Direct Materials Sourcing Lead – EV Hardware & Partnerships

SupportFinity™; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

Zoox is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager for Direct Materials in Foster City. You will lead procurement, supplier partnerships, and negotiations for interior, chassis, and hardware components across the vehicle program.

You will collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, strategy, and legal teams to develop a 3–5 year roadmap, drive cost reductions, and ensure strong supplier performance and contract coverage in a fast-moving autonomous ride-hailing environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in partnership development and/or purchasing in a hardware product environment.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Strategic sourcing, financial and business opportunity analysis, comfort with legal frameworks, and contract negotiation skills (development, supply, licensing, and service agreements)
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders, including C-level, engineering, legal, finance, manufacturing, and logistics
• Excellent analytical skills
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills

Responsibilities

• Lead procurement and partnership initiatives for vehicle direct materials (interiors, structural components, advanced hardware) and/or operations infrastructure (EV charging, vehicle maintenance, capital equipment)
• Proactively engage with Zoox stakeholders (incl. engineering, operations, manufacturing, strategy, finance, and design) to derive and execute the medium-term (3-5 years) business and technology roadmap to support Zoox’s vehicle development program and autonomous ride‑hailing service
• Develop the supply chain and partnership footprint with a long-term, strategic view
• Lead the day-to-day process of ensuring successful partnerships (milestone adherence, change order management, quality assurance, cost control, etc.) and build supplier performance assessments to support future sourcing decisions
• Design, conduct, and synthesize supplier, industry, and market research
• Drive cost transparency and build total cost of ownership models to support sourcing decisions
• Ensure optimal contract coverage for the commodity/service in partnership with engineering and legal support
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with key suppliers as the lead point of contact for all commercial issues
• Review, analyze, and finalize quote packages from suppliers
• Support and inform internal stakeholders with respect to supplier selection and management
• Identify sourcing alternatives to drive efficiencies via benchmarking, competitive quotes, and changing requirements

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Contract negotiation

Financial analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Excel skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Zoox is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager for Direct Materials in Foster City. You will lead procurement, supplier partnerships, and negotiations for interior, chassis, and hardware components across the vehicle program.

You will collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, strategy, and legal teams to develop a 3–5 year roadmap, drive cost reductions, and ensure strong supplier performance and contract coverage in a fast-moving autonomous ride-hailing environment.