Sourcing Manager, Machining & Fabricated Parts (Starship)

SpaceX
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Procurement & SourcingEducation: mastersSkills: ["SQL","PowerBI","MS Office"]

As a Sourcing Manager for Starship, you will own sourcing strategies for machining and fabricated parts, manage suppliers, and drive cost savings while ensuring quality, speed, and capacity to scale SpaceX Starship production. You’ll develop KPI-driven programs, partner with engineering and operations, and lead negotiations and contracts to reduce risk and optimize spend across categories.

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3 months ago

Sourcing Manager, Machining & Fabricated Parts (Starship)

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Job Summary

As a Sourcing Manager for Starship, you will own sourcing strategies for machining and fabricated parts, manage suppliers, and drive cost savings while ensuring quality, speed, and capacity to scale SpaceX Starship production. You’ll develop KPI-driven programs, partner with engineering and operations, and lead negotiations and contracts to reduce risk and optimize spend across categories.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Procurement & Sourcing

Key Responsibilities

  • •Create sourcing strategies for assigned categories to reduce risk and meet targets for the supply chain department including, but not limited to, payment terms, cash targets, and cost savings
  • •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
  • •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
Travel: Extensive travel

Key Requirements

  • •Advanced degree and 3+ years of experience in Engineering, Purchasing, Contract negotiation, Material or production planning, Operations or supply chain management, Material cost control, or Master production scheduling; OR Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience in one or more of these areas
  • •Strong ability to read drawings and blueprints, with understanding of manufacturing complexity
  • •Experience with technical procurement, manufacturing, or designing production components
  • •Experience scaling new products into rate production, optimizing for quality, delivery, and cost
  • •Proven track record of leadership and team building
Education:Master's
Skills:SQLPowerBIMS Office
Languages:English
Tech Stack:SQLPowerBIMS Office

Company Brief

SpaceX
Designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft for commercial and government customers, aiming to reduce space transportation costs and enable human life on Mars through reusable launch vehicles and integrated space systems.
Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Hawthorne, United States
Founded: 2002
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