Supply Chain Planner (Falcon, Dragon, & Starfall)

SpaceX•Hawthorne, CA

23h•$85,000 - $100,000•Onsite

About The Position

SpaceX supply chain will play a key role in enabling SpaceX to meet ambitious growth targets and greatly contribute in making us a multi-planetary species. This is a high-profile, cross functional position that plays an integral role in enabling production flow and supporting launch manifest and key developmental goals. Working in close coordination with engineering and manufacturing departments, supply chain planners execute effective creative and smart supply chain strategies to achieve production goals. The functions within the supply chain management include material requirements planning, delivery management, dock-to-stock coordination, and inventory management. With integration taking place in-house, supply chain planners are able to see their assemblies come to life every day!

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 1+ years of experience working in one or more of the following; or 4+ 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

Remarkable problem-solving skills with a bias for speed and accuracy
Strong track record of leadership and team building skills
Lean or continuous improvement experience to eliminate headcount needed for daily work
Self-motivated, quick learner, and ability to prioritize efforts to meet customer and company goals
Strong technical ability to read drawings and blueprints, understanding of manufacturing processes
Ability to develop and maintain strong internal and external supplier relationships in a fast-moving and ever-changing environment
Value add engineering abilities that improve part quality, delivery, and cost
Exceptional analytical and organizational skills
Strong negotiation skills with demonstrated and tracked results compared to goals
Excellent customer service skills, produce exceptional work at all times, highly self-motivated
Effective written, verbal and presentation communication skills
Technical knowledge and skills in coding and computer applications, (e.g. MS Office Suite, VBA, Smartsheet, SQL, Confluence, JIRA, Power BI, etc.)
Detail-oriented, and able to respond quickly to a fast-moving and ever-changing environment
Holds self to highest ethical standards, and conducts all activities with the highest of integrity

Responsibilities

Plan, lead, improve, and execute against pre-established sourcing strategies with metrics tracking and results from end-to-end perspective for business and production success
Maintain accurate configuration of assemblies (BOMs)
Ensure accurate lead times and inventory levels (including spares) to mitigate risk of production piece part shortages
Facilitate technical discussions, make vs. buy decisions, launch new product introductions, and conduct should-cost modeling to ensure optimal purchase order issuance and execution
Execute risk management analysis which take into consideration past performance data, demand vs. supply, and lead time stack-ups from piece part to launch vehicle integration
Optimize logistics, manufacturing, quality, ordering/redistribution policies, and refurbishment/reusability planning and buying for the parts that you own
Support supplier facilities visits to identify and leverage equipment and expertise with an emphasis on meeting cost, quality, and delivery goals with strategic suppliers
Lead commercial and quality Initiatives, and spearhead initiatives to improve performance with teams that execute the strategic sourcing vision of the supply chain team
Be the “go to” resource for engineering, supply chain, production, and build reliability stakeholders to determine the best value sourcing, NPI sourcing plans, turn-key or buy complete strategies, logistics and lead time optimizations, etc.
Build cross functional teams and champion continuous improvement initiatives to meet or exceed cost, quality, and delivery goals
Proactively provide status and updates to SpaceX management and engineering teams on all critical supply issues
Conduct design for manufacturability reviews with support from supplier quality and engineering teams and strategic suppliers
Champion value adds value engineering projects to improve part quality and reduce cost
Execute to a supplier bid-list with preferred suppliers
Mitigate sole/single source risk and ensure continuity of supply
Develop and maintain strong relationships (internal to SpaceX and external suppliers)
Assess and leverage supplier technical capability, equipment, capacity, and risk in procurement
Place POs for MRP planning messages for production parts and via email signals, if required
Diagnose and resolve purchase order discrepancies and invoice issues