 2017, Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology. Our advanced AI software and foundation models enable vehicles to perceive, understand, and navigate any complex environment, enhancing the usability and safety of automated driving systems. Our vision is to create autonomy that propels the world forward. Our intelligent, mapless, and hardware-agnostic AI products are designed for automakers, accelerating the transition from assisted to automated driving. In our fast-paced environment big problems ignite us—we embrace uncertainty, leaning into complex challenges to unlock groundbreaking solutions. We aim high and stay humble in our pursuit of excellence, constantly learning and evolving as we pave the way for a smarter, safer future. At Wayve, your contributions matter. We value diversity, embrace new perspectives, and foster an inclusive work environment; we back each other to deliver impact. Make Wayve the experience that defines your career! Where you will have impact We’re looking for a global supplier manager who is passionate about working with engineers to bring early stage product development to scale and building a supply chain to meet this challenge. As the global supplier manager you will build relationships with a number of suppliers and partners across a broad set of industries to negotiate favourable terms and conditions, pricing and secure and confirm availability of product. These supply chains will need to be created in partnership with the engineering teams to help guide the product development as it scales and evolves with technological enhancement and control of quality. The GSM will be accountable for Supplier Relationship Management and costs of the product, with the ability to communicate these to leadership, and work to provide parallel or alternative paths to manufacturing for improvements in cost and demand. Challenges you will own Working within a hardware enabled, software company has its challenges regarding establishing supplier relationships for low volume take-up for early adoption of high technology products. The GSM will establish these relationships and manage the requirements in collaboration with our engineering team. In addition, due to the nature of our hardware being an enabler platform for software development, build requirements and demand can be sporadic and therefore our supply chains have to be agile and adaptive to respond to short term requests and continual evolution of the design. Cost management of bill of material is critical and it is the responsibility of the GSM to drive cost out of the supply chain whilst also working with engineering to identify design for manufacture opportunities.

Requirements

Experience bringing newly developed products, with experience on sensors and compute, to scale through partner relationships
Ability to do cost accounting for products and negotiate improvements with scale
Ability to drive decision making across a broad group of internal and external stakeholders.
Experience in collaborative development between internal teams and external partners and suppliers
Strong communication skills, with the ability to represent a broad range of tradeoffs and decisions to both working level teams and leadership.
Comfortable working in an agile program environment with aggressive milestones

Nice To Haves

Autonomous Vehicle or Automotive Experience
Knowledge of Import and Export operations and regulation

Responsibilities

Build relationships with a number of suppliers and partners across a broad set of industries to negotiate favourable terms and conditions, pricing and secure and confirm availability of product.
Create supply chains in partnership with the engineering teams to help guide the product development as it scales and evolves with technological enhancement and control of quality.
Accountable for Supplier Relationship Management and costs of the product, with the ability to communicate these to leadership, and work to provide parallel or alternative paths to manufacturing for improvements in cost and demand.
Establish supplier relationships and manage the requirements in collaboration with our engineering team.
Drive cost out of the supply chain whilst also working with engineering to identify design for manufacture opportunities.

Benefits

Attractive compensation with salary and equity
Immersion in a team of world-class researchers, engineers and entrepreneurs
A unique position to shape the future of autonomous driving and tackle the biggest challenge of our time
Bespoke learning and development opportunities
Relocation support with visa sponsorship
Flexible working hours - we trust you to do your job well, at times that suit you and your team
Private onsite chef, in-house bar, lots of socials, and more!

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