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Supply Chain Manager, Cell Materials

Tesla • Palo Alto, CA, US • published 2026-10-07 09:03:19.818903

Description

**What to Expect** You will own a global commodity (e.g. battery raw material) end\-to\-end. That means strategy, not just POs: which suppliers we use, where we localize, how we de\-risk ramps, and how we hit cost without starving the line. You will sit between Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, and Legal, and you will be the person who can say whether we can build the next program on time. This is not a coordinator role. You will negotiate multi\-year agreements, stand in factories, and make calls when a supplier is late, a process is slipping, or a second source is the only way through SOP. **What You'll Do*** Own commodity strategy: make/buy, dual\-source, localization, capacity, and cost roadmap through SOP and steady\-state production * Identify, qualify, and manage a global supplier base; drive RFQs, should\-cost, TCO, and multi\-year contracts (pricing, capacity, quality, IP, liability, exit) * Secure capacity ahead of vehicle, energy, and cell ramps; build inventory and dual\-source plans that survive a 60\+ day slip, not just a one\-week switchover * Partner with Engineering and Manufacturing on DFM, material selection, process capability, and NPI — from prototy...

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