Senior Buyer

Who we are

Gatik, the leader in autonomous middle-mile logistics, is revolutionizing the B2B supply chain with its autonomous transportation-as-a-service (ATaaS) solution and prioritizing safe, consistent deliveries while streamlining freight movement by reducing congestion. The company focuses on short-haul, B2B logistics for Fortune 500 retailers and in 2021 launched the world’s first fully driverless commercial transportation service with Walmart. Gatik’s Class 3-7 autonomous trucks are commercially deployed across major markets, including Texas, Arkansas, and Ontario, Canada, driving innovation in freight transportation. 

The company’s proprietary Level 4 autonomous technology, Gatik Carrier™, is custom-built to transport freight safely and efficiently between pick-up and drop-off locations on the middle mile. With robust capabilities in both highway and urban environments, Gatik Carrier™ serves as an all-encompassing solution that integrates advanced software and hardware powering the fleet, facilitating effortless integration into customers’ logistics operations. 

About the role

As Gatik continues its rapid growth, we are seeking a skilled and proactive Senior Buyer to join our Supply Chain and Procurement team. This role is critical to managing the procurement process, ensuring the efficient and cost-effective acquisition of goods and services, and maintaining strong supplier relationships. The Senior Buyer will be responsible for sourcing and purchasing both direct and indirect materials, coordinating procurement activities to support production schedules, cost management, quality assurance, and timely delivery. This includes reviewing requisitions, negotiating contracts, managing purchase orders, and addressing supplier performance issues. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of supply chain and procurement principles, extensive experience with NetSuite, and a proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

This role will be onsite 5 days a week at our Mountain View, CA office.

What you’ll do

• Manage the end-to-end procurement process, including creating and issuing purchase orders, tracking deliveries, and resolving any related issues.
• Source and evaluate vendors, negotiate contracts, and maintain strong vendor relationships to meet the company’s quality, price and delivery requirements. 
• Ensure compliance with company purchasing policies and procedures.
• Maintain accurate and organized purchasing records within NetSuite. Prepare and maintain procurement reports and documentation for internal audits and compliance purposes.
• Monitor inventory levels and proactively identify purchasing needs. Expedite the resolution of shortages to meet company demands.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, in particular engineering and operations, to understand their procurement requirements and provide timely support.
• Analyze spending patterns and identify opportunities for cost savings and process improvements.
• Assist with the development and implementation of new purchasing policies and procedures as part of the finance function reorganization.
• Support other accounting and finance tasks as needed.
• Assist with the development and implementation of new purchasing policies and procedures.
• Support the implementation of new procurement system modules within NetSuite.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, production, and finance, to align purchasing strategies with organizational goals.
• Reconcile material receipts and invoicing discrepancies.
• Provide purchasing support to contract manufacturers to support the delivery schedule.
• Return parts or process RMA for parts that are determined to be defective or are no longer required.

What we’re looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or related field preferred.
• 3+ years of experience in purchasing or procurement.  
• Strong understanding of purchasing principles and processes.
• Proficiency in NetSuite is required, including experience with NetSuite’s procurement module.
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.  
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment is preferred.  
• Ability to adapt to change and contribute to process improvements.

More about Gatik

Founded in 2017 by experts in autonomous vehicle technology, Gatik has rapidly expanded its presence to Mountain View, Dallas-Fort Worth, Arkansas, and Toronto. As the first and only company to achieve fully driverless middle-mile commercial deliveries, Gatik holds a unique and defensible position in the AV industry, with a clear trajectory toward sustainable growth and profitability.

We have delivered complete, proprietary AV technology - an integration of software and hardware - to enable earlier successes for our clients in constrained Level 4 autonomy.  By choosing the middle mile – with defined point-to-point delivery, we have simplified some of the more complex AV challenges, enabling us to achieve full autonomy ahead of competitors. Given extensive knowledge of Gatik’s well-defined, fixed route ODDs and hybrid architecture, we are able to hyper-optimize our models with exponentially less data, establish gate-keeping mechanisms to maintain explainability, and ensure continued safety of the system for unmanned operations.

Visit us at Gatik for more company information and Careers at Gatik for more open roles.

Notable News

• Forbes: Forget robotaxis. Upstart Gatik sees middle-mile deliveries as the path to profitable AVs
• Tech Brew: Gatik AI exec unpacks the regulations that could shape the AV industry
• Business Wire: Gatik Paves the Way for Safe Driverless Operations (‘Freight-Only’) at Scale with Industry-First Third-Party Safety Assessment Framework
• Auto Futures: Autonomous Trucking Group Gatik Secures Investment From NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS
• Automotive News: Gatik foresees hundreds of self-driving trucks on road soon, and that’s just the beginning
• Forbes: Isuzu And Gatik Go All In To Scale Up Driverless Freight Services
• Bloomberg: Autonomous Vehicle Startup Takes Off by Picking Off Easier Routes
• Reuters: Driverless vehicles on limited routes bump along despite US robotaxi scrutiny

Taking care of our team

At Gatik, we connect people of extraordinary talent and experience to an opportunity to create a more resilient supply chain and contribute to our environment’s sustainability. We are diverse in our backgrounds and perspectives yet united by a bold vision and shared commitment to our values. Our culture emphasizes the importance of collaboration, respect and agility.

We at Gatik strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels they have opportunities to succeed and grow because we know that together we can do great things. We are committed to an inclusive and diverse team. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.