Sr. Supply Chain Planner; Falcon & Dragon

Sr. Supply Chain Planner (Falcon & Dragon)

Hawthorne, CA

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.

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 takes 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 Space
  
  X 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 Space
  
  X 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

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Advanced degree; or bachelor’s degree and 2+ years of experience working in one or more of the following; or 6+ years of experience working in one or more of the following:
• Purchasing
• Material or production planning
• Operations or supply chain management
• Material cost control

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• 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…