Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.
Waymo Procurement team efficiently procure indirect goods and services, build supplier relationships, and support outsourcing excellence & partner enablement to achieve Waymo's growth objectives.
You will
- Act as the primary point of contact (POC) and subject matter expert for localized indirect categories—including marketing, policy, safety, and facilities—as well as construction, security, network, and equipment procurement (chargers, switchgear, automotive repair) to meet pressing demand schedules across our scaling operations.
- In partnership with stakeholders, develop multi-year category strategies that maximize value creation and support broad corporate services for Waymo.
- Lead the end-to-end RFX process, build relationships with strategic suppliers, and oversee complex, Waymo-wide supplier relations, developing solutions to new problems and anticipating future trends.
- Negotiate and draft agreements that minimize financial and business risk exposure, provide optimal terms and conditions, and enforce supplier accountability across diverse spend categories.
- Solve impactful multi-dimensional issues by implementing new processes, systems, or policies that address Waymo’s indirect procurement needs, while analyzing data to determine the final change in total cost of ownership.
- Develop new suppliers to support Waymo growth in the Asia Pacific region, including sourcing, bidding, negotiating, and closing contracts (requires travel to countries within this region).
You have
- At least 10 years of procurement experience, including 7+ years focusing on broad indirect categories (facilities, marketing, safety, policy) and physical security/construction services spend areas.
- Comprehensive sourcing skills including: identifying sourcing opportunities, performing spend analysis, developing sourcing strategies, managing projects, developing RFX documents, negotiating, and managing contracts and compliance.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to deal effectively with diverse internal business contacts (e.g., marketing, operations, policy teams) and external partners.