Supply Chain Manager, Memory

$72,000 - $264,000/Yr

Tesla - Palo Alto, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Palo Alto, CA

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Supply Chain Manager to support our development teams and contract manufacturing partners in the sourcing of memory related activities. The goal is to bring up memory components at low cost to support Dojo and autopilot platforms from New Product Introduction (NPI) to High Volume Manufacturing (HVM) phases. This role will report to the logic and memory group manager in the supply chain group and will also serve as an active sourcing resource supporting various Engineering groups within Tesla. In this position, you will interface with memory vendors from engineering design all the way through to the end of life. You will be the owner of Request for Quotations (RFQs), ensuring that all commercial terms are agreed upon and documented. It is essential to ensure that Non-Disclosure Agreements, General Terms & Conditions, Piece Price Agreements, and other related contracts are negotiated and appropriately finalized before business is initiated. You will drive piece pricing to ensure that Tesla's commodity pricing meets Best-In-Class expectations while adhering to Supplier Industrialization standards of Best-In-Class quality. Additionally, you will be responsible for driving continual cost reduction and avoidance initiatives through ad-hoc price negotiations. Your responsibilities will also include addressing all areas of category management, including category business plans, market conditions, technology roadmaps, cost modeling, and sourcing strategies. You will monitor global industry trends, track technology roadmaps, and actively partner with the Design teams to identify and mitigate supply and demand challenges. Managing supplier relationships and performance will be crucial, including dispute resolution, supplier scorecards, and periodic business reviews. You will participate in design reviews, change control meetings, and other technical discussions with Engineering partners, requiring an ability to understand technical datasheets and specifications, as well as a basic knowledge of manufacturing process controls and quality assurance for your commodity space. Comfortable communication with technical stakeholders both internally and externally is essential, as is the ability to communicate key supply, cost, and/or quality issues with management teams and develop corrective action plans to mitigate identified risks.

Responsibilities

• Interface with memory vendors from engineering design all the way through end of life.
• Owner of RFQs - ensuring all commercial terms are agreed and documented.
• Ensure Non-Disclosure Agreements, General Terms & Conditions, Piece Price Agreements, and other related contracts are negotiated and appropriately finalized before business is initiated.
• Drive piece price to ensure that Tesla's commodity pricing meets Best-In-Class expectations while adhering to Supplier Industrialization standards of Best-In-Class quality.
• Drive 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 and 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.
• Communicate key supply, cost, and/or quality issues with management teams and develop corrective action plans to mitigate identified risks.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in memory supply chain management, preferably in HBM and DRAM.
• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Engineering or Chemistry or equivalent experience.
• Preferred 3+ years of experience in supply chain management, or commodity management in semiconductors (advanced packaging, logic testing, memory, etc).
• Preferred experience with electrical engineering, material science concepts related to the commodity and ability to generate bottom-up should costs based on the understanding of manufacturing process.
• Technical, operational & commercial understanding of supply chain and manufacturing processes on memory fabrication, packaging and testing.
• Proficient knowledge of technical requirements & design of the product and ability to influence cross functional partners with detailed analysis that supports optimized pricing and product sourcing decisions.
• Excellent negotiator.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in advanced packaging, logic testing, and memory management.
• Ability to understand technical datasheets and specifications.

Benefits

• Commuter assistance
• Health savings account
• AD&D insurance
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Flextime
• Employee assistance program
• 401(k) matching
• Employee discount
• Pet insurance