Global Supply Manager

Joby Barnard; California; On-site; USD 58,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Joby Aviation, a leader in piloted air taxis, seeks a Global Supply Manager for a 4–6 month temporary assignment in California. You will oversee strategic and tactical procurement, manage RFQs, negotiate terms, and establish master purchase agreements with suppliers.

You will collaborate with finance, legal, engineering, manufacturing, and quality teams to source materials cost-effectively, monitor industry trends, and lead cross-functional project timelines ensuring on-time delivery and risk

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business Management, Supply Chain, or Engineering.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in procurement/supplier management.
• 1 year of experience in Mechanical Systems and Metallics commodity management.
• Experience reading, negotiating, and updating supplier contracts.

Responsibilities

• Own RFQs and ensure terms, NDAs, and T&Cs are negotiated before business initiates.
• Drive price and tooling negotiations to meet Best-In-Class pricing while ensuring quality standards.
• Address category management, market conditions, roadmaps, cost modeling, and sourcing strategies.
• Monitor global industry trends and partner with Design teams to mitigate supply and demand challenges.
• Manage supplier relationships and performance including scorecards and business reviews.
• Participate in design reviews, change control meetings, and DFA with Engineering partners.
• Lead vendor selection with engineering teams and drive cost-focused decisions.
• Communicate supply, cost, and quality issues to management and develop corrective action plans.

Skills

Contract negotiation

Supplier management

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Communication

Lean manufacturing

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Supply Chain Management, or Engineering

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Company Overview

Imagine a piloted air taxi that takes off vertically, then quietly carries you and your fellow passengers over the congested city streets below, enabling you to spend more time with the people and places that matter most. At Joby, we've been working to make that dream a reality since 2009 and we're now in the final stages of certifying our aircraft with the FAA. With plans to launch our aircraft in the US and Dubai, we're now scaling manufacturing and preparing for the launch of our commercial service.

Overview

Working as a Global Supply Manager - you will be responsible for strategic and tactical procurement activities to support acquisition for Joby Aviation. Using your industry knowledge, you will work with our finance, legal, engineering, manufacturing, and quality teams to oversee the contract negotiation and establishment of Master Purchase Agreements with our suppliers.

This individual will have overall responsibility to ensure that materials can be sourced cost effectively and with the required quality controls in place as is typical in the aviation industry.

Responsibilities

• Owner of RFQ's - ensuring all commercial terms are agreed and documented. Ensures NDAs (Non-Disclosure Agreements), Terms & Conditions, Piece Price Agreements, and other related contracts are negotiated and appropriately before business is initiated.


• Drive price and tooling negotiation process to ensure that Joby's commodity pricing meets Best-In-Class expectations, while meeting Internal Quality Standards, in addition to driving continual cost reduction and avoidance initiatives through ad-hoc price negotiations.


• Address all areas of category management, including category business plans, market conditions, technology roadmaps, cost modeling, and sourcing strategies.


• 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 dispute resolution, supplier scorecards, and periodic business reviews.


• Participate in design reviews, change control meetings, and other technical discussions with Engineering partners.


• Participate in Design for Manufacturability reviews with Engineering partners and prospective suppliers, and drive decisions from a cost perspective.


• Ability to understand technical drawings and specifications, as well as basic knowledge of manufacturing process controls and quality assurance for their commodity space.


• 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.


• Communicate key supply, cost, and/or quality issues with management teams. Develop corrective action plans to mitigate identified risks.


• Ability to build and maintain relationships with cross-functional teams and influence timely decisions with key stakeholders to support our mission.


• Lead the vendor selection process with engineering teams.

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Supply Chain Management, or Engineering.


• Minimum of 2 years' experience in a procurement/supplier management position.


• 1 year of experience in Mechanical Systems and Metallics commodity management.


• In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 7 years of experience working in Commodity Management/Procurement.


• Experience in managing custom, build-to-order parts.


• Experienced in reading, negotiating, and updating supplier contract agreements.


• Technical fluency in MS Office products.


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.


• Knowledge of Lean manufacturing practices.

Desired

• Master's degree +2 years of working experience.


• Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) credential.

Additional Information

This is a temporary role, anticipated to last 4-6 months. The target base pay for this position is $42-$69 per hour.

Joby is an Equal Opportunity Employer