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Manager, Strategic Sourcing, Terafab Construction (Starlink)

SpaceX· Starlink - Mech. And Non-Electronic Sourcing
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Bastrop, TXFull-timePosted 5d ago

About the role

Manager leading a procurement and strategic sourcing team for Terafab Construction (Starlink) with responsibilities spanning contract management, cost optimization, supplier performance, and cross-functional stakeholder collaboration for construction projects and capital purchases.

Responsibilities

  • Manage a team of 5-10 buyers who are responsible for the purchase of all goods and services necessary for the construction of Terafab, including utilities and other infrastructure projects
  • Work directly with key internal stakeholders to develop and implement a comprehensive contract management process that ensures a successful project execution cycle
  • Create sourcing strategies for assigned categories to reduce risk and meet targets for the purchasing department including, but not limited to, payment terms, cash targets, and cost savings
  • 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
  • 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 SLAs and 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 supplier's performance meets contract obligations
  • Understand interrelationships between contracts and terms while applying creative solutions
  • 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 number of transactions and for assigned categories

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of experience working in one or more of the following: Engineering; Purchasing; Contract negotiation; Material or production planning; Operations or supply chain management; Master production scheduling; Construction, facilities, or industrial plant management

Skills

Required:Team leadershipContract negotiationCost optimizationStakeholder managementData analysis

Benefits

  • (Not explicitly listed in the provided description)
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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