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Sourcing Manager, CapEx (Starlink)

SpaceX· Starlink - Mech. And Non-Electronic Sourcing
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Bastrop, TXFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Sourcing Manager for CapEx supporting Starlink programs, focused on capital purchases and production consumables, cost management, supplier relationships, and cross-functional collaboration to optimize total cost of ownership and delivery.

Responsibilities

  • 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
  • Build and own overall project budgets, compile funding requests, and generate capitalization plan based on project timeline focusing on Total Cost of Ownership (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
  • Track and report projected and actual spend, assess budgetary risk, and provide clear budgetary analysis to enable timely management team decision making
  • 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
  • Source and onboard new suppliers to serve dynamic program with rapidly evolving business needs
  • Work with supply base to ensure support from vendors regarding setup, installation, repairs and maintenance
  • Execute purchase orders and manage escalation process for “purchase to pay” 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 in lieu of a degree: Engineering; Purchasing; Contract negotiation; Material or production planning; Operations or supply chain management; Material cost control; Master production scheduling

Skills

Required:Capital expenditure purchasingNegotiation
Nice to have:Project management

Benefits

  • (not specified in the description)
Last updated Sep 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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