Supply Chain Manager, Safety & Restraints

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Supply Chain Manager to support strategy, supply-base development, and sourcing for Tesla's safety and restraints commodities. This individual will partner with engineering, quality, service, and sourcing teams, as well as external suppliers, to ensure these commodities meet Tesla's performance, reliability, cost, and service requirements.

Reporting to the Staff Supply Chain Manager, you will help advance the team's strategic objectives, with a primary focus on developing supplier capability and industrializing supply in support of Tesla's manufacturing and service needs. You will also provide sourcing support for select adjacent commodities and contribute to optimization initiatives across the broader team. You will be a key resource to internal partners, ensuring supply, cost, and aftersales needs stay aligned with Tesla's goals.

In this fast-paced environment, you will collaborate across functions to strengthen supply assurance, cost competitiveness, flexibility, quality, and service performance. This is an opportunity to shape how Tesla develops, sources, and services critical safety and restraints systems while advancing our mission to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy.

• Support commodity strategy for safety and restraints, with emphasis on supply-footprint and supplier capability development

• Industrialize supply and develop the supply base in support of Tesla's manufacturing and service needs

• Provide sourcing support for select adjacent commodities, in partnership with the broader team

• Contribute to cost, supply, and process optimization initiatives across multiple workstreams

• Monitor supply, cost, quality, and service performance; identify risks and opportunities; and recommend actions

• Partner with engineering, quality, manufacturing, service, and suppliers to meet program requirements

• Build and maintain supplier relationships that support Tesla's cost, flexibility, and service goals

• 3+ years of experience in supply chain management, or commodity management, for direct categories used in high volume manufacturing products

• Preferred 2+ years of experience in Automotive supply chain management, or commodity management with mechanical and electrical commodities

• Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations Management, or Engineering and/or equivalent experience or evidence of exceptional ability

• Preferred experience with mechanical/electrical engineering concepts related to the commodity and ability to generate bottom-up should costs based on the understanding of manufacturing process

• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

• Proficient knowledge of technical requirements & design of the product and be able to influence cross functional partners with detailed analysis that supports optimized pricing and product sourcing decisions

• Technical & commercial understanding of supply chain and manufacturing processes for mechanical and electrical components

Benefits

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

• Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction
• Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution
• Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly positions), and Paid Holidays
• Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
• Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
• Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
• Tesla Babies program
• Commuter benefits
• Employee discounts and perks program
• Earned Wage Access: Real-time pay access paid daily, subject to eligibility and schedule (applicable for below Sr. Managers levels)

Expected Compensation

$84,000 - $156,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.