Strategic Sourcing Manager, Test Infrastructure

Zoox•Foster City, CA

About The Position

This role will lead commercial strategy, advisory, and execution for Zoox vehicle testing projects. It will own Zoox vehicle testing third-party relationships end-to-end, leading competitive sourcing and negotiations, project execution, and the ongoing performance of testing infrastructure suppliers. Finally, this role will also support operational planning, forecasting, decision-making, and long-term strategy for Zoox vehicle testing. These activities ensure that Zooxâs cross-functional organizations can successfully validate the technical and behavioral features necessary for Zoox to deliver a world-class vehicle and autonomous driving system.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience focused on commercial analysis and decisions
Expertise in automotive or autonomous technology development
Experience in driving the 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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Lead procurement and partnership initiatives for Zooxâs testing infrastructure requirements; 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 Zooxâs vehicle development 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