Interact with suppliers’ working level team and executives to ensure Tesla quality, cost and delivery directives are understood and executed
Support the regional, commodity SIE teams with commercial oversight and collaborate with Global Supply Managers and Regional Supply Operations Managers to ensure commodity strategy aligns across all Tesla product platforms
Monitor current category market conditions, technology roadmaps and identify supply/demand challenges & opportunities. Track raw material, Forex, other market conditions to manage risk of cost impacts
Analyze current spend, 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
Build and develop cost models by developing a thorough understating of the manufacturing process and aid the commodity GSMs in commercial cost negotiations while driving price negotiations through program life to ensure that Tesla’s commodity pricing is best in class.
Manage respective supplier relationships and performance post Sourcing, including but not limited to dispute resolution
Evaluate supplier business proposals and present recommendations that will result in cost savings, avoidance, containment, supplier core competencies and competitive positioning using industry cost models