Sourcing Manager - OPEX (Starlink)

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SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

SOURCING MANAGER (STARLINK)

SpaceX is on a fast track to become the market leader in various product categories like US based human spaceflight, rapid vehicle reusability, internet services through the Starlink constellation and other exciting projects. The SpaceX Supply Chain Department is a critical player in our operations. To capitalize on SpaceX's technological and market changing successes, our team will be part of managing an agile yet robust supply chain that will enable a competitive advantage for the company. The functions within the department include procurement, planning and fulfillment, supplier development and quality, logistics and inventory. SpaceX Supply Chain will play a key role in enabling SpaceX to meet these ambitious growth targets and greatly contribute in making us a multi-planetary species.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and manage supply base (domestic and international) to support on consumables, industrial supplies, and machined parts for use in manufacturing.
• Optimize and then automate the process for the purchase of more than 10,000 unique parts for factory machinery and equipment.
• Provide procurement support for the maintenance of facilities to include the sourcing, negotiation, and purchase of a wide range of services, capital equipment, and parts.
• Provide procurement support for the design, build, and maintenance of IT infrastructure to include sourcing, negotiation, and purchase of services, capital equipment, and parts.
• Provide procurement support for the design, build, and maintenance of Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) infrastructure to include sourcing, negotiation, and purchase of services, capital equipment, and parts.
• Manage the business-wide rental of equipment, optimizing for rental cost, conducting buy vs rent analysis, and providing guidance to leadership on how to minimize rental cost across cross-functional teams.
• Provide procurement support for legal and regulatory teams interfacing with legal services and governments globally.
• Conducting analysis of in-house procurement management vs vendor managed MRO services and manage the purchase of MRO parts across multiple large sites.
• Manage costs to ensure alignment with program budget
• Present value propositions to executives, including those related to contract award, cost reviews, cost reduction strategies and critical supply issues
• Work with supply chain engineers to develop requirements for both NPI and production phases
• Negotiate contracts to ensure continuity of supply and protect SpaceX interests

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience working in one or more of the following; or 9+ years of experience working in one or more of the following:
• • Engineering
  • Purchasing
  • Contract negotiation
  • Material or production planning
  • Operations or supply chain management
  • Material cost control
  • Master production scheduling
  • Technical procurement or planning experience with raw material commodities

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• 6+ years of procurement experience in direct commodity sourcing
• Experience in new product introduction (NPI) and mass production (MP)
• Experience reading technical drawings, data sheets, fabrication drawing, BOMs and all related files
• Drive piece price and tooling negotiation process to ensure that SpaceX's commodity pricing meet Best-In-Class expectations, while meeting Best-In-Class quality, in addition to driving continual cost reduction and avoidance initiatives through ad-hoc price negotiations
• Address all areas of category management including category business plans, market conditions, technology roadmaps, cost modeling, and sourcing strategies
• Proven track record of taking ownership, successfully negotiating preferred pricing and driving results
• Detail-oriented, self-motivated and able to respond quickly to a fast-moving and ever-changing environment
• Exceptional analytical, problem solving, and organizational skills
• Effective written, verbal and presentation communication skills
• Conducts all activities with the highest level of integrity

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to travel and communicate outside of work hours: Up to 50% travel in work week
• Willingness to work long hours and weekend when needed to meet critical deadlines

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX 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.

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