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Sourcing Manager (Cryogenics & Power Generation Capital)

SpaceX· Supply Chain - Launch and Infrastructure
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Cape Canaveral, FLFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Sourcing Manager responsible for end-to-end management of global suppliers providing cryogenic systems and power generation capital equipment for SpaceX’s Starship program, based in Cape Canaveral, FL.

Responsibilities

  • Create sourcing strategies for assigned categories to reduce risk and meet targets for the purchasing department
  • 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
  • Present confidently to company executives and key decision makers on high-stakes negotiations and launch critical response events
  • Communicate, manage, and drive compliance for sourcing strategies
  • Identify and execute cost reduction projects, including planning, coordinating with stakeholders, estimating completion, and project updates
  • Perform advanced quantitative and business process analyses to identify financial impacts of decisions, cost improvement, and performance for assigned categories
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to define service level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (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
  • Understand interrelationships between contracts and terms while applying creativity and sound business reasoning to interpret the application of contracts to business needs
  • Maximize value and cost savings benefits while lowering risk through strategic negotiations
  • Identify and drive year-over-year cost optimization through reducing usage and eliminating waste within our operations
  • Establish preferred suppliers for assigned categories
  • Create and implement management programs to develop, continuously improve, manage the performance of, and monitor KPIs of the supply base
  • Place purchase orders and resolve blocked invoices related to assigned categories
  • Develop and lead efforts to reduce the number of transactions for assigned categories

Qualifications

  • Advanced degree and 3+ years of experience in engineering, purchasing, logistics, contract negotiation, material or production planning, operations or supply chain management, or material cost control OR bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience in the same areas OR 9+ years of experience in these areas

Skills

Required:Sourcing strategy developmentContract managementCost reduction / TCO analysisStakeholder managementNegotiation

Benefits

  • Not specified in the description
Last updated Aug 26, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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