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Procurement Projects & Logistics Specialist

hace 24 días

Oxford

Who are we? Oxa is enabling the transition to self-driving vehicles through an initial focus on the most commercially advanced sector; the autonomous shuttling of goods and people. We are home to some of the world’s leading experts on autonomous vehicles, creating solutions such as Oxa Driver, equipping vehicles with full self-driving functionality; Oxa MetaDriver, using Generative AI to accelerate and assure the safety of deployments; and Oxa Hub, a set of cloud-based offerings for autonomous fleet management. Our technology is being deployed across the UK and the U.S, and we’re partnering with a fast-growing ecosystem of operators, vehicle OEMs and equipment makers serving autonomous transportation globally as it advances. Based in Oxford, and with offices in Canada, Oxa was founded in 2014 and has grown rapidly. Our purpose is to change the way the Earth moves, through an uncompromising focus on safety, efficiency and explainability of our AI approaches. The company has attracted $225 million from leading investors so far, with $140 million raised in the last Series C funding round in January 2023. Your Role Step into a pivotal role at Oxa during an exciting period of change as our Procurement Projects and Logistics Specialist for a fixed term of 12 Months. You’ll drive the end-to-end supply chain that powers our operations and customer deployments worldwide, from sourcing materials and services to placing and tracking orders, you’ll collaborate closely with engineering and commercial teams to deliver key projects on time and at scale. You’ll also lead national and international logistics, ensuring smooth customs clearance and full compliance with export controls and licensing — making a real impact on Oxa’s ability to deliver globally. • Purchasing of materials and services required by Oxa’s operations and scaling customer programs globally., • Placing orders using our systems, tracking and receiving them and supporting invoice processing and payment reconciliation., • Owning the delivery of a defined category of spend, including working with product engineering and commercial teams to assess timescales and deliverability, and to align procurement activities to build requirements, • Organising and managing national and international shipments from/to global suppliers and as required by Oxa’s deployments and global operations, including preparing commercial invoices, customs clearance, temporary exports, compliance with export controls and licensing and other legal requirements., • Identifying and evaluating new suppliers, ensuring legal and security compliance, establishing positive relationships with them, obtaining great value for money, quality and building a resilient supply base., • Managing supplier performance., • Running reports and providing data points to support data-driven business decisions., • Supporting the management of a large number of software subscriptions, reviewing contract terms and costs and negotiating them with suppliers., • Supporting cost reduction and change management initiatives, and being involved with continuous improvement activities., • Supporting tracking of stock and assets, in collaboration with Finance What you need to succeed • Recent procurement experience, ideally from within a manufacturing environment like automotive, motorsport, industrial or precision engineering, • Experience in managing complex Bills of Materials., • A sound understanding of the intake-to-procure process., • Experience of international shipping and knowledge of customs rules and procedures., • Ability to understand and analyse key procurement requirements technically and commercially., • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including stakeholder-management skills and a demonstrated ability to interact effectively with suppliers, management, and peers., • A detail-oriented and highly organised approach that delivers consistently high-quality services to deadlines within a fast-paced environment., • A proactive and positive approach to problem solving., • Ability to work effectively on own initiative within a team and to contribute constructively., • High proficiency in Excel and databases., • A change-positive attitude., • A customer centric focus. Extra Kudos if you have • Sourcing experience., • Experience with Xero, MANU, ZIP., • An understanding of a start-up / scale-up environment., • An understanding of product lifecycle and EOL issues, • Willingness to learn but also educate others., • Proven negotiating skills. Your Candidate Journey: No-one wants to feel like a square peg in a round hole, so this process is designed to give you every chance to get the measure of us, and us of you. The various stages give you every opportunity to show your unique strengths and qualities, and enables each of us to establish if we’re a good fit for the other. If the fit is good and you’re selected, you’re then in a position to do great work and thrive, which is what everyone wants. Benefits: • Competitive salary, benchmarked against the market and reviewed annually, • Company share programme, • Hybrid and/or flexible work arrangements, • Core benefits of market leading private healthcare, life assurance, critical illness cover, income protection, alongside a company paid health cash plan (including gym discounts), • A flexible £2,000 (pro-rata) benefits fund to spend on additional benefits of your choice, including tech scheme and cycle to work benefits, • A salary exchange pension plan, • 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, • A pet-friendly office environment, • Safe assigned spaces for team members with individual and diverse needs Our Culture: We are on a mission to unlock the benefits of self-driving technology to every person and organisation on the planet. We are creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work which, put simply, is the right thing to do. We hire and nurture those we can learn from, valuing diversity and the innovation that this drives. We apply a neuro inclusive lens to our recruitment process and want each potential Oxbot to enjoy the best experience possible for them. We promote an open and inclusive culture that empowers our Oxbots to bring their whole, authentic selves to work every day. Oxa is proud to be an inclusive organisation and, as such, we require all team members within our recruitment process to understand and deploy best practices focused on de-biasing the whole recruitment cycle. Why become an Oxbot? Our team of experts in computer science, AI, robotics and machine learning is world-class, and together they’re solving the most exciting and important technological challenges of our times. Our diverse, multi-cultural crew is guided by a shared vision to bring the myriad benefits of autonomy to our customers and partners. And in a company that celebrates uniqueness as much as skill and experience, we do it with energy, conviction and a healthy dose of excitement, too. If you are bold, creative and hyper skilled, come and create the future of autonomy with us at Oxa.

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