SpaceX

Global Supply Manager, Capital Equipment & Construction (Starlink)

SpaceX • $110K — $130K *
Bastrop, TX 78602In-Person
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree and 6+ years of relevant experience, or 10+ years without a degree
  • Experience in engineering, purchasing, contract negotiation, or supply chain management
  • Strong technical and business background
  • Construction project management experience or cost estimating knowledge
  • Proficient in budget tracking and cost analysis

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with internal teams for effective contract management
  • Develop sourcing strategies to reduce risks and costs
  • Maintain stakeholder relationships for strategic sourcing
  • Identify cost reduction opportunities and execute projects
  • Perform analyses to assess financial impacts
  • Define SLAs and KPIs for supplier performance
  • Conduct market research for assigned categories
  • Create and manage contract documentation

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a fast-paced, innovative environment
  • Contribute to cutting-edge projects in space exploration
  • Collaboration with a diverse team of experts
  • Potential for career growth within a dynamic organization
  • Hands-on involvement in significant capital projects
Full Job Description
GLOBAL SUPPLY MANAGER, CAPITAL EQUIPMENT & CONSTRUCTION (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 others 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. This individual will support construction projects and capital purchases for the construction and facilities organizations.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Work directly with key internal stakeholders to develop and implement a comprehensive contract management process that ensures a successful project execution cycle
  • Create sourcing strategies for assigned categories to reduce risk and meet targets for the purchasing department including, but not limited to, payment terms, cash targets, and cost savings
  • Develop and maintain key internal stakeholder relationships to create strategic sourcing models that optimize the value of products and services that support business unit requirements to maintain continuous cost reduction programs for controllable expenditures
  • Identify and execute cost reduction projects including planning, coordinating with stakeholders, estimating completion, and project updates
  • Perform advanced quantitative and business process analyses to identify financial impacts of decisions, cost improvement, and performance for assigned categories
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to define SLAs and KPIs for suppliers and measure the appropriate criteria such as delivery of business results, cost reduction, quality, and timeliness of delivery
  • Conduct research, perform benchmarking, and gather market analysis for assigned categories
  • Create contract documents in collaboration with the legal department
  • Manage contracts to ensure the supplier's performance meets contract obligations
  • Understand interrelationships between contracts and terms while applying creative solutions
  • Maximize value and cost savings benefits while lowering risk through strategic negotiations
  • Identify and drive year over year cost optimization through reducing usage and eliminating waste within our operations
  • Establish preferred suppliers for assigned categories
  • Create and implement management programs to develop, continuously improve, manage the performance of, and monitor KPIs of the supply base
  • Place purchase orders and resolve blocked invoices related to assigned categories
  • Develop and lead efforts to reduce number of transactions and for assigned categories

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor's degree and 6+ years of experience working in one or more of the following; OR 10+ years of experience working in one or more of the following:
    • Engineering
    • Purchasing
    • Contract negotiation
    • Material or production planning
    • Operations or supply chain management
    • Master production scheduling
    • Construction, facilities, or industrial plant management


PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

  • Strong technical background to speak the language of engineers and strong business background to deal with contracts and negotiations
  • Construction project management experience and/or construction cost estimate experience
  • Familiarity or experience in purchasing or similar procurement related experience
  • Experience in industrial engineering, construction management, and/or facilities management
  • Strong budget tracking and cost analytical skills
  • Extensive project management and organizational skills
  • Experience managing large scale industrial and commercial construction projects
  • Strong contract negotiation and document management skills
  • Remarkable problem-solving skills with a bias for speed
  • Quick learner and ability to prioritize appropriately to meet customer and company needs
  • Excellent customer service skills
  • Effective written, verbal, and presentation communication skills
  • Exceptional analytical and organizational skills
  • Strong technical knowledge and skills in current technologies and applications (e.g. MS Office Suite, SQL, PowerBI, etc.)
  • Ability to conduct all activities with the highest degree of integrity

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
  • Ability to work extended hours and some nights and weekends when needed
  • Ability to travel and communicate outside of work hours - up to 30% travel may be required, including international travel
  • Valid driver's license
  • This position is based in Bastrop, TX and requires being onsite


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. a7 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. a7 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

About SpaceX

SpaceX is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk. The company designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. SpaceX has developed the Falcon 1, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Dragon spacecraft. The company was founded with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX has achieved several milestones in spaceflight, including the first privately-funded liquid-propellant rocket to reach orbit, the first privately-funded company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station, and the first privately-funded company to send a human-rated spacecraft to orbit.
Learn more about SpaceX
Size
8,000 employees
Industry
Aerospace & Defense
Founded
2002
* Ladders Estimates

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