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 as well as develop corrective action plans to mitigate identified risks
What You’ll Bring
Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Engineering or and/or equivalent experience or evidence of exceptional ability
2-5 years of experience in supply chain management, or commodity management associated to interior hard trim (injection molding, lamination process)
Technical & commercial understanding of tooling and manufacturing processes on interior hard trim
Proficient knowledge of technical requirements and design of the product and be able to influence cross functional partners with detailed analysis that supports optimized pricing and product sourcing decisions
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.