Sr. Global Supply 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 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.

• →Develop and manage the supply base to support sourcing for Starlink 
• →Provide weekly team status reporting, escalate to management when necessary
• →Train and mentor, working to ensure that the team is continuously improving
• →Work directly with key suppliers to develop and implement sourcing and cost management strategies that support existing platforms and new product development 
• →Work directly with key internal stakeholders to develop and implement sourcing and cost management strategies that support capital purchases and production consumables
• →Understand the technical aspects of production equipment to identify opportunities for cost, space, and process optimization and use data analytics to identify and parse process related opportunities
• →Utilize negotiations to maximize value, cost savings and priority in terms of delivery for SpaceX while lowering risk; manage costs to ensure alignment with program budgets
• →Build and own overall project budgets, compile funding requests, and generate capitalization plan based on project timeline focusing on TCO of the categories managed
• →Conduct research, perform benchmarking, and gather market analysis for assigned categories
• →Communicate overall equipment status to the management team including schedules, risks and mitigation actions and respond quickly to changes to the overall goals, schedule, and architecture
• →Create sourcing strategies to reduce risk, enable continuous cost reduction and align with company strategy on payment terms, cash targets, on time delivery and cost savings
• →Build genuine relationships both internally and externally and drive cross-functional teams to achieve consensus
• →Present value propositions to SpaceX executives, including those related to contract awards, cost reviews, cost reduction strategies and critical supply issues 

• Advanced degree and 9+ years of experience working in one or more of the following; or bachelor’s degree and 11+ years of experience working in one or more of the following; or 15+ 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

• Experience with hardware system, supply chain for electronic products, familiar with the eco-system for electronic components, PCBA and PCB, NPI bring up methodology and production ramp
• Experience cultivating leadership relationships, supplier strategy, commercial and contractual engagement and management with key strategic partners
• Collaborate with internal customers to manage suppliers ensuring production readiness, assurance of supply and delivery, cost and quality in support of product development to production and sustaining operations to meet our product goals 
• Effective written and verbal communications skills, with strong ability to communicate to all levels of internal personnel
• Detail-oriented, self-motivated and able to respond quickly to a fast-moving and ever-changing environment
• Ability to conduct all activities with integrity and urgency

• Able to travel for short and extended trips as needed
• Must be able to work flexible and extended hours and on weekends as needed
• This position is based in Redmond, WA and requires being onsite

• 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.  

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