Principal Supply Chain Project Manager, Global Logistics

Blue Origin Logistics Strategy Role

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We're working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

This role will own end-to-end logistics strategy for a high-growth, greenfield program. The product is large, heavy, and time-critical: multiple manufacturing sites, an international supplier base, and customer delivery sites distributed across North America and abroad. This role reports to the Senior Director, Operations and partners closely with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Program, Trade Compliance, and Customer Delivery teams.

The successful candidate will design the logistics operating model from the ground up inbound flow from global suppliers, inter-site movement between manufacturing and integration facilities, oversize and heavy-haul outbound delivery to customers, warehousing footprint input, and the trade compliance backbone underneath all of it. This role starts as a strategic individual contributor and is expected to grow into a leadership role as the function scales.

We are building an AI-first organization. There are no traditional expediters or data entry analysts. Routine workflows are automated, and human time is reserved for decisions that require judgment. The right candidate will be energized by that model, not unsettled by it.

This role demands a rare profile: someone with deep heavy-industrial logistics credibility, international trade fluency, network design experience, and the judgment to build a function that does not yet exist while remaining willing to operate hands-on until the team is hired.

Responsibilities:

• Design the end-to-end logistics network: inbound from global suppliers, inter-site flow between manufacturing and integration facilities, and outbound delivery to customers
• Build the multi-modal transportation strategy ocean, air, rail, over-the-road, heavy-haul, and oversize permitted loads
• Establish the carrier base, rate strategy, and master service agreements; own total landed cost across the network
• Define lane-level service requirements, transit time targets, and contingency routing for critical-path freight
• Own outbound delivery strategy for large, heavy, and oversize equipment to domestic and international customers
• Develop the permit, escort, route survey, and site receiving playbook required to move project-cargo-class hardware safely and on schedule
• Partner with Customer Delivery and Field Operations on receiving readiness, offload, and final placement
• Build the international delivery model port strategy, breakbulk and project cargo carriers, in-country drayage, and last-mile heavy-haul
• Define the warehousing footprint and operating model across manufacturing, integration, and forward-positioned sites
• Lead 3PL selection and management where outsourced warehousing or transportation is the right answer; own the build vs. buy decision
• In partnership with Warehousing, support WMS definition, yard management, and dock scheduling requirements; partner with the technology team on implementation
• Own the inbound international logistics architecture INCOTERMS strategy, customs brokerage, freight forwarder selection, and import duty optimization
• Establish the trade compliance backbone: ECCN classification, HTS coding, country-of-origin determination, FTZ and duty drawback strategy where applicable
• Partner with Legal and Trade Compliance on export licensing for international customer deliveries
• Build supplier and customer logistics documentation standards into commercial agreements at the time of award
• Represent logistics strategy in executive program reviews; communicate clearly and credibly to senior leadership
• Partner with Commodity Management and Supply Chain Engineering to embed logistics requirements into supplier agreements packaging, INCOTERMS, returnable lanes, and routing
• Coordinate with Manufacturing, Quality, and Program teams on receiving, line-feed, and finished-goods readiness
• Define logistics and warehousing requirements for ERP, TMS, and WMS

Requirements:

• 15+ years of progressive logistics, transportation, and warehousing experience, including network design and heavy/oversize freight
• Demonstrated track record designing or significantly transforming a logistics network in a high-rate manufacturing or large-equipment delivery environment
• Deep experience with project cargo, heavy-haul, oversize permitted loads, and international breakbulk shipping
• Experience with AI-enabled workflows and a willingness to build without traditional support structures
• International trade fluency: INCOTERMS, customs brokerage, HTS/ECCN classification, FTZ, duty drawback, and export licensing
• Strong financial acumen: total landed cost modeling, carrier rate negotiation, and 3PL business cases
• Experience presenting logistics and network strategy to senior executive audiences
• Comfort operating as a hands-on individual contributor today while building the team and function that will exist tomorrow
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering, Business, or a related field
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum

Preferred:

• Master's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, or a related discipline
• Experience in aerospace, defense, energy, heavy industrial, or other high-consequence delivery environments
• Licensed Customs Broker, CSCP, CLTD, or equivalent professional certification
• Experience standing up new 3PL networks during high-rate production ramp
• Familiarity with SAP TM, Oracle TMS, Manhattan, Blue Yonder, or comparable TMS/WMS platforms
• Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt or higher) or equivalent process improvement

Base Pay Range for:

WA applicants is $145,425.00 - $203,593.95

Other site ranges may differ

Culture Statement

Don't meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Background Check

• Required for all positions: Blue's Standard Background Check
• Required for Certain Job Profiles: Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check if at any time the role requires one to be on a military installation
• Required for Certain Job Profiles: Drivers who operate Commercial Motor Vehicles with a Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW), Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) or combination of power unit and trailer that meets or exceeds 10,001 lbs. and/or transports placardable amounts of hazardous materials by ground in any vehicle on a public road while in commerce, may be subject to additional Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations including: Driver Qualification Files, Medical Certification (obtained before onboarding), Road Test, Hours of Service, Drug and Alcohol Testing, vehicle inspection requirements, CDL requirements (if applicable) and hazardous materials transportation/shipping training.
• Required for certain Job Profiles: Ability to obtain and maintain Merchant Mariner Credential, which includes pre-employment and random drug testing as well as DOT physical

Benefits

• Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
• Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable