About Wing:
Wing offers drone delivery as a safe, fast, and sustainable solution for last mile logistics. Consumer appetites for on-demand services are increasing, but current delivery methods are inefficient, costly, and contribute to road accidents and air pollution. Wing’s fleet of highly automated delivery drones can transport small packages directly from businesses to homes on-demand, in minutes. We design, build, and operate our aircraft, and offer drone delivery services on three continents. Our technology is designed to be easy to integrate into existing delivery and logistics networks, offering a scalable drone delivery solution for a broad range of businesses. Wing is a part of Googles parent company, Alphabet, and our mission is to create the preferred means of delivery for the planet. If youre ready to do the greatest work of your life, come join us.
About the Role:
Wing is looking for a Sourcing Manager to join our Strategic Sourcing team based in Palo Alto, California. You will leverage your experience to deliver significant value to key stakeholders by managing the end-to-end strategic sourcing process, process compliance, executing on Wing’s goals to scale services rapidly, and bringing maturity to processes. Your core category responsibilities will include service providers at the forefront of service footprint expansion for last mile drone deliveries. The ideal candidate has a passion for working in new technologies, demonstrated knowledge of industry best practices bringing services to scale globally, and the ability to deliver results as part of a dynamic, cross-functional team.
What You’ll Do:
- Device and deploy a global sourcing strategy for the last mile delivery in international spanets
- Facilitate cross-functional teams in formulating creative delivery mechanisms
- Engage and own the commercial relationship with services partners and be responsible for cost negotiations, continuity of service, risk management, driving operational and cost efficiencies through process excellence
- Partner with a broad mix of stakeholders on category strategy, contract negotiation strategy, contract evaluation, redlining, and negotiation, such as Technology, Legal, Privacy, Information Security, and Internal Controls
- Develop strong relationships with and be recognized as a valued partner by senior stakeholders to influence business decisions
- Continually improve supplier performance by setting measurable, contractual, performance targets and related supplier performance management
- Engage cross-functional and cross-business partners to develop innovative solutions, managing and delivering sourcing deliverables, and ensuring user needs are integrated
- Build robust project plans and timelines to ensure key milestones are being captured and met as it relates to the sourcing process
- Effectively communicate status updates to key stakeholders, including timely identification and escalation/resolution of issues
What You’ll Need:
- Bachelors degree in a directly related field or equivalent practical experience
- 8+ years of experience in supply chain development, sourcing management, or strong engineering background in product development
- Analytical/negotiation skills with internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to toggle between strategic and detail oriented thinking
- Tenacious problem solving & issue resolution skills
- Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills
- Ability to influence across multiple functional teams
- Flexibility to adapt to dynamic and rapidly changing environments
- Excellent communicators, capable of working in multinational environments, driven and motivated by accomplishing extraordinary objective
The US base salary for this full-time position is the salary below + bonus + equity + benefits. Your recruiter will share more about the specific salary details during the hiring process.
Salary
$189,000—$220,000 USD
Wing is an equal opportunity employer and it is Wings policy to comply with all applicable national, state and local laws pertaining to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity. Employment at Wing is based solely on a persons merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. Wing does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law.
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