Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager, Engineering Services

Zoox•Foster City, CA

About The Position

Zoox is seeking a Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager for its Indirect Procurement organization, focusing on strategic sourcing and category management. This role involves close collaboration with various business units, including Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance, and Legal. The primary responsibilities include understanding third-party needs, identifying and evaluating potential partners and suppliers, managing RFQs, leading negotiations for terms, pricing, and conditions, addressing commercial and supply chain issues, driving cost reduction initiatives, and overseeing third-party relationships across diverse spend categories. The role specifically supports the procurement of engineering and professional services, with an emphasis on large-scale commercial partnerships for business operations. It also involves informing stakeholders on supplier selection and management, identifying sourcing alternatives through benchmarking and competitive analysis, and ensuring a smooth procure-to-pay process in conjunction with finance.

Requirements

8+ years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, negotiating, category management, or supply chain experience required
Bachelor’s degree
Experience with strategic sourcing, financial and business opportunity analysis, legal frameworks and contract negotiation
Demonstrated success leading categories supporting security, operations, and business scaling partnerships
Deep knowledge of spend categories and contracting models (e.g., performance based, fixed firm price and T&M)
Familiarity with legal terms and conditions, and supplier governance frameworks
Experience working in a centrally led procurement model with enterprise-wide scope
Strong negotiation skills and commercial acumen with experience developing long-term supplier agreements.
Proficient in ERP (e.g., SAP), sourcing platforms (e.g., Ariba, Coupa), S2P systems and data analytics tools.

Nice To Haves

Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional and Executive stakeholders
Professional Certifications in Supply Chain such as CPSM, CPSD, preferred.
Open-minded self-starter with the ability to adapt, improvise, and problem-solver

Responsibilities

Support various departments in the procurement of engineering and professional services (with a focus on large-scale commercial partnerships for business operations)
Support and inform internal stakeholders for supplier selection and management
Identify sourcing alternatives to drive efficiencies via benchmarking, competitive quotes, and engineering changes
Negotiate the cost and other terms and conditions of such purchases by collaborating with the stakeholders and legal team
Ensure a smooth procure-to-pay process by working with the stakeholders and finance team