Global Supply Manager, Raw Materials (Raptor)

SpaceX•Hawthorne, CA

14h•$135,000 - $185,000•Onsite

About The Position

SpaceX demands a new type of supply chain. We require our suppliers to provide premium quality with rapidly evolving designs at increasingly ambitious volumes, rates and costs. We are actively looking for candidates who possess comprehensive experience with negotiating strategic relationships with manufacturing vendors and driving cost out and have unrelenting motivation to enable suppliers for success. This position will support our all programs at SpaceX including Falcon, Dragon, Raptor, Starship, and Starlink and requires a combination of proven leadership, creativity, and persistence. This is a technical position that requires practical experience in vendor development and new product development through to stabilized, high volume production for metallic raw material in many different alloys including Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Nickel, Titanium, and Copper that comes in forms including plate, sheet, coil, round bars, extrusions, and wires. The ideal candidate will have a broad understanding of the manufacturing of raw material, the supply land scape, and market.

Requirements

Advanced degree and 4+ years of experience working in one or more of the following; or bachelor’s degree and 6+ years of experience working in one or more of the following; or 10+ 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

Nice To Haves

Experience in sourcing from a global supply base with raw material mills and distributors
Experience reading drawings, geometric dimensioning and tolerance, preliminary design reviews, and quality documents
Strong organizational and problem-solving skills with ability to prioritize between many programs and priorities effectively
Prior experience managing large value contracts/LTA’s with a global supply base
Proven track record of managing a high volume of tactical purchase orders while setting and managing a strategy for your responsible commodities
Experience in identifying and executing an optimized supply chain, including raw material, machining, material processing, inspection and logistics
Technical procurement, New Product Introduction and production procurement, manufacturing, or design/development experience
Exceptional written, verbal and presentation communication skills
Ability to learn quickly and prioritize appropriately to meet customer and company needs
Excellent customer service skills
Must be detail-oriented, self-motivated and able to respond quickly to a fast-moving and ever-changing environment
Conducts all activities with the highest of integrity

Responsibilities

Manage the supply base supporting critical raw material commodity for flight and development programs with an emphasis on building and maintaining a relationship with raw material mills and distributors world wide
Work in a cross functional team environment as a strong team player and demonstrate ability to work with both internal and external groups to achieve team and company-wide goals
Leverage demand forecasts and upcoming design releases to ensure the supply base has ample manufacturing capacity and quality yield to enable aggressive ramp up of vehicle production
Provide guidance to internal procurement staff and engineering customers on design for manufacturability, supply chain optimization, and cost reduction strategies raw material commodities
Collaborate with engineering on design reviews, suppliers on scorecard/roadmaps, engineering vehicle leads on schedule and supplier engineering on quality requirements
Visit supplier’s facilities and accurately assess technical capability, equipment, and capacity for rapid deployment of new product development and long term production to implement a successful E2E product life cycle management strategy and process
Monitor and manage costs to ensure adherence to project-specific budgets, forecasts and maintain cost of Bill of Materials. Ability to develop should-cost models for competitive cost analysis
Deliver best in class TCO (Total Cost Ownership)
Install and optimize manufacturing capacity to assure COS (Continuity of Supply)
Drive suppliers continuous process improvement to enhance efficiency and implement cost-saving programs with suppliers
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
Prepare, issue, and analyze RFx packages for one-time and ongoing project requirements
Issue purchase orders for SpaceX programs
Ensure compliance with all company policies, procedures and government regulations