Global Supply Chain Manager - Indirect Purchasing

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About us   

Founded in 2017, Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology.  Our advanced AI software and foundation models enable vehicles to perceive, understand, and navigate any complex environment, enhancing the usability and safety of automated driving systems.

Our vision is to create autonomy that propels the world forward.  Our intelligent, mapless, and hardware-agnostic AI products are designed for automakers, accelerating the transition from assisted to automated driving.  

At Wayve, big problems ignite us—we embrace uncertainty, leaning into complex challenges to unlock groundbreaking solutions. We aim high and stay humble in our pursuit of excellence, constantly learning and evolving as we pave the way for a smarter, safer future.

At Wayve, your contributions matter.  We value diversity, embrace new perspectives, and foster an inclusive work environment; we back each other to deliver impact.  

Make Wayve the experience that defines your career!  

The Role: 

We are looking for a Global Supply Chain Manager, Indirect Purchasing who is passionate about working with engineers to bring early-stage product development to scale. In this role, you will be responsible for managing IT hardware, SaaS, professional consulting services, and other general procurement needs while negotiating favorable terms and conditions, pricing, and securing product availability.

As the Indirect Purchasing Manager, you will be accountable for Supplier Relationship Management and cost control, ensuring alignment with business objectives. You will also be responsible for communicating cost insights to leadership and identifying parallel or alternative paths for cost improvements.

Challenges you will own

The Global Supply Chain Manager, Indirect Purchasing will play a pivotal role in establishing supplier relationships and managing procurement requirements in close collaboration with cross-functional teams. Given the dynamic nature of our operations, our supply chain must be agile and adaptable to respond to short-term requests while navigating the evolving needs of the business.

Cost management is a key responsibility in this role, requiring a strategic approach to contract negotiation, supplier performance, and cost reduction initiatives. The Indirect Purchasing Manager will be expected to drive cost optimization while maintaining strong supplier partnerships to support long-term business growth.

What you will bring to Wayve

Essential:

• Proven experience in indirect procurement, including IT hardware, SaaS/software licensing, professional services, and general corporate spend.
• Strong knowledge of contract negotiation, vendor selection, and RFP/RFQ processes
• Ability to drive decision making across a broad group of internal and external stakeholders.Experience in collaborative development between internal teams and external partners and suppliers
• Strong 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 milestones

Desirable:

• Autonomous Vehicle or Artificial Intelligence industry 

What we offer you

• Attractive compensation with salary and equity
• Immersion in a team of world-class researchers, engineers and entrepreneurs
• A unique position to shape the future of autonomous driving and tackle the biggest challenge of our time
• Bespoke learning and development opportunities
• Relocation support with visa sponsorship
• Flexible working hours - we trust you to do your job well, at times that suit you and your team
• Private onsite chef, in-house bar, lots of socials, and more!

This is a full-time role based in our office in Sunnyvale, CA.  At Wayve we want the best of all worlds so we operate a hybrid working policy that combines time together in our offices and workshops to fuel innovation, culture, relationships and learning, and time spent working from home.  

 

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.

 

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We understand that everyone has a unique set of skills and experiences and that not everyone will meet all of the requirements listed above. If you’re passionate about self-driving cars and think you have what it takes to make a positive impact on the world, we encourage you to apply.

For more information visit Careers at Wayve. 

To learn more about what drives us, visit Values at Wayve 

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DISCLAIMER: We will not ask about marriage or pregnancy, care responsibilities or disabilities in any of our job adverts or interviews. However, we do look to capture information about care responsibilities, and disabilities among other diversity information as part of an optional DEI Monitoring form to help us identify areas of improvement in our hiring process and ensure that the process is inclusive and non-discriminatory.