Global Supply Manager - Indirect

About the role

Waabi, founded by AI visionary Raquel Urtasun, is the leader in Physical AI. With a world-class team, we're unlocking the next era of autonomous transportation with technology that's powering commercial autonomous trucks and robotaxis. Waabi is backed by and partners with world leaders in AI, automotive, logistics, and deep tech.

With offices in Toronto, San Francisco, Dallas, and Pittsburgh, Waabi is growing quickly and looking for diverse, innovative and collaborative candidates who want to impact the world in a positive way.

As a member of the Global Supply Chain Team, the Global Supply Manager will be responsible for a variety of tasks, including Negotiating various types of commercial contracts, Purchase Order Releases, Budgeting/Forecasting, and Request for Quotations across Indirect Categories.

• You will...
• Be a part of the Global Supply Chain Team building a supply base supporting an AI-first approach to enable safe self-driving at scale.
• Supply Category Strategy: Develop and execute global sourcing strategies for indirect categories such as IT HW, SaaS, Operations, Professional Services, and Facilities.
• Stakeholder Management: Build strong relationships with internal customers to understand their requirements and align procurement strategies with business goals.
• Strategic Sourcing: Lead the full RFx (RFP, RFQ, RFI) process. This includes market research, supplier identification, bid analysis, and final supplier selection.
• Contract Negotiation: Partner with Legal and Finance to negotiate complex Professional Service Agreements (PSAs), Statements of Work (SOWs), and Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
• Maintain and optimize contract lifecycle management (CLM) data integrity, tracking, and compliance to ensure seamless indirect supply chain operations and vendor governance
• Supplier Relationship Management (SRM): Manage the lifecycle of key indirect suppliers. Conduct regular Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) to monitor performance, innovation, and risk.
• Cost Management: Drive year-over-year "bottom-line" savings through competitive bidding, demand management, and process improvements.
• Process Optimization: Implement and refine P2P (Procure-to-Pay) processes to reduce friction in how the company spends money on non-production items.
• Develop and maintain budgets across multiple Indirect Categories.
• Assist in identifying and implementing process improvements & documentation.
• Track open Supply Chain issues, solutions and drive each to closure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor in Business (Supply Chain/Finance/Management) or Engineering.
• 4+ years of Supply Chain Experience.
• Background in supplier relationship management.
• Proficient in Google Workspace (formerly Google Suite).
• Expertise in Source-to-Pay processes.
• Open-minded and collaborative team player with the willingness to help others.
• Passionate about self-driving technologies, solving hard problems, and creating innovative solutions.
• Able to travel up 25% of the time to Waabi locations.

Bonus/nice to have

• Experience in the Autonomous or Electric Vehicle Industry.
• MBA or JD.