Supply Chain Commodity Manager III

Supply Chain Commodity Manager III – Blue Origin

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low‑cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight. This role is part of Blue Origin Operations and supports Integrated Supply Chain, Test Operations, Safety, Quality, and Mission Assurance across all Blue Origin facilities.

As a leading commercial market expert for critical commodities, you will define supply base strategies, manage global supplier performance, and develop relationships with critical aerospace suppliers for various spaceflight programs. Using your knowledge of markets, suppliers, and company requirements, you’ll develop commodity strategies that mitigate short‑ and long‑term business risks and guarantee continuity of supply for all of Blue’s programs.

Responsibilities include executing RFx activities, negotiating price agreements, establishing long‑term contracts, vetting new sources of supply, and managing grow/exit/maintain supplier strategies. You will collaborate closely with Program, Finance, Engineering, and other teams to analyze tradeoffs and manage priorities.

• Provides strategic leadership in the evaluation, sourcing, and development of the supply base to support the development and production of space vehicles.
• Ensures supply base can deliver to commercial scope of component procurements and fulfill on time at the lowest lifecycle cost to support program requirements.
• Conducts capability and capacity assessments.
• Conducts RFx activities for strategic procurements.
• Negotiates long‑term agreements.
• Develops and manages commodity metrics and reporting, including updates on the state of the industry, supplier ratings, and supplier segmentation (grow, maintain, exit).
• Participates in the use and improvement of databases that guide sourcing activity and capture supplier status, history, criticality, operational performance, and known issues.
• Works with program stakeholders to identify long‑lead procurement requirements and gaps in supply base capabilities.
• Evaluates suitability and stability of current and potential suppliers regarding financial health, staffing, quality, throughput, technical capability, and reputation.
• Leads suppliers through structural business changes required to fulfill Blue’s lifelong program demand.
• Identifies opportunities to leverage existing supplier relationships, segment, rationalize, and consolidate the supply base, and maintain alternate supplier options.
• Supports development, deployment, and maturation of supplier recognition program.
• Identifies candidate suppliers for M&A activity and supports the process with the M&A team.
• Relentlessly gathers intelligence on the health of strategic suppliers’ businesses and informs senior leadership of long‑term risk and proposed countermeasures.
• Teams with supply chain engineering, procurement, and supplier quality engineering to conduct site surveys and business evaluations of existing and potential suppliers, and serves as a point of escalation and resolution of corrective actions with suppliers.

• At least 5 years of experience managing commodities in aerospace R&D and manufacturing or in other regulatory controlled environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related field.
• Extensive technical knowledge of assigned commodity’s manufacturing processes in at least one assigned commodity.
• Track record of driving supplier improvements in cost, quality, schedule, or other performance criteria.
• Must be able to travel 25%‑50% of time and to remote sites.
• Experience in sourcing for both development and production.
• Ability to work effectively in cross‑functional teams, and independently.
• Strong communication skills and ability to manage multiple tasks and projects.
• Exceptional organizational and analytical skills, and proven ability to drive complex projects with minimal oversight.

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