Indirect Purchasing Manager

Who we areOur team is the first in the world to use autonomous vehicles on public roads using end-to-end deep learning, computer vision and reinforcement learning. Leveraging our multi-national world-class research team, we're focusing on using less data to learn more intelligent algorithms to bring autonomy for everyone, everywhere. We aim to be the future of self-driving cars, not vehicles that are told how to drive through hand-coded rules and maps, but ones which learn from experience and data.Where you will have an impactWe're looking for an Indirect Purchasing manager who is passionate about working with engineers to bring early stage product development to scale and building a supply chain to meet this challenge. As the indirect purchasing manager you will be managing IT hardware and software, professional services, facilities, and other general procurement needs, to negotiate favourable terms and conditions, pricing and secure and confirm availability of product. These supply chains will need to be created in partnership with the engineering teams to help guide the product development as it scales and evolves with technological enhancement and control of quality. The indirect purchasing manager will be accountable for Supplier Relationship Management and costs of the product, with the ability to communicate these to leadership, and work to provide parallel or alternative paths to manufacturing for improvements in cost and demand.Challenges you will ownThe indirect purchasing manager will establish these relationships and manage the requirements in collaboration with our cross-functional teams. Our supply chain team has to be agile and adaptive to respond to short term requests and continual evolution of the request. Cost management is critical and it is the responsibility of the indirect purchasing manager to drive cost out of the supply chain.What you will bring to WayveEssential:Experience bringing newly developed products to scale through partner relationshipsAbility to do cost accounting for products and negotiate improvements with scaleAbility to drive decision making across a broad group of internal and external stakeholders.Experience in collaborative development between internal teams and external partners and suppliersStrong communication skills, with the ability to represent a broad range of tradeoffs and decisions to both working level teams and leadership.Comfortable working in an agile program environment with aggressive milestonesDesirable:Autonomous Vehicle or Automotive ExperienceKnowledge of Import and Export operations and regulationWhat we offer youAttractive compensation with salary and equity=Immersion in a team of world-class researchers, engineers and entrepreneursA unique position to shape the future of autonomous driving and tackle the biggest challenge of our timeBespoke learning and development opportunitiesRelocation support with visa sponsorshipFlexible working hours - we trust you to do your job well, at times that suit you and your teamPrivate onsite chef, in-house bar, lots of socials, and more!Wayve is built by people from all walks of life. We believe that it is our differences that make us stronger, and our unique perspectives and backgrounds that allow us to build something different. We are proud to be an equal opportunities workplace, where we don't just embrace diversity but nurture it - so that we all thrive and grow.

Created: 2025-03-03