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Sourcing Manager (Starship Launch Pad)

SpaceX· Supply Chain - Launch and Infrastructure
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Cape Canaveral, FLFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Operationally critical Sourcing Manager role focused on commodity and capital sourcing strategies to support SpaceX’s Launch & Recovery programs, ensuring cost reductions, supplier performance, and alignment with company objectives.

Responsibilities

  • Create commodity and capital 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
  • Develop and maintain key internal stakeholder relationships to evaluate sourcing models and optimize the value of products and services that support business requirements; maintain continuous cost reduction programs; communicate, manage, and drive compliance to category strategies; provide solutions to a wide range of difficult problems
  • Develop and improve sourcing strategies to reduce risk and meet targets for the Launch & Recovery program
  • Ensure the health of the supply base by evaluating and selecting suppliers based on capability, quality, reliability, and price competitiveness
  • Conduct comprehensive supplier analysis to formulate a strategic sourcing plan that identifies new/suitable suppliers, optimizes cost models, and proactively ensures continuity of supply based on upcoming new product introduction campaign requirements
  • Maintain vendor delivery of goods and services; execute purchasing transactions within the scope area by issuing purchase orders for SpaceX programs and ensure delivery; manage all relevant master data to ensure accurate and complete information at all times
  • Identify and execute cost reduction projects, including planning, stakeholder coordination, timeline management, and project updates
  • Utilize negotiations to maximize value and cost savings benefits while lowering risk
  • Conduct research, perform benchmarking, and gather market analysis for assigned categories; Act as a market intelligence provider regarding categories; anticipate strategic opportunities and keep key stakeholders informed
  • Direct and execute initiatives that support aggressive improvements in supplier quality, total cost effectiveness, enhanced service levels, improved coordination, delivery, pricing, lead-times, payment, risk compliance, and other areas as identified
  • Benchmark, track, and analyze annual performance metrics and sourcing trends against budget every month to demonstrate continuous improvement and progress against strategic objectives
  • Develop strong relationships with internal stakeholders, understanding their needs and consulting with them to build quality procurement strategies aligned to business requirements
  • Drive make vs. buy decisions for new products, implement the strategy across the product lifecycle from development, qualification, first article runs through stable production
  • Execute RFIs and RFPs, document bid events through correspondence to suppliers; conduct supplier negotiations and ongoing contract management
  • Administer multimillion-dollar contracts and independently negotiate suppliers’ contract terminology, pricing, technical requirements, scope, and terms involving responsibility, liability, indemnification, intellectual property, and export compliance

Qualifications

  • Advanced degree and 3+ years of experience in Engineering, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Contract negotiation, Material or production planning, Operations management, Material cost control, or Master production scheduling; or bachelor’s degree and 5+ years; or 9+ years of experience in these areas

Skills

Required:Sourcing strategy developmentSupplier evaluation and selectionNegotiationsMarket analysis and benchmarkingRFx management (RFI/RFP)Contract management
Nice to have:Data analysis (Excel, SQL, Power BI)
Last updated Sep 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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