The role involves strategic sourcing and category management, negotiating contracts, evaluating suppliers, and managing procurement processes to support engineering and professional services.
You will be responsible for strategic sourcing and category management in Zoox's Indirect Procurement organization. You will engage and work closely with multiple business units, including Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance, Legal, etc. This includes working cross-functionally to understand needs for third-party engagement across the business, finding and evaluating potential partners and suppliers, drafting and issuing RFQs, leading or assisting in the negotiation of all key terms and conditions as well as pricing, managing commercial and supply chain issues, identifying and executing on cost reduction opportunities, and overall management of third party relationships across various categories of spend.
In this role, you will:
- 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
Qualifications
- 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.
Bonus Qualifications
- 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
About Zoox
Zoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market. Sitting at the intersection of robotics, machine learning, and design, Zoox aims to provide the next generation of mobility-as-a-service in urban environments. We’re looking for top talent that shares our passion and wants to be part of a fast-moving and highly execution-oriented team.
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If you need an accommodation to participate in the application or interview process please reach out to [email protected] or your assigned recruiter.
A Final Note:
You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. Here at Zoox, we know that diverse perspectives foster the innovation we need to be successful, and we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.
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