Global Supply Manager, Harness (Starlink)

Responsibilities

• Lead a sourcing team of 3 focused on the harness commodity, providing coaching, mentorship, and process strategic guidance while fostering a high-performance culture
• Develop and manage the supply base to support sourcing for wire harnesses (copper & fiber), connectors, and associated mechanical components
• Couple with the internal program teams, engineering and supply chain leadership to lead sourcing decisions for critical vendors, ensuring strong alignment with program priorities, material requirements, and overall company strategic objectives
• Partner with the full engineering team to drive on-time drawing releases and improve pre-release/risk-buy BOM communication processes
• Accelerate hand-carry, expedite, and RFI expedite processes to support aggressive development and production schedules
• Create and implement improved processes for the connector and mechanical teams to enable timely buying and expediting of components
• Collaborate with the operations team to develop automated Line of Balance (LOB) tracking tools for materials at vendors, addressing the challenges of rapidly changing BOMs
• Work directly with key suppliers to develop and implement sourcing and cost management strategies that support both existing platforms and new product development (NPI)
• Provide weekly team status reporting, escalate issues to management when necessary, and communicate program health clearly to leadership
• Utilize negotiations to maximize value, cost savings, delivery priority, and risk reduction while ensuring alignment with program budgets
• Conduct research, perform benchmarking, and gather market analysis for the harness and connector commodity
• Create sourcing strategies that reduce risk, enable continuous cost reduction, and align with company goals 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 contract awards, cost reviews, cost reduction strategies, and critical supply issues
• Keep up with industry and commodity market trends while developing and maintaining strategic partnerships with major suppliers
• Source, support, and drive raw material and supplier qualification through engineering and quality teams
• Develop and implement sourcing and planning strategies for harnessing connector change management

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 6+ years of experience working in a one or more of the following; or advanced degree and 4+ years of experience working in a one or more of the following; or 10+ years of experience working in a one or more of the following in lieu of a degree
• Engineering Purchasing Contract negotiation Material or production planning Operations or supply chain management Material cost control Master production scheduling