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Tesla Supply Chain Manager Software & Connectivity 
United States, California, Palo Alto 
442522003

23.06.2024
What You’ll Do
  • Owner of RFI's, RFP's and RFQ's - ensuring all commercial terms are agreed and documented
  • Ensures NDA, SOW's and Master Purchase Agreement are positioned appropriately before business is initiated
  • Drive price negotiations processes to ensure that Tesla’s software & connectivity pricing is best in class
  • Drive continual cost reduction and avoidance initiatives through ad hoc price negotiations
  • Analyze current spend and evaluate current suppliers. Consolidate spend across supply base to create leverage, analyze purchasing trends and develop sourcing alternatives. Identify new high potential suppliers on global basis
  • Manage respective supplier relationships and performance, including but not limited to dispute resolution
  • Develop key performance measures for chosen suppliers and negotiate on multiple variables to award longer-term strategic contracts that result in significant cost reduction and improved service levels
  • Lead the vendor selection process with engineering teams
  • Evaluate and provide guidance on final selection of suppliers; Perform value analysis for final selection of suppliers
  • Evaluate supplier core competencies and competitive positioning using industry cost models
What You’ll Bring
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Engineering or equivalent experience
  • Ability to multi-task, prioritize and work in an extremely fast-paced environment
  • Strong negotiation skills, and experience with software contracts
  • History of working with connectivity operators to negotiate machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, including pricing negotiation and legal terms & conditions, a big Proficient with Microsoft Windows and Office applications, particularly Microsoft Excel