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Manager, Materials Management (Starship)

SpaceX· Materials Management - Starbase
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Starbase, TXFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Manager responsible for end-to-end material flow within SpaceX Starship network, driving inventory accuracy, process improvement, and exceptional customer service while ensuring compliance with AS9100 and ITAR requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Perform administrative duties, including project implementation and oversight, periodic reviews with team members, one-on-one mentoring, personnel training, customer alignment, system compliance, supply ordering, and area upkeep
  • Support and maintain data driven goals and objectives for receipt, stow, pick, pack, and final mile delivery to work centers within their network
  • Understand the processes, procedures, and needs of the business to develop strategy, business metrics, and goals to successfully guide execution
  • Lead by setting an example, taking feedback from all levels of the organization, and motivating your organization to achieve the highest level of results
  • Monitor and improve operations, ensuring a safe work environment with the goal of zero OSHA recordables annually
  • Ensure business practices not only guarantee the storing of product in a compliant manner, but also meet those needs outlined in AS9100 and customer flow-down requirements
  • Manage the incoming acceptance, storing, and issuing of a wide variety of materials, tooling, and customer property into inventory
  • Manage operations that provide industry leading levels of customer service in all operations by recognizing the needs of the business and adapting to support our mission
  • Lead cost saving opportunities, identify internal/external cost reductions and optimization opportunities
  • Maintain process control and routine counting required to meet both our internal and external audit requirements
  • Drive the projects and changes needed to improve efficiency while operating within a highly dynamic and ever-improving environment
  • Monitor shelf-life storage, and maintain proper rotation of stock via FIFO compliance
  • Ensure the appropriate environmental controls are in place and material requirements maintained
  • Actively monitor and grow the workforce by ensuring team members are challenged and performing at the expected standards; work to develop methods of motivation for team members to go above and beyond the status quo

Qualifications

  • Advanced degree and 3+ years of experience in material/production planning, purchasing, distribution, operations or supply chain management, material cost control, project management, or master production scheduling (or bachelor’s degree with 5+ years, or 9+ years total experience)
  • 3+ years of personnel management experience with formal direct reports

Skills

Required:Material or production planningPurchasingDistributionProject management
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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