SpaceX Sourcing Specialist at SpaceX supporting construction projects for the Starship Program by developing sourcing strategies and managing contracts. Drive cost savings, supplier performance, and procurement process optimization.
Responsibilities
Work directly with key internal stakeholders to develop and implement a comprehensive contract management process that ensures 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
Qualification
Contract negotiationMaterial or production planningOperations managementMaterial cost controlMaster production schedulingExperience in industrial engineering
Required
Bachelor’s degree and 1+ years of experience working in one or more of the following; or 4+ years of experience working in one or more of the following:
Contract negotiation
Material or production planning
Operations management
Material cost control
Master production scheduling
Preferred
Construction project management experience and/or construction cost estimate experience
Familiarity or experience in purchasing or similar procurement related experience
Experience in industrial engineering, construction management, and/or facilities management
Strong budget tracking and cost analytical skills
Strong project management and organizational skills
Experience managing large scale industrial and commercial construction projects
Strong contract negotiation and document management skills
Remarkable problem-solving skills with a bias for speed
