Global Supply Manager, Plastics

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Global Supply 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 one of our four automobiles (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.

• Owner of RFQ's - ensuring all commercial terms are agreed and documented, 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

• Monitor global industry trends, track technology roadmaps, and 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, and other program management tools related to on-time delivery of supplier parts against Program timing and has the ability to 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

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Engineering or Chemistry and/or equivalent experience or evidence of exceptional ability, or equivalent. Master's degree in related areas, a plus

• 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 & commercial understanding of tooling and manufacturing processes on metal forming

• Experience with mechanical engineering concepts related to the commodity and ability to generate bottom-up should costs based on the understanding of manufacturing process

• 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