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
Plan, lead, improve, and execute against pre-established sourcing strategies: with metrics tracking and results from end-to-end perspective for business and production success
Maintain accurate configuration of assemblies (BOMs). Ensure accurate lead: times, and inventory levels (including spares) to mitigate risk of production piece part shortages
Facilitate technical discussions, make vs buy decisions, launch new product: introductions, and conduct should-cost modeling to ensure optimal purchase order issuance and execution
Execute risk management analysis which take into consideration past: performance data, demand vs supply, and lead time stack-ups from piece part to launch vehicle integration
Optimize logistics, manufacturing, quality, ordering/redistribution policies,: and refurbishment/reusability planning and buying for the parts that you own
Support supplier facilities visits to identify and leverage equipment and: expertise with an emphasis on meeting cost, quality, and delivery goals with strategic suppliers
What they're looking for
- Lead commercial and quality Initiatives, and spearhead initiatives to improve: performance with teams that execute the strategic sourcing vision of the supply chain team
- Be the “go to” resource for engineering, supply chain, production, and build: reliability stakeholders to determine the best value sourcing, NPI sourcing plans, turn-key or buy complete strategies, logistics and lead time optimizations, etc.
- Build cross functional teams and champion continuous improvement initiatives: to meet or exceed cost, quality, and delivery goals
- Proactively status and update SpaceX management and engineering teams on all critical supply issues
