About the Role

As a member of the Sourcing and Procurement team at DoorDash, this role provides a great opportunity to learn, grow and be challenged. 

Attributes that will help you succeed include strong negotiation, analytical and problem-solving skills. If you have a passion for the personal gratification that comes from a career with a high-growth, high-impact company like DoorDash, we want to talk to you. We're looking for someone with 2+ years of relevant experience, eager to learn new business and a take-charge personality having the ability to independently get work done.

What You’ll Do

• Demonstrate an understanding of business requirements and category strategy/ownership
• Collaborate with eng, finance, sourcing, security, legal and other cross functional stakeholders
• Manage new and existing supply base through sourcing, contracting, renewal cycles etc
• Demonstrate an understanding of hardware and software sourcing and budget impacts 
• Execute category sourcing strategies, including:
• Develop and execute RFI's and RFP's
• Document bid events
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop selection criteria and drive supplier selection  
• Conduct supplier negotiations
• Gain alignment from stakeholders
• Lead or follow cross-functional, category-based negotiation teams
• Implement appropriate supplier risk analysis
• Determine KPI measurements for hardware and cloud adoption, usage and sentiment, and deliver reporting to stakeholders across the organization.
• Monitor hardware and hardware accessories across the organization for optimal cost-effectiveness, including the elimination of application or department redundancy.
• Manage hardware life cycles including the creation of a refresh /renewal calendar; build a documented, collaborative evaluation and certification process; and develop action plans for upcoming refresh / renewal dates.
• Use influence to coach teams to independently evaluate with best practices and adopt a value-driven mindset when sourcing and procuring new hardware and accessories.
• Optimize purchasing agreements 
• Develop an overall cost reduction plan, managing category performance versus corporate savings goals and financial models
• Implement supplier management programs including metrics, performance goals, and improvement initiatives:
• Maintain supplier score cards to measure performance against agreed-upon key performance indicators (KPI's)
• Benchmark, track, and analyze annual performance metrics and sourcing trends against commitments on a quarterly basis
• Report results to Sourcing team management and members of senior management
• Serve as internal point of contact for supplier management and complaint resolution
• Actively seek ways to streamline business processes, finding growth or change opportunities within the supply base
• Research and share industry category trends and best practices

What We’re Looking For 

For success in this role you'll bring:

• 2+ years of experience in contract development of hardware and hardware related accessories, IT and Security hardware, IoT hardware, autonomy hardware.
• 2+ years of experience working with ODM, OEM, Managed Service Providers and Value Added Resellers (VAR) 
• 1+ years of experience working with Software vendors
• 2+ years experience in supplier management and negotiations
• 2+ years experience developing and executing strategies
• Experience collaborating with resources
• Direct to OEM experience
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills
• Experience managing projects and working with cross-functional teams
• Strong analytical skills including the ability to distill, synthesize, and draw conclusions from large amounts of data
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects requiring frequent communication, organization/time management and problem-solving skills
• Intermediate-level skill in Google Suite, Conga/Salesforce, Coupa, inventory management tools and the ability to learn and leverage various tools and systems
• A Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Engineering or Supply Chain Related Field or Business-plus-experience in category management; or 2+ years in a sourcing or supply chain management role with specific category experience.

Why You’ll Love Working at DoorDash

• We are leaders - Leadership is not limited to our management team. It’s something everyone at DoorDash embraces and embodies.
• We are doers - We believe the only way to predict the future is to build it. Creating solutions that will lead our company and our industry