Supply Chain Manager

About the role

Varda is a space technology company focused on developing commercial space infrastructure. Our mission is to bring space-based manufacturing into the next era, benefiting life on Earth through innovative products and infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Send RFQs, place POs, run open order report meetings with key suppliers.
• Develop understanding of supplier capacity, lead times, and cost trends.
• Work closely with supply chain engineering to develop a preferred supplier network to minimize cost and lead time.
• Work closely with design engineering teams to understand upcoming design releases and part changes.
• Build strong relationships with suppliers and negotiate pricing and lead times to meet mission milestones.
• Identify part supply constraints that may impact production schedule and create mitigation plans.
• Maintain part and planning master data to accurately reflect lead-times and stock levels.
• Support purchasing of various commodities and inventory operations as needed.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of experience in supply chain management.
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or Finance.
• Experience translating engineering designs into demand and supply plans.
• Extensive experience using MES/ERP software.
• Highly effective relationship building skills, and the ability to interact and work effectively with many levels of employees and suppliers.
• Willingness to travel up to 50% of the time.

Pay

Pay Range: $125,000 - $169,000/per year
Leveling and base salary is determined by job-related skills, education level, experience level, and job performance.
You will be eligible for incentives in the form of stock options and/or long-term cash awards.

Benefits

• Flexible PTO policy + 12 paid holidays.
• 100% company-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plans for employees and dependents with FSA and employer-matched HSA options.
• Voluntary accident, hospital, critical illness, and pet insurance.
• $120/month wellness reimbursement for gym and fitness expenses.
• 12 weeks of parental leave (with supplemental disability leave for CA mothers).
• Family building, pregnancy, parenting and menopause benefits via Maven Clinic.
• Sponsored One Medical memberships for employees and their dependents.
• Fully stocked kitchen with lunch provided daily and dinner provided twice weekly.
• Company and team-bonding events, happy hours and mission-success celebrations.
• Complimentary EV charging.

ITAR Requirements

Varda, like all employers, must ensure that its employees working in the United States are lawfully authorized to work in the U.S. Additionally, our employees are exposed to and have access to certain export-controlled items. Because our employees are provided access to export-controlled items, our policy is to only hire “U.S. persons” who are permitted to have access to our technology without an export license.

E-Verify Statement

Varda Space Industries, Inc. participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the E-Verify program.