Global Supply Manager, Capital Equipment & Consumables; Falcon & Dragon

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.

We are a progressive procurement organization pushing the boundaries of traditional procurement reputation and methodologies. We are looking for individuals who can think outside the box to achieve company objectives regarding value and partnerships with our suppliers. Our organization moves quickly, and you must too. Space

X has the unique ability and desire to influence and shape suppliers to be better with us as we challenge our supply chain on cost, quality and delivery. This individual will support indirect needs such as equipment, tooling, service contracts for equipment, and calibrated tooling needs in the Hawthorne facility.

• Create sourcing strategies for assigned categories to reduce risk and meet targets for the purchasing department including, but not limited to, payment terms, cash targets, and cost savings
• Manage spend and strategies to reduce costs related to categories such as Machinery & Equipment, Calibrated Tooling, Fabricated Tooling, and Maintenance Services
• Develop and maintain key internal stakeholder relationships to create strategic sourcing models that optimize the value of products and services that support business unit requirements to maintain continuous cost reduction programs for controllable expenditures
• Identify and execute cost reduction projects including program wide RFPs, new and renewal vendor LTAs, usage reduction initiatives, and inventory adjustments for lower cost products to serve end users
• Perform advanced quantitative and business processes analyses to identify financial impacts of decisions, cost improvement, and performance for assigned categories
• Collaborate with Finance counterparts during the development of annual budgets, questioning spend related categories or allocated budgets, and tracking project spend through full project implementation
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define SLAs and KPIs for suppliers and measure the appropriate criteria, such as: delivery of business results, cost reduction, quality and timeliness of delivery
• Conduct research, perform benchmarking, and gather market analysis for assigned categories
• Create contract documents in collaboration with the legal department
• Manage contracts to ensure the performance of the supplier to contract obligations, and mitigate business risk through contractual liability reduction
• Understand interrelationships between contracts and terms while applying creativity and sound business reasoning to interpret application of contract to business needs
• Negotiate to maximize value and cost savings benefits while lowering risk
• Create and implement management programs to develop, continuously improve, manage the performance of, and monitor KPIs of the supply base, especially those KPI’s impacting fulfillment to our production customers for all products on order
• Place purchase orders and resolve blocked invoices
• Develop and lead efforts to reduce number of transactions

• Advanced degree and 4+ years of experience working in one or more of the following; or 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

• Experience with completing transactions over $1 million
• Experience in creating systems to improve supplier performance especially concerning on time delivery
• Experience sourcing equipment for machine shops or circuit board assembly operations with a focus in metalworking, heat treating, circuit assembly, testing and inspection equipment
• Strong contract negotiation and document management skills
• Remarkable problem-solving skills with a bias for speed
• Quick learner and ability to prioritize appropriately to meet customer and company needs
• Excellent customer service skills
• Effective written, verbal, and presentation communication skills
• Exceptional analytical and organizational skills
• Strong technical knowledge and skills in current technologies and applications (e.g. MS Office Suite, SQL, Power
  
  BI, etc.)
• Ability to conduct all activities with the highest degree of integrity
• Detail-oriented, self-motivated and able to respond quickly to a fast-moving and ever-changing environment

• Must be able to travel - up to 20% work week travel may be required
• Must be able to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed to meet major milestones
• This position is based in Hawthorne, CA and requires being onsite - remote work not considered

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