Supply Chain Manager, Hard Trim

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Supply Chain Manager to support our development teams and contract manufacturing partners in the sourcing of Direct Supply Chain components and parts. These could include specific parts related to one of our five automobiles (Model S, Model X Model 3 Model Y and/or Cybertruck) or a new project intrinsic to the successful running of the organization. This role will report to our Supply Chain Group Manager and in parallel be an active sourcing resource supporting our various Engineering groups within Tesla.

• Owner of RFQ's - ensuring all commercial terms are agreed and documented. Ensures Non-Disclosure Agreements, General Terms & Conditions, Piece Price Agreements, and other related contracts are negotiated and appropriately before business is initiated
• Drive piece price and tooling negotiation process to ensure that Tesla's commodity pricing met Best-In-Class expectations, while meeting Supplier Industrialization standards of Best-In-Class quality, in addition to driving continual cost reduction and avoidance initiatives through ad-hoc price negotiations
• Manage respective supplier relationships and performance, including but not limited to dispute resolution, supplier scorecards, and periodic business reviews
• Participate in design reviews, change control meetings, and other technical discussions with cross functional team and supplier
• Ability to understand technical drawings and specifications as well as basic knowledge of manufacturing process controls and quality assurance for their commodity space
• Lead cross-functional teams to manage project timelines including developing and maintaining action trackers, Gantt charts, and other program management tools related to on-time delivery of supplier parts against Program timing
• Communicate key supply, cost, and/or quality issues with management teams. Develop corrective action plans to mitigate identified risks
• Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Engineering or equivalent experience
• 3-5 years of experience in supply chain management, or commodity management associated to interior hard trim (injection molding, lamination process and automation)
• Technical & commercial understanding of tooling and manufacturing processes on interior hard trim
• Proficient knowledge of technical requirements & design of the product and be able to influence cross functional partners with detailed analysis that supports optimized pricing and product sourcing decisions
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
• Analytical with ability to build out Should-Cost models and negotiate based on the data
• Experience with engineering concepts related to the commodity and ability to generate bottom-up should costs based on the understanding of manufacturing process