Supply Chain Specialist

The Boring Company
  • Nashville, Tennessee
    30+ days ago

    Job Description

    The Boring Company was founded to solve the problem of soul-destroying traffic by creating an underground network of tunnels. Today, we are creating the technology to increase tunneling speed and decrease costs by a factor of 10 or more with the ultimate goal of making Hyperloop adoption viable and enabling rapid transit across densely populated regions.

    Responsibilities

      • Develop and manage the supply chain for materials, equipment, and services, ensuring timely availability of resources.
      • Collaborate with suppliers, manufacturers, and logistics providers to establish reliable supply chains, mitigating risks from shortages, price volatility, or disruptions.
      • Implement supply chain strategies to optimize costs, such as just-in-time delivery, local sourcing, or strategic partnerships with vendors.
      • Monitor supply chain performance to track shipments, predict bottlenecks, and adjust plans in real-time.
      • Coordinate and schedule truck drivers for material deliveries, equipment transport, and waste removal to and from sites.
      • Communicate with drivers to assign routes and monitor real-time progress, adjusting for traffic, weather, or site delays.
      • Supervise the allocation of trucks and heavy equipment on-site, coordinating with site managers to ensure resources are available when needed and minimizing downtime.
      • Resolve dispatching issues, such as equipment breakdowns or route conflicts, by reallocating resources and communicating updates.
      • Source critical items, like rental equipment (e.g., cranes, loaders, or excavators) from vendors, evaluating options based on product requirements, availability, and cost-effectiveness.
      • Execute purchase orders; handle purchases quickly and without error. Communicate order status to internal customers and coordinate delivery logistics.
      • Evaluate supplier quotes, negotiate pricing and terms, and maintain vendor relationships to secure cost-effective, high-quality items.
      • Monitor and report inventory levels of parts, tools, etc., forecasting needs based on equipment usage and maintenance schedules to prevent shortages and overstocking.
      • Resolve invoice issues with suppliers to ensure vendor payment
      • Manage rental equipment delivery and return.

    Basic Requirements

    • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university
    • Experience in fleet dispatching, trucking logistics, or supply chain management

    Preferred Skills and Experience

    • Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, supply chain, or similar discipline
    • Effective time management and multitasking skills; addresses all tasks with a sense of urgency
    • Acute attention to detail
    • Ability to complete tasks independently with minimal oversight
    • Ability to identify problems and quickly implement solutions
    • Driver’s license, vehicle, and good driving record

    Additional Requirements

    • Position may require extended work hours and weekend work.
    • Must be willing to drive personal vehicle for company tasks as needed.

    Culture
    We're a team of dedicated, smart, and scrappy people. Our employees are passionate about our mission and determined to innovate at every opportunity.

    Benefits
    We offer employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) plan, paid holidays, paid vacation, and a competitive amount of equity for all permanent employees.

    The Boring Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with The Boring Company is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationNashville, Tennessee

    Skills

    • Alliance/Partner Managementunmatched
    • Boringunmatched
    • Cost Controlunmatched
    • Cost Effectiveness Analysisunmatched
    • Delivery Drivingunmatched
    • Delivery Managementunmatched
    • Detail Orientedunmatched
    • Driver's Licenseunmatched
    • Equipment Maintenance/Repairunmatched
    • Equipment Rentalsunmatched
    • Excavatorunmatched
    • Forecastingunmatched
    • Heavy Equipment/Vehiclesunmatched
    • Identify Issuesunmatched
    • Inventory Levelsunmatched
    • Inventory Reportsunmatched
    • Just in Time (JIT)unmatched
    • Loadersunmatched
    • Logisticsunmatched
    • Multitaskingunmatched
    • Negotiation Skillsunmatched
    • Options Analysisunmatched
    • Performance Analysisunmatched
    • Pricingunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Purchase Ordersunmatched
    • Risk Managementunmatched
    • Sourcing Strategyunmatched
    • Supply Chainunmatched
    • Supply Chain Managementunmatched
    • Supply Chain Optimizationunmatched
    • Time Managementunmatched
    • Time Trackingunmatched
    • Truck Driverunmatched
    • Truckingunmatched
    • Vehicle Drivingunmatched
    • Vehicle Fleetsunmatched
    • Vendor/Supplier Evaluationunmatched
    • Vendor/Supplier Planningunmatched
    • Vendor/Supplier Relationsunmatched

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