Global Supply Manager, Indirect Sourcing (Starlink)

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal ofenabling human life on Mars.

GLOBAL SUPPLY MANAGER, INDIRECT SOURCING (STARLINK)

Starlink is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Global Supply Manager to lead the Indirect Procurement Team. In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing strategic sourcing, supplier management, and procurement operations across several indirect spend categories including Capital Equipment, Services, Maintenance Repair & Operations (MRO), and Fabrication. A successful candidate will drive cost efficiency, supplier performance, and process improvement efforts in support of Starlink’s mission to provide high speed internet access to underserved areas of the world.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Analyze supplier spending and capacity to facilitate and support overall supplier negotiation and engagement strategies
• Participate, support, and execute long-term agreements with strategic suppliers
• Lead supplier quality, development, and performance teams to execute the strategic procurement vision
• Be the "go to” resource for engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and new product introduction teams when determining best value suppliers, NPI sourcing plans, make vs. buy, should cost, buy complete strategies, and lead times, etc.
• Build cross-functional teams and champion continuous improvement initiatives for cost, quality, and delivery
• Drive design for manufacturability reviews with support from supplier quality and engineering
• Champion value add and value engineering projects to improve part quality and reduce cost
• Proactively update SpaceX management and engineering teams on all critical supply issues
• Develop and maintain strong supplier relationships
• Visit supplier's facilities and accurately assess technical capability, equipment, and capacity
• Execute MRP planning messages for production parts.
• Resolve purchase order discrepancies and invoice issues
• Analyze procurement data and report metrics
• Interpret the conditions and terms of contracts including fiscal and legal implications and advise management on all significant procedures and regulations affecting the contract
• Ensure compliance with all company policies and procedures and government regulations
• Act as liaison with external and internal customers on all matters affecting contractual agreements
• Perform advanced quantitative and business process analyses to identify financial impacts of decisions, cost improvement and performance for assigned categories
• Create sourcing strategies for assigned categories to reduce risk and meet targets for the purchasing department including, but not limited to,