Manager, Materials Management (Starship)
SpaceX· Materials Management - Hawthorne Starship
Hawthorne, CA$125k - $175kFull-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Manager responsible for day-to-day materials management activities, leading continuous improvement, and ensuring inventory performance, safety, quality, and customer service for Starship operations.
Responsibilities
- Perform administrative duties including reviewing timecard compliance, scheduling, periodic reviews, supply ordering, and mentoring/training of direct reports.
- Support and maintain operational targets and objectives for fulfillment, distribution, and storage centers.
- Develop strategy by understanding processes, procedures, and business needs to guide the organization with metrics and goals.
- Manage a multi-level organization across 5 shift patterns, assess performance, provide feedback, resolve conflicts, and implement corrective actions or performance improvement plans.
- Lead by example and motivate organization to achieve high results.
- Monitor and improve operations to maintain a safe work environment with goal of zero OSHA recordables annually.
- Ensure storage and handling meet AS9100 and customer flow-down requirements; manage quality control in storage practices.
- Oversee incoming receipt, acceptance, storage, and issuance of parts and hardware into inventory locations.
- Provide industry-leading customer service across operations and adapt to business needs.
- Lead cost-saving opportunities and identify optimization opportunities.
- Maintain inventory accuracy through process control and regular counting for audit compliance.
- Drive process improvements to sustain distribution center productivity year over year.
- Monitor shelf-life and rotate stock (FIFO).
- Ensure appropriate environmental controls based on material requirements.
- Manage storage of non-SpaceX part numbers (internal and external storage).
- Mentor and develop the workforce, motivate high performance, and explore methods to exceed standards.
- Demonstrate adaptability to changing organizational needs.
Qualifications
- Advanced degree and 3+ years of experience in material/production planning, purchasing, distribution, operations or supply chain management, material cost control, or master production scheduling; or
- Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience in the same areas; or
- 9+ years of experience in one or more of the listed areas.
Skills
Required:Material or production planningPurchasingDistributionOperations or supply chain management
Nice to have:APICS CPIM/CSCP
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Various discounts and perks
- Up to 3 weeks of paid vacation with 10+ paid holidays per year
- Paid sick leave per company policy
Last updated Jul 29, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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