Global Supply Manager, Construction (Starbase)

Global Supply Manager, Construction (Starbase)

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.

Global Supply Manager, Construction (Starbase)

We are a progressive procurement organization pushing the boundaries of traditional procurement reputation and methodologies. We are looking for individuals who can think outside the box to achieve company objectives regarding value and partnerships with our suppliers. Our organization moves quickly, and you must too. SpaceX has the unique ability and desire to influence and shape suppliers to be better with us as we challenge our supply chain on cost, quality and delivery. This individual will support capital purchases and construction projects for the construction and facilities organizations.

Responsibilities :

• Work directly with key internal stakeholders to develop and implement a comprehensive contract management process that ensure 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.
• Communicate, manage, and drive compliance to category strategies.
• 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 performance of the supplier to contract obligations.
• Understand interrelationships between contracts and terms while applying creativity and sound business reasoning to interpret application of contract to business needs.
• 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.

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SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin / ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

Applicants wishing to view a copy of SpaceX's Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application / interview process should reach out to EEOCompliance@spacex.com.