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
Manage the supply base supporting critical raw material commodity for flight: and development programs with an emphasis on building and maintaining a relationship with raw material mills and distributors world wide
Work in a cross functional team environment as a strong team player and: demonstrate ability to work with both internal and external groups to achieve team and company-wide goals
Leverage demand forecasts and upcoming design releases to ensure the supply: base has ample manufacturing capacity and quality yield to enable aggressive ramp up of vehicle production
Provide guidance to internal procurement staff and engineering customers on: design for manufacturability, supply chain optimization, and cost reduction strategies raw material commodities
Collaborate with engineering on design reviews, suppliers on: scorecard/roadmaps, engineering vehicle leads on schedule and supplier engineering on quality requirements
Visit supplier’s facilities and accurately assess technical capability,: equipment, and capacity for rapid deployment of new product development and long term production to implement a successful E2E product life cycle management strategy and process
What they're looking for
- Monitor and manage costs to ensure adherence to project-specific budgets,: forecasts and maintain cost of Bill of Materials. Ability to develop should-cost models for competitive cost analysis
- Deliver best in class TCO (Total Cost Ownership)
- Install and optimize manufacturing capacity to assure COS (Continuity of Supply)
- Drive suppliers continuous process improvement to enhance efficiency and: implement cost-saving programs with suppliers
