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Supply Chain Manager, Energy & Battery Plastics

Tesla

Tesla

Operations
Fremont, CA, USA
Posted on Oct 16, 2024
What to Expect
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 the Model S, Model X, Model 3¸ Model Y, Semi Truck, Cyber Truck and other NPI programs, Tesla Energy, Tesla Solar, batteries and/or any other components 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.
What You’ll Do
  • Owner of RFQ's and contract management - ensure Non-Disclosure Agreements, General Terms & Conditions, Piece Price Agreements, and other related contracts are negotiated, agreed and appropriately documented before business is initiated
  • Drive piece price and tooling negotiation process to ensure that Tesla’s commodity pricing meet 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 periodic price negotiations
  • Monitor global industry trends, track technology roadmaps, actively partner with the Design teams to identify/mitigate supply and demand challenges
  • Manage respective supplier relationships and performance, including but not limited to dispute resolution, supplier scorecards, and periodic business reviews
  • Comfortable communicating with technical stakeholders both internally and externally
  • Lead cross-functional teams to manage project timelines including developing and maintaining action trackers, Gantt charts, other program management tools related to on-time delivery of supplier parts against program timing, can build and maintain relationships with cross-functional teams, and influence timely decisions with key stakeholders to support our mission
  • Communicate key supply, cost, and/or quality issues with management teams and develop corrective action plans to mitigate identified risks
What You’ll Bring
  • Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Engineering, Chemistry or equivalent experience and evidence of exceptional ability
  • 5+ years of experience in supply chain management or commodity management associated to plastics
  • Experience with mechanical and/or electrical engineering concepts related to the commodity and ability to generate bottom-up should costs based on the understanding of manufacturing process
  • Technical and commercial understanding of tooling and manufacturing processes on plastic injection molding
  • 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