Head of Global Strategic Sourcing

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of Zipline’s global sourcing strategy across all direct materials and strategic supplier relationships while building and scaling a best-in-class Strategic Sourcing organization.
• Develop and own Zipline’s end-to-end global sourcing strategy across all commodities, technologies, and production programs to support current operations and future product roadmaps.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the Global Supply Management organization, including Commodity Leads and Global Supply Managers, establishing high-performance operating mechanisms, career development, and organizational…
• Own executive relationships with Zipline’s most strategic global suppliers, serving as the primary commercial escalation point for critical business issues, executive negotiations, and strategic partnerships.
• Establish sourcing strategies that optimize cost, quality, delivery, capacity, resiliency, innovation, and long-term competitive advantage across the entire supply base.
• Lead negotiation of complex, high-value global supply agreements, long-term pricing strategies, capacity reservations, intellectual property protections, and strategic commercial partnerships.
• Build sourcing governance processes that ensure disciplined supplier selection, competitive bidding, should-cost analysis, contract management, and executive sourcing reviews.
• Partner closely with Engineering, Supplier Industrialization, Manufacturing, Planning, Quality, Finance, and Legal to ensure sourcing strategies enable aggressive product development timelines and production scaling.