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Waymo

Builds self-driving AI and runs a robotaxi service

Indirect Procurement Category Manager

Procurement & SourcingPosted on Nov 9
Full-timeTokyo, JapanNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 10 years of procurement experience, including 7 or more years focused on broad indirect categories such as facilities, marketing, safety, and policy, as well as physical security and construction services spend areas.
  • Comprehensive sourcing skills, including identifying sourcing opportunities, performing spend analysis, developing sourcing strategies, managing projects, developing request-for-X (RFX) documents, negotiating, and managing contracts and compliance.
  • Ability to perform make-versus-buy outsourcing analyses and develop complex total cost of ownership models.
  • Ability to influence others and act as a cross-functional change agent within the team and the broader company.
  • High personal integrity and ethics.

Responsibilities

  • Act as the primary point of contact and subject matter expert for localized indirect categories, including marketing, policy, safety, and facilities, as well as construction, security, network, and equipment procurement such as chargers, switchgear, and automotive repair, meeting pressing demand schedules across scaling operations.
  • Develop multi-year category strategies with stakeholders to maximize value creation and support corporate services.
  • Lead the end-to-end RFX process, build relationships with strategic suppliers, oversee complex company-wide supplier relations, develop solutions to new problems, and anticipate future trends.
  • Negotiate and draft agreements that minimize financial and business risk, provide optimal terms and conditions, and enforce supplier accountability across diverse spend categories.
  • Implement new processes, systems, or policies to address indirect procurement needs, and analyze data to determine changes in total cost of ownership.
  • Develop new suppliers to support growth in the Asia Pacific region, including sourcing, bidding, negotiating, and closing contracts; travel to countries within the region is required.

Desired Qualifications

  • A bachelor's degree in Business Management, Supply Chain, or a related field, or equivalent education and work experience.
  • Interpersonal skills to deal effectively with diverse internal business contacts, such as marketing, operations, and policy teams, and external partners.

About the Company

Waymo

Builds self-driving AI and runs a robotaxi service

Waymo builds self-driving technology and uses it to run a ride-hailing service in which passengers summon electric cars with no one behind the wheel. In 2020, it became the first company to open fully driverless rides to the public, starting in metro Phoenix. Its system, the Waymo Driver, pairs cameras, radar and laser sensors called lidar with onboard computers whose AI predicts what nearby people and vehicles will do and drives the car. Riders pay per trip through the Waymo app, or through Uber in some cities, while Waymo and fleet partners keep the cars charged and maintained. Waymo began as a Google project in 2009 and became a separate Alphabet company in 2016; it is based in Mountain View, California.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$32.1B
Headquarters
Mountain View, CA
Founded
2009

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