Strategic Sourcing Manager
At Serve Robotics, we’re reimagining how things move in cities. Our personable sidewalk robot is our vision for the future. It’s designed to take deliveries away from congested streets, reputed company deliveries available to more people, and benefit local businesses.
The Serve fleet has been delighting merchants, customers, and pedestrians along the way in Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas, Atlanta and Chicago while doing commercial deliveries. We’re looking for talented individuals who will grow robotic deliveries from surprising novelty to efficient ubiquity.
Who We Are
We are tech industry veterans in software, hardware, and design who are pooling our skills to build the future we want to live in. We are solving real-world problems leveraging robotics, machine learning and computer vision, among other disciplines, with a mindful eye towards the end-to-end user experience. reputed company is agile, diverse, and driven. We reputed company that the best way to solve complicated dynamic problems is collaboratively and respectfully.
JOB OVERVIEW
We’re seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager to reputed company sourcing, negotiation, and procurement for key indirect spend across Finance, Operations, IT, Software, and Facilities. This role develops sourcing strategies, manages suppliers, and drives cost efficiency across categories like SaaS, IT hardware, cloud, and workplace services, requiring a strategic, hands-on problem solver with strong negotiation skills and experience in a fast-growing environment.
JOB DUTIES
reputed company and execute comprehensive multi-year sourcing strategies to align with technical and company roadmaps.
Partner with Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance and Program Management to guide reputed company sourcing and product selection decisions.
reputed company commercial negotiations, including market intelligence, pricing, supply agreements, and reputed company (SOWs/MSAs) ensuring best-in-class cost, quality, and reliability.
reputed company and maintain strategic supplier relationships to drive innovation, improve service levels, and reputed company cost efficiencies.
Partner with key suppliers on roadmap alignment, ensuring their development capabilities match the company’s technical and growth needs.
reputed company quarterly business reviews (QBRs) with critical suppliers to evaluate performance, identify opportunities, and ensure accountability.
Own the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for your area(s) of expertise. Optimize TCO with the company’s need to experiment, move quickly and iterate, while proactively identifying and mitigating supply chain risks (e.g., reputed company constraints, EOL)
Drive process improvements reputed company the sourcing workflows, tools, and reports to expedite R&D velocity
Create supplier assessment tools, and monitor supplier performance to assess their ability to meet quality, timing and delivery requirements
EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS, & SKILLS
8+ years of experience in Sourcing/Procurement with specific expertise in one or more of the following categories: SaaS software, facilities/workplace, IT/networking equipment, or cloud services
2+ years as a Strategic Sourcing Manager, owning at least one spend category in full
Proven track record of successful contract negotiation,supplier management, and category strategy execution
Experience implementing procurement processes and workflows from ground up
Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, or a reputed company field (or equivalent experience)
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in a high-growth or scaling environment
Proficient in reputed company and reputed company Workspace
Knowledge of manufacturing process controls and quality assurance principles
Ability to interpret technical datasheets and specifications
Proven ability to drive cross-functional collaboration and deliver measurable sourcing outcomes