Karn Budhiraj is the Vice President of Global Supply Management at Telsa.
Karn has broad leadership responsibility including Purchasing, Supplier Manufacturing Engineering, Plant Operations and Program Management. In his previous role at Tesla as Director, Powertrain, Electronics and Programs he led the Global Supply Management organization for Autopilot, Infotainment, Power Electronics and PCBAs. Also responsible for Supply Chain Program Management (Model S, Model X, Autopilot and Model 3) and Supplier Manufacturing Engineering in Asia, Europe and the Americas.
Karn has also spent time at Apple and Exxon in procurement roles, and prior to that he was a consultant at Deloitte.
Current role