Tesla was founded in 2003 with the goal of accelerating the transition to sustainable energy and protecting the planet Earth. Through solar energy, batteries, and electric vehicles, we are building a world of amazing abundance. At Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg, we manufacture the Model Y, and starting in 2027, we’ll produce everything from battery cells to electric vehicles. This is unique in Europe. Our international team consists of over 12,000 employees from 130 countries.
We hire talent at all skill levels - prior experience in the automotive industry is not required. Would you like to help write the next chapter in Tesla’s success story and work at one of Germany’s most modern workplaces? Then this is the right place for you! Tesla’s Supply Chain organization is hiring a Group Manager to own Indirect Procurement across GFBB. You will lead a team of buyers and team leads and own the strategic buying for technical products and services: industrial services, facilities and maintenance, non-production material and equipment, material handling, utilities, chemicals, and other assigned indirect commodities.
You set the strategy for that scope, lead the team, and are accountable for the goods and services that keep the factory running. You set the way the team works, provide support to sustain performance, and improve supplier relationships to drive the commercial outcome to ensure Tesla sources it needs. The successful candidate has a track record of leading buyers, running complex tenders, and executing under pressure in a fast, high-growth environment.
Lead, develop, and hold the team accountable for performance across industrial services, facilities and maintenance, non-production material and equipment, material handling, utilities, chemicals, and other assigned indirect commodities. Develop buyers into commodity leaders, coach team leads to run their scopes, and run a tight, high-output team. Set and execute multi-year commodity strategy for the full GFBB indirect scope: market intelligence, should-cost, scale buys, dual-source and localization, supplier rationalization, and make versus buy.
Own end-to-end sourcing outcomes- negotiation, RFx, supplier performance, and risk and contract lifecycle. Ensure the assigned programs stay under control as the factory scales. Move work when a category spikes or a supplier fails, so the scope stays covered in time for need. Negotiate terms, consolidate volume, identify cost-out, and put buying practices in place that protect quality and delivery. Drive best value for Tesla.
Ensure the team is well set-up to own supplier capacity and crisis response to ensure the factory keeps running. Partner with Gigafactory operations, facilities, maintenance, engineering, and EHS, and security to ensure and agreements stay aligned with the factory's growth. Build a compliant and auditable operating system: policy, governance, contract lifecycle, and a risk register for this scope. Ensure the factory contracts stay ahead of market and regulatory disruptions.
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or equivalent experience. A master's degree is a plus. 8+ years in procurement or supply management, including commodity ownership across technical or industrial services and time leading buyers and team leads. A record of leading buyers, and of running a dynamic team. A record of complex market tenders, high-value negotiation, supplier performance, and turnarounds in a fast operational environment.
Demonstrated crisis management: shortages, escalations, and service recovery under time pressure, without stopping production. Commercial and analytical skill: total cost of ownership, should-cost, negotiation, and decisions from the data. Experience setting up buying strategy for a large manufacturing site that gets executed. Fluent English. Additional languages are a plus. Bias for action. You set a vision and you execute it.
Comfortable in a fast, unstructured, high-growth environment. Not only do we offer you an attractive compensation package, but also access to a wide range of perks and benefits. For example: · Our own medical center, a gym and an in-house barbershop. · E-bike charging stations in front of the factory, more than 500 free charging stations for electric cars, a bike leasing program, free use of the nextbike bike-sharing fleet, as well as numerous free shuttle bus routes to Grünheide and the surrounding areas. · You’ll receive subsidized canteen meals, a free S-membership at the Urban Sports Club (discount from M+) and you can sign up for many language courses. · We also offer all employees a wide range of insurance options, such as a company pension plan, as well as discounts on private insurance and legal protection insurance.
These and many other benefits await you. Join Tesla and help us build a world of amazing abundance. Candidates are expected to uphold and actively promote sustainability principles in their daily work, operating in line with Tesla Global Environmental, Health, Safety & Security (EHS&S) Policy and EMAS requirements, fostering a culture of continuous environmental improvement.
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