The opportunity
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 of enabling human life on Mars.
What you'll do
Develop and manage the supply base to support sourcing for the solar and: battery space, supplementing the Starlink user terminals and ground stations
Provide weekly team status reporting, escalate to management when necessary
Train and mentor, working to ensure that the team is continuously improving
Work directly with key suppliers to develop and implement sourcing and cost: management strategies that support existing platforms and new product development
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
What they're looking for
- Utilize negotiations to maximize value, cost savings and priority in terms of: delivery for SpaceX while lowering risk; manage costs to ensure alignment with program budgets
- Build and own overall project budgets, compile funding requests, and generate: capitalization plan based on project timeline focusing on 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