Global Supply Manager (Avionics)

Impulse SpaceRedondo Beach, CA
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About The Position

As a Global Supply Manager at Impulse Space , you will drive strategic sourcing, vendor management excellence, and end-to-end critical component management. You will work cross-functionally with engineering, manufacturing, quality, finance, and operations teams to ensure resilient, cost-optimized supply chains that enable scalable growth and market success.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of experience in supply chain, production, or engineering; or advanced degree with 6+ years of experience; or 10+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree, with demonstrated leadership in global supply management.
  • To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Nice To Haves

  • Understanding of lamination, soldering/interconnects, module assembly, and frame fabrication processes and experience with test yields and early design impacts to production deployment.
  • Deep expertise in sourcing and qualifying in PCB fabrication, and PCBA assembly partners for high-reliability applications.
  • Proven experience sourcing, qualifying, and managing EEE (Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical) components for avionics or high-reliability aerospace applications, including supplier evaluation, compliance with aerospace standards, and lifecycle management.
  • Ability to leverage technical knowledge of material specifications, manufacturing processes, and reliability testing to inform sourcing decisions and supplier development initiatives.
  • Experienced in sourcing from a global supply base and managing sourcing phases from market research, supplier evaluation and selection, negotiations and supplier onboarding.
  • Proven success working on cross-functional new product introduction projects, completing cost models, benchmarking, and negotiations.
  • Familiarity with ERP systems and purchasing/planning functions.
  • Exceptional written, verbal and presentation communication skills.
  • Ability to identify and resolve technical, operational and organizational problems.
  • Detail-oriented, self-motivated and able to respond quickly to a fast-moving and ever-changing environment.
  • Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain a robust and high-performing supply base by rigorously evaluating and selecting suppliers based on capability, quality, delivery reliability, and cost competitiveness.
  • Drive engineering to make sound, manufacturable design decisions aligned to clear drawing callouts and specifications, promoting standardization and critical inspection requirements to enable a scalable, high-performing supply plan.
  • Lead end-to-end supplier management, assessing operations and technical and business capabilities to enable rapid development and production.
  • Direct high-impact sourcing and qualification of new components or alternate materials and suppliers with engineering and quality teams.
  • Manage the supply base by authoring and collaborating with Quality to release and maintain supplier quality and process documentation, ensuring standardized controls and compliance across the supplier network.
  • Develop supplier scorecard to measure supplier performance against agreed-upon key performance indicators and report findings to leadership.
  • Develop strong relationships with internal stakeholders, understanding their needs and consulting with them to build quality procurement strategies aligned to business requirements.
  • Coordinate with engineering and quality organizations to determine cause of rejected material and to drive appropriate changes to ensure elimination/reduction of those quality issues.
  • Administer moderate to large contracts and independently negotiate with supplier’s contract terminology, pricing, technical requirements, scope, and terms involving responsibility, liability, indemnification, intellectual property, and export compliance.
  • Perform in-depth supplier assessments to develop and execute a strategic sourcing strategy that identifies qualified suppliers, optimizes cost models, and proactively safeguards supply continuity in alignment with macroeconomic and industry trends.
  • Execute purchasing transactions within scope area by issuing purchase orders and managing open orders with materials requirement planning (MRP) to ensure accurate and complete information at all times.
  • Advise and collaborate with buyers and planners on procurement strategies while collaborating with planning teams to provide accurate forecasts, mitigate capacity risks, and ensure operational and tactical execution success.
  • Keep up with industry and commodity market trends while developing and maintaining strategic partnerships with major component distributors and manufacturers.

Benefits

  • long-term incentives, in the form of stock options
  • access to medical, vision & dental coverage
  • access to a 401(k) retirement plan
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