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Sourcing Manager, Mechanical (Starlink)

SpaceX· Starlink - Mech. And Non-Electronic Sourcing
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Bastrop, TXFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Sourcing Manager for mechanical commodities supporting Starlink user terminals and ground stations at SpaceX's Bastrop, TX facility.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and manage the supply base to support sourcing for the solar and battery space, supplementing the Starlink user terminals and ground stations
  • Provide weekly team status reporting, escalate to management when necessary
  • Train and mentor, working to ensure that the team is continuously improving
  • Work directly with key suppliers to develop and implement sourcing and cost management strategies that support existing platforms and new product development
  • Work directly with key internal stakeholders to develop and implement sourcing and cost management strategies that support capital purchases and production consumables
  • Understand the technical aspects of production equipment to identify opportunities for cost, space, and process optimization and use data analytics to identify and parse process related opportunities
  • Utilize negotiations to maximize value, cost savings and priority in terms of delivery for SpaceX while lowering risk; manage costs to ensure alignment with program budgets
  • Build and own overall project budgets, compile funding requests, and generate capitalization plan based on project timeline focusing on TCO of the categories managed
  • Conduct research, perform benchmarking, and gather market analysis for assigned categories
  • Communicate overall equipment status to the management team including schedules, risks and mitigation actions and respond quickly to changes to the overall goals, schedule, and architecture
  • Create sourcing strategies to reduce risk, enable continuous cost reduction and align with company strategy on payment terms, cash targets, on time delivery and cost savings
  • Build genuine relationships both internally and externally and drive cross-functional teams to achieve consensus
  • Present value propositions to SpaceX executives, including those related to contract award, cost reviews, cost reduction strategies and critical supply issues

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience working in one or more of the following; or 9+ 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; Capital equipment sourcing

Skills

Required:Supply chain managementContract negotiationData analyticsCross-functional collaboration

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation
  • Medical, dental, vision
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Paid time off
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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