At Zoox, we are building the future of autonomous mobility at scale. As we transition from development into industrialization and production growth, we are seeking a strategic procurement leader to build and lead our CAPEX & Tooling sourcing organization.
This role will own the commercial strategy, supplier partnerships, and team leadership across factory capital infrastructure, manufacturing equipment, and production tooling. The scope includes procurement for factory CAPEX, automation systems, assembly equipment, and direct tooling for vehicle sub-assemblies and components.
This leader will play a critical role in enabling Zoox’s manufacturing footprint and future production scale-up, ensuring world-class supplier partnerships, robust commercial governance, and scalable cost structures.
This is a highly cross-functional leadership role that will partner closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality & Reliability, Finance, and Operations.
In this role you will:
Build and lead the CAPEX & Tooling Procurement organization, including hiring, mentoring, and developing a high-performing team of Strategic Sourcing Managers.
Partner with Manufacturing and Engineering leadership to inform factory design, production readiness, and industrialization roadmaps.
Establish scalable processes, procurement governance, and operating cadences tailored for a rapidly growing manufacturing organization.
Develop and execute the sourcing strategy for factory build-outs, production equipment, automation, and manufacturing infrastructure.
Oversee the sourcing and supplier strategy for all factory, production and sub-assembly tooling, including robots, stamping dies, casting tooling, molds, and assembly fixtures.
Develop long-term sourcing roadmaps that enable new production launches, capacity expansion, and localization efforts.
Lead complex commercial negotiations, including master agreements, tooling contracts, SOWs, and pricing frameworks.
Establish and enforce robust governance across cost control, milestone adherence, engineering changes, supplier quality, and risk mitigation.
Build and maintain strategic relationships with key automation, tooling, and equipment partners.
Drive total cost of ownership (TCO) modeling, should-cost analysis, and cost transparency initiatives.
Team Leadership & Organization Building
Strategy & Execution
Commercial & Supplier Management
Qualifications
10+ years of strategic sourcing, procurement, supply chain, or commercial leadership experience. Ability to operate effectively across engineering, quality, operations, finance, and executive leadership
5+ years of people leadership experience, including leading and developing sourcing teams
Significant experience leading CAPEX procurement and tooling sourcing within a manufacturing environment.
Demonstrated experience supporting the build-out or launch of a production factory, plant, or major manufacturing line. Proven experience sourcing and negotiating for production equipment, automation systems, assembly lines & tooling
Strong commercial acumen with expertise in complex contract negotiation and supplier governance. Experience managing large-scale supplier relationships and multi-million dollar capital programs
Bonus Qualifications
Experience supporting greenfield factory builds or major production expansion programs
Strong preference for experience in automotive, EV, autonomous systems, aerospace, industrial manufacturing, other complex hardware production environments
Experience building procurement functions, category strategies, and operating processes from the ground up
Familiarity with tooling lifecycle management, tooling amortization structures, and ownership agreements
MBA or advanced technical / supply chain degree preferred
Skills Required
- 10+ years of strategic sourcing, procurement, supply chain, or commercial leadership experience
- 5+ years of people leadership experience
- Significant experience leading CAPEX procurement and tooling sourcing within a manufacturing environment
- Proven experience sourcing and negotiating for production equipment, automation systems, assembly lines & tooling
- Strong commercial acumen with expertise in complex contract negotiation and supplier governance
Zoox Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Zoox and has not been reviewed or approved by Zoox.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is extensive, with broad medical and vision options, company‑paid disability coverage, and multiple mental‑health resources. Feedback suggests coverage breadth and auxiliary programs support a wide range of needs.
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Parental & Family Support — Family supports include paid parental leave, additional pregnancy disability time, fertility coverage, and adoption/surrogacy assistance. Backup care and family‑oriented programs further reinforce support across life stages.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Day‑to‑day perks are robust, including free daily meals, fitness subsidies, commuter support, and on‑site amenities. Feedback suggests these lifestyle benefits enhance convenience and workplace experience, especially for office‑based roles.
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What We Do
Zoox is an autonomous mobility company that was founded to provide a safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable future on the road. To achieve that goal, the company has spent the past 10 years creating a purpose-built robotaxi that gives the world a better way to ride.
Why Work With Us
At Zoox, we are working to solve one of the greatest technological challenges of our generation. From the beginning, we have been focused on our goal of reimagining transportation from the ground up. We are a mission-driven community of innovators working together to create a safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable future on the road.
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