Sourcing Manager, Indirect

SpaceX•Austin, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

SpaceX is seeking a Sourcing Manager, Indirect to join their progressive procurement organization. This role involves pushing the boundaries of traditional procurement methodologies and requires individuals who can think outside the box to achieve company objectives regarding value and partnerships with suppliers. The organization moves quickly, and the ideal candidate must be able to keep pace. SpaceX has the unique ability and desire to influence and shape suppliers to be better, challenging the supply chain on cost, quality, and delivery. This individual will support indirect supplier management and SG&A spend reduction initiatives. The purchasing team has aggressive objectives for 2026 that positively impact the product and bottom line, and they are looking for a candidate equipped and ready for these challenges.

Requirements

Advanced degree and 3+ years of experience working in one or more of the following; or bachelor’s degree and 5+ 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.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a purchasing or supply chain role
Technical skills in current technologies and applications (e.g. MS Office Suite, SQL, PowerBI)
Experience with Construction, Facilities or Contingent Labor
Exceptional analytical and organizational skills
Remarkable problem-solving skills
Ability to prioritize appropriately to meet internal customer and company needs
Effective written and verbal communication skills, with a strong ability to communicate with 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 the highest integrity

Responsibilities

Create sourcing strategies for assigned categories to reduce risk and meet targets for the purchasing department including but not limited to 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 that support business unit requirements to maintain continuous cost reduction programs for controllable expenditures.
Communicate, manage, and drive compliance to category strategies.
Provides solutions to a wide range of difficult problems.
Successfully partner across functions and with senior internal stakeholders and external suppliers to drive results, influence others and facilitate change management across the company.
Responsible for advanced quantitative analysis to identify financial impacts of decisions and performance for category managed.
Perform business process analysis and develop models to improve cost.
Collaborate with stakeholders to define SLAs and KPIs for suppliers and measure the appropriate criteria, such as delivery of business results, cost reduction, quality, and timeliness of delivery.
Conduct research, perform benchmarking, and gather market analysis for assigned categories.
Responsible for authoring contract documents with the Legal Department.
Management of contracts ensuring performance of the supplier to contract obligations.
Understand interrelationships between contracts and terms while applying creativity and sound business reasoning to interpret the application of contracts to business needs.
Utilize negotiations to maximize value and cost savings benefits while lowering risk.
Manage preferred suppliers for assigned category.
Create and implement related management programs to develop, continuously improve, manage the performance of, and monitor KPIs of the supply base.
Place purchase orders and resolve blocked invoices related to assigned categories.
Performs assignments independently with instruction limited to the results expected.
Develop and lead efforts to reduce the number of transactions for assigned categories.