Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead procurement and partnership initiatives for vehicle direct materials (interiors, structural components, advanced hardware) and/or operations infrastructure (EV charging, vehicle maintenance, capital equipment).
• Proactively engage with stakeholders (engineering, operations, manufacturing, strategy, finance, and design) to derive and execute the medium-term (3-5 years) business and technology roadmap to support vehicle development and autonomous ride-hailing service.
• Develop the supply chain and partnership footprint with a long-term, strategic view.
• Lead day-to-day management of partnerships including milestone adherence, change order management, quality assurance, cost control, and build supplier performance assessments.
• 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.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with key suppliers as the lead point of contact for all commercial issues.
• Review, analyze, and finalize quote packages from suppliers.
• Support and inform internal stakeholders with respect to supplier selection and management.
• Identify sourcing alternatives to drive efficiencies via benchmarking, competitive quotes, and changing requirements.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in partnership development and/or purchasing in a hardware product environment.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Expertise in strategic sourcing, financial and business opportunity analysis, comfort with legal frameworks, and contract negotiation skills (development, supply, licensing, and service agreements).
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders, including C-level, engineering, legal, finance, manufacturing, and logistics.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.

Nice-to-Haves

• Ability to analyze and interpret market trends relevant to pricing.
• Proven ability to cultivate and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers.
• Strong focus on cost management and optimization.
• Experience in evaluating and optimizing Bill of Materials (BOM) costs in collaboration with suppliers.
• Ability to work collaboratively with engineering teams on cost optimization projects, including sourcing low-cost electrical alternatives.
• Strategic mindset for negotiating costs with key component suppliers.
• Expertise in electronics, powertrain, chassis, body, safety systems, EV charging, fleet maintenance or capital equipment.