Global Supply Manager, Machinery Fabrication

SpaceX demands a new type of supply chain. We require our suppliers to provide premium quality with rapidly evolving designs at increasingly ambitious volumes, rates, and costs. We are actively looking for candidates who possess comprehensive experience with negotiating strategic relationships with manufacturing vendors and driving cost out while maintaining an unrelenting motivation to enable suppliers for success.

This is a technical position that requires practical experience in supplier sourcing and vendor development for high volume and quick turn production of weldments and machined components, primarily in steel and aluminum.  In addition to fabricated part procurement, this will also involve the procurement of both custom and COTS vendor produced material such as hardware, automation electronics, sensors, pumps, etc.  The ideal candidate will have a broad understanding of manufacturing, strong sourcing acumen for establishing new supply chains, and the ability to optimize existing procurement plans for the future success of the program.

• →Manage the supply base supporting COTS and custom goods, either from vendor IP components or custom fabricated parts
• →Work in a cross functional team environment as a strong team player and demonstrate the ability to work with both internal and external groups to achieve team and company-wide goals  
• →Leverage demand forecasts and upcoming design releases to ensure the supply base has ample manufacturing capacity and quality yield to enable aggressive ramp up of unit production
• →Provide guidance to internal procurement staff and engineering customers on design for manufacturability, supply chain optimization, and cost reduction strategies for all components in scope
• →Collaborate with engineering on design reviews and suppliers on capacity analysis and technical abilities to support the ramp of this program.
• →Visit supplier’s facilities and accurately assess technical capability, equipment, and capacity for rapid deployment of new product development and long-term production to implement a successful E2E product life cycle management strategy
• →Monitor and manage costs to ensure adherence to project-specific budgets, forecasts and maintain cost of Bill of Materials. Ability to develop should-cost models for competitive cost analysis
• →Deliver best in class TCO (Total Cost Ownership)
• →Drive suppliers continuous process improvement to enhance efficiency and implement cost-saving programs with suppliers
• →Administer moderate to large contracts and independently negotiate with supplier’s contract terminology, pricing, technical requirements, scope and terms involving responsibility, liability, indemnification, intellectual property and export compliance
• →Prepare, issue, and analyze RFx packages for one-time and ongoing project requirements
• →Issue purchase orders for SpaceX programs
• →Ensure compliance with all company policies, procedures and government regulations 

• Advanced degree and 4+ years of experience working in one or more of the following; or 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
• Material cost control
• Master production scheduling

• Experience in sourcing from a global supply base both through distribution and direct to manufacturer across a broad range of components
• Experience reading drawings, geometric dimensioning and tolerance, preliminary design reviews, and quality documents
• Experience with moderate complexity weldments and machined component sourcing
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills with ability to prioritize between many programs and priorities effectively
• Prior experience managing large value contracts/LTA’s with a global supply base
• Proven track record of managing a high volume of tactical purchase orders while setting and managing a strategy for your responsible commodities
• Experience in identifying and executing an optimized supply chain for NPI programs or a rate based production environment
• Technical procurement, New Product Introduction and production procurement, manufacturing, or design/development experience
• Exceptional written, verbal and presentation communication skills
• Ability to learn quickly and prioritize appropriately to meet customer and company needs
• Excellent customer service skills
• Must be detail-oriented, self-motivated and able to respond quickly to a fast-moving and ever-changing environment
• Conducts all activities with the highest of integrity

• Must be able to travel - up to 50% work week travel may be required, including international travel
• Must be able to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed to meet major milestones
• This position is based in Hawthorne, CA and requires being onsite - remote work not considered

• 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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