Global Supply Manager; Starlink

Space

X was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today Space

X is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

Space

X is on a fast track to become the market leader in various product categories like US based human spaceflight, rapid vehicle reusability, internet services through the Starlink constellation and others exciting projects. The Space

X Supply Chain Department is a critical player in our operations. To capitalize on Space

X’s technological and market changing successes, our team will be part of managing an agile yet robust supply chain that will enable a competitive advantage for the company. The functions within the department include procurement, planning and fulfillment, supplier development and quality, logistics and inventory. Space

X Supply Chain will play a key role in enabling Space

X to meet these ambitious growth targets and greatly contribute in making us a multi-planetary species.

• Develop and manage the supply base to support sourcing for Starlink
• Provide weekly team status reporting, escalate to management when necessary
• Train and mentor, working to ensure that the team is continuously improving
• Work directly with key suppliers to develop and implement sourcing and cost management strategies that support existing platforms and new product development
• Work directly with key internal stakeholders to develop and implement sourcing and cost management strategies that support capital purchases and production consumables
• Understand the technical aspects of production equipment to identify opportunities for cost, space, and process optimization and use data analytics to identify and parse process related opportunities
• Utilize negotiations to maximize value, cost savings and priority in terms of delivery for Space
  
  X while lowering risk; manage costs to ensure alignment with program budgets
• Build and own overall project budgets, compile funding requests, and generate capitalization plan based on project timeline focusing on TCO of the categories managed
• Conduct research, perform benchmarking, and gather market analysis for assigned categories
• Communicate overall equipment status to the management team including schedules, risks and mitigation actions and respond quickly to changes to the overall goals, schedule, and architecture
• Create sourcing strategies to reduce risk, enable continuous cost reduction and align with company strategy on payment terms, cash targets, on time delivery and cost savings
• Build genuine relationships both internally and externally and drive cross-functional teams to achieve consensus
• Present value propositions to Space
  
  X executives, including those related to contract awards, cost reviews, cost reduction strategies and critical supply issues
• Procure passive, active, and electro-mechanical components via material requirements planning (MRP)
• Keep up with industry and commodity market trends while developing and maintaining strategic partnerships with major component distributors and manufacturers.
• Source, support, and drive alternate material and supplier qualification through engineering and quality teams
• Coordinate and drive alignment between Space
  
  X future designs and preferred supplier technology road maps

• 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
• Engineering
• Purchasing
• Contract negotiation
• Material or production planning
• Operations or supply chain management
• Material cost control
• Master production scheduling

• 6+ years procurement experience in electronics (PCB, EE, interconnect) sourcing
• Strong understanding of Printed Circuit Board manufacturing supply chain, global commodity market and pricing trend
• Technical knowledge in a commodity (e.g. copper market, resin systems, glass…