Global Supply Manager - Merchandise & Vehicle Accessories

Job Description

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Supply Chain Manager to support the sourcing of Tesla Merchandise & Vehicle Accessories. This team member will manage Tesla’s spend, supplier agreements, supplier relationships, sourcing, negotiations, and stakeholders within the North America-based Merchandise & Vehicle Accessories team. The role is focused on supporting the development, implementation, and management of sourcing strategies to provide Tesla with optimal supply assurance, pricing, flexibility, quality and performance.  In this fast-paced, dynamic environment, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement sourcing strategies that guarantee optimal supply assurance, pricing, flexibility, quality, and delivery performance. This role offers the exciting opportunity to shape the future of autonomous driving technologies while advancing Tesla’s mission to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy. This is an opportunity to push boundaries, solve complex problems, and make a lasting impact in an industry that’s transforming the world.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop sourcing and negotiation strategies that deliver against business objectives across a wide range of diverse custom-designed lifestyle products featured on shop.tesla.com
• Responsible for sourcing activities across Merchandise & Vehicle Accessories including: analyzing current spend & purchasing trends, developing should-cost analysis for NPI products launched, evaluating current suppliers, and identifying new high potential suppliers to develop sourcing alternatives
• Collaborate with multiple Tesla internal project managers under the Merchandise & Vehicle Accessories team to support their procurement needs, as well as evaluate and provide guidance on final selection of suppliers
• Own the execution of RFI's, RFP's and RFQ's - ensuring all commercial terms are agreed and documented – and evaluate supplier business proposals and present recommendations that will result in cost savings, avoidance, or containment
• Drive price negotiations processes to ensure that Tesla’s commodity pricing is best in class, and drive continual cost reduction/avoidance initiatives through ad hoc price negotiations
• Monitor current category market conditions, technology roadmaps and identify supply/demand challenges & opportunities
• Manage respective supplier relationships and performance, evaluate supplier core competencies & competitive positioning using industry cost models, and identify supplier consolidation opportunities that will generate savings

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Supply Chain, and/or equivalent experience or evidence of exceptional ability
• 2+ years of related work experience in Procurement or Consulting (preferable)
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize and work in an extremely fast-paced environment
• Ability to make quick decisions with 80% information
• Ability to work cross-functionally among Engineering, Programs, and Finance teams
• Willingness to operate in a dynamic environment
• Proficient with Microsoft Windows and Office applications, particularly Microsoft Excel