Sourcing Specialist

Sourcing Specialist (All Levels)

Department: Supply Chain

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Redondo Beach

Compensation: $115,000 - $155,000 / year

As a Sourcing Specialist at Impulse Space, you will manage sourcing and supplier execution for assigned hardware, materials, and services critical to spacecraft development and production. You will work closely with engineering, quality, planning, manufacturing, and program teams to deliver sourcing solutions that balance cost, quality, delivery, and technical risk.

This role is responsible for managing assigned suppliers, executing complex competitive sourcing activities, negotiating commercial terms, resolving supply-chain problems, and improving supplier performance. You will also identify alternate sources, support supply-risk mitigation, and provide guidance to junior members of the sourcing team.

Additional Note: Leveling will be commensurate with experience.

• Own sourcing, procurement, and supplier execution for assigned parts, suppliers, commodities, or projects from initial requirements through delivery
• Serve as the primary commercial point of contact for assigned suppliers and manage performance, capacity, cost, and contractual matters
• Lead RFQs and supplier evaluations by assessing cost, lead time, technical capability, capacity, quality, and compliance
• Negotiate pricing, lead times, payment terms, minimum-order quantities, tooling arrangements, and other commercial terms within established sourcing strategies
• Partner with engineering, manufacturing, planning, and program teams to source development and production hardware in support of program schedules
• Collaborate with Supply Chain Engineering to evaluate and qualify suppliers against technical, quality, regulatory, and business requirements
• Monitor supplier performance and lead recovery efforts when cost, quality, delivery, or responsiveness falls below expectations
• Drive cost-reduction and value-improvement opportunities through competitive sourcing, cost analysis, demand consolidation, and supplier negotiations
• Maintain accurate purchasing and supplier data, resolve delivery and invoice issues, support sourcing-process improvements, and provide guidance to junior sourcing and purchasing team members
• Travel to supplier locations as needed to support qualification, negotiations, production readiness, and performance recovery

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Operations, Finance, or a related field
• 3+ years of experience in sourcing, procurement, supply chain, supplier management, or a related function
• Demonstrated experience independently managing suppliers, purchase orders, RFQs, and procurement activities
• Demonstrated experience evaluating supplier proposals and negotiating pricing, lead times, and other commercial terms
• Demonstrated experience working with ERP, MRP, procurement, or inventory-management systems
• Strong analytical and communication skills with the ability to interpret sourcing data and work effectively across engineering, quality, manufacturing, planning, finance, and program teams

• 5+ years of experience in sourcing, procurement, supply chain, or supplier management
• Demonstrated experience supporting aerospace, defense, automotive, or another high-reliability manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated experience sourcing machined components, raw materials, PCB/PCBA, composites, propulsion hardware, electrical components, or commercial off-the-shelf hardware
• Working knowledge of manufacturing processes, technical drawings, bills of material, and engineering change control
• Demonstrated experience with supplier qualification, audits, corrective actions, alternate sourcing, or…