Principal Supply Chain Project Manager, Logistics and Warehousing

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Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We are developing reusable, safe, and low‑cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. This role, part of Blue Origin Operations, supports Integrated Supply Chain, Test Operations, Safety, Quality, and Mission Assurance across all facilities.

Logistics Network Strategy

• Design the end‑to‑end logistics network: inbound from global suppliers, inter‑site flow between manufacturing and integration facilities, and outbound delivery to customers.
• Build the multi‑modal transportation strategy — ocean, air, rail, over‑the‑road, heavy‑haul, and oversize permitted loads.
• Establish the carrier base, rate strategy, and master service agreements; own total landed cost across the network.
• Define lane‑level service requirements, transit time targets, and contingency routing for critical‑path freight.

Heavy‑Haul and Customer Delivery

• Own outbound delivery strategy for large, heavy, and oversize equipment to domestic and international customers.
• Develop the permit, escort, route survey, and site receiving playbook required to move project‑cargo‑class hardware safely and on schedule.
• Partner with Customer Delivery and Field Operations on receiving readiness, offload, and final placement.
• Build the international delivery model — port strategy, breakbulk and project cargo carriers, in‑country drayage, and last‑mile heavy‑haul.

Warehousing and Site Operations

• Define the warehousing footprint and operating model across manufacturing, integration, and forward‑positioned sites.
• Establish inventory accuracy, receiving, kitting, line‑feed, and finished‑goods handling standards.
• Lead 3PL selection and management where outsourced warehousing or transportation is the right answer; own the build vs. buy decision.
• Define WMS, yard management, and dock scheduling requirements; partner with the technology team on implementation.

International Supply Chain and Trade Compliance

• Own the inbound international logistics architecture — INCOTERMS strategy, customs brokerage, freight forwarder selection, and import duty optimization.
• Establish the trade compliance backbone: ECCN classification, HTS coding, country‑of‑origin determination, FTZ and duty drawback strategy where applicable.
• Partner with Legal and Trade Compliance on export licensing for international customer deliveries.
• Build supplier and customer logistics documentation standards into commercial agreements at the time of award.

Cross‑Functional and Executive Engagement

• Represent logistics and warehousing strategy in executive program reviews; communicate clearly and credibly to senior leadership.
• Partner with Commodity Management and Supply Chain Engineering to embed logistics requirements into supplier agreements — packaging, INCOTERMS, returnable lanes, and routing.
• Coordinate with Manufacturing, Quality, and Program teams on receiving, line‑feed, and finished‑goods readiness.
• Define logistics and warehousing requirements for ERP, TMS, WMS, and AI tooling.

• 15+ years of progressive logistics, transportation, and warehousing experience, including network design and heavy/oversize freight.
• Demonstrated track record designing or significantly transforming a logistics network in a high‑rate manufacturing or large‑equipment delivery environment.
• Deep experience with project cargo, heavy‑haul, oversize permitted loads, and international breakbulk shipping.
• International trade fluency: INCOTERMS, customs brokerage, HTS/ECCN classification, FTZ, duty drawback, and export licensing.
• Strong financial acumen: total landed cost modeling, carrier rate negotiation, 3PL business cases, and warehousing capital proposals.
• Experience presenting logistics and network strategy to senior executive audiences.
• Comfort operating as a hands‑on individual contributor today while building the team and function that will exist tomorrow.
• Genuine curiosity about AI‑enabled workflows and a willingness to build without traditional support structures.
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