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Tesla Supply Operations Manager Interior Hard Trim 
United States, California, Fremont 
486929073

13.08.2024
What You’ll Do
  • 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.
  • Ability to travel up to 25% of the time