Supply & Demand Planning Manager

TL;DR

Supply & Demand Planning Manager: Ensuring hardware demands are understood across programs and teams, managing material forecast and supply commitments. Focus on critical component planning, allocation direction, supply flexibility modeling, and materials liability management.

Location: Foster City, CA

Salary: $155,000 - $186,000 a year

Company

Zoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market.

What you will do

• Serve as a bridge between business strategy, engineering build plans, and operational supply chain execution.
• Build demand planning models based on market data and “what if” scenarios.
• Partner with Manufacturing Operations to enable planning for factory capacity based on demand projections, consolidate risks, and help drive prioritization.
• Forecast demand and report on whether projected supply plans can meet the needs of the company.
• Lead supply & demand planning work process improvements.
• Manage clear-to-build (CTB) to have visibility into material coverage, highlighting issues between projected coverage and constraints.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with minimum 6+ years of professional experience in supply & demand management and/or materials management.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting to executive management.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Nice to have

• MBA or Master’s Degree in Supply Chain or Operations Management preferred.
• Experience in NPI Operations and/ or consumer electronics preferred.
• Experience with MRP/ERP is a plus.
• Advanced modeling skills, with a particular focus on MS Excel, VBA, SQL, Tableau, or similar data visualization tools, are preferred.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive package of benefits, including paid time off (e.g. sick leave, vacation, bereavement).
• Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights, Amazon RSUs.
• Health insurance, long-term care insurance, long-term and short-term disability insurance, and life insurance.