# Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager

**Company:** [Zoox](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/zoox)
**Location:** Foster City, CA, Boston, MA
**Role:** Other
**Salary:** $155k – $210k/yr
**Experience:** 6+ years
**Skills:** Strategic Sourcing, Contract Negotiation, Supplier Management, Cost Analysis, Total Cost Of Ownership, Market Research, Excel, Bom Optimization, Rfq Management, Partnership Development
**Posted:** 2026-05-15

> Lead strategic sourcing and partnerships for Zoox's vehicle direct materials, hardware, and operations infrastructure. Requires 6+ years in hardware procurement, strong negotiation, analytical, and stakeholder influence skills.

## Job Description

## 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.

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