Sourcing Manager, Mechanical Commodities (Starlink)

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the supply base to support sourcing for the Starlink satellites, satellite subsystems and ground stations
• 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
• 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 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
• Present value propositions to SpaceX executives, including those related to contract award, cost reviews, cost reduction strategies and critical supply issues

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience working in one or more of the following; OR 7+ 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

Preferred Skills And Experience

• Experience directly negotiating contracts and sourcing global suppliers
• Experience with sourcing high volume manufacturing commodities (plastic injection molding, metal stamping, die casting, CNC machining, & production tooling)
• Ability to prioritize appropriately to meet internal customer and company needs
• 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

Additional Requirements

• Able to travel for short and extended trips as needed - up to 30% work week travel may be required, including international travel
• Must be able to work flexible and extended hours as well as weekends as needed
• This position is based in Redmond, WA and requires being onsite

Pay Range

Sourcing Manager: $115,000.00 - $150,000.00/per year

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.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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.