Global Supply Manager (Starship)

About the Role

SpaceX’s supply chain department is a critical player in enabling Starship's mission. The team manages an agile yet robust supply chain to create a competitive advantage, supporting ambitious growth targets and contributing to making humanity a multi-planetary species. Functions within the department include procurement, planning and fulfillment, supplier development and quality, logistics, and inventory.

Responsibilities

• Create sourcing strategies for assigned categories to reduce risk and meet targets for the purchasing department, including 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 while supporting continuous cost reduction programs.
• Communicate, manage, and drive compliance to sourcing strategies.
• Identify and execute cost reduction projects, including planning, coordinating with stakeholders, estimating completion, and providing 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, measuring criteria such as delivery of business results, cost reduction, quality, and timeliness.
• Conduct research, perform benchmarking, and gather market analysis for assigned categories.
• Create contract documents in collaboration with the legal department and manage contracts to ensure supplier performance aligns with obligations.
• Understand interrelationships between contracts and terms, applying creativity and sound business reasoning to interpret contract applications.
• Maximize value and cost savings while lowering risk through strategic negotiations.
• Identify and drive year-over-year cost optimization by reducing usage and eliminating waste within operations.
• Establish preferred suppliers for assigned categories.
• Create and implement management programs to develop, improve, and monitor KPIs of the supply base.
• Place purchase orders and resolve blocked invoices related to assigned categories.
• Develop and lead efforts to reduce the number of transactions for assigned categories.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree and 4+ years of experience in one or more of the following: engineering, purchasing, contract negotiation, material or production planning, operations, supply chain management, or material cost control; or
• Bachelor’s degree and 6+ years of experience in the areas listed above; or
• 10+ years of experience in the areas listed above.

Skills

• Familiarity or experience working with aerospace components.
• Strong ability to read drawings and blueprints, with an understanding of manufacturing complexity.
• Experience with technical procurement, manufacturing, or designing production components.
• APICS or Lean Six Sigma certification (preferred).
• Proven track record of leadership and team building.
• Remarkable problem-solving skills with a bias for speed and positive impact.
• Ability to learn quickly and prioritize appropriately to meet customer and company needs.
• Exceptional analytical and organizational skills.
• Excellent customer service skills, consistently producing high-quality work, and highly self-motivated.
• Effective written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Strong technical knowledge and skills in current technologies and applications (e.g., MS Office Suite, SQL, PowerBI).
• Detail-oriented, with the ability to respond quickly in a fast-moving and ever-changing environment.
• Highest ethical standards and integrity.

Additional Requirements

• Must be able to travel up to 50% of the workweek, including international travel.
• Must be able to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed to meet major milestones.
• Position is based in Starbase, TX, and requires being onsite—remote work is not considered.

ITAR Requirements

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, the applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.