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, INDIRECT
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 indirect supplier management and SG&A spend reduction initiatives. The purchasing team has aggressive objectives for 2026 that will positively impact our product and bottom line. We are looking for the right person who is equipped and ready for these challenges to join our team.
This role will work closely with SpaceX’s Logistics organization to control costs, mitigate risks, and improve customer experience by maturing cost- and risk-focused strategies with international and domestic parcel couriers, international freight forwarders, domestic freight brokers, warehousing providers, and customs brokers.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Project Management: Responsible for identifying and executing projects to completion including planning, coordinating with stakeholders, and communicating project updates.
- Risk Management: Analyze global supply chain dynamics and market volatility impacting logistics providers; develop procurement strategies like multi-sourcing, diversification, and performance-based clauses to balance cost and risk.
- Contract Management: Responsible for assisting in the authoring of contract documents with the Legal Department. Management of contracts ensuring performance of the supplier to contract obligations. Understand interrelationships between contracts and terms while applying creativity and sound business reasoning to interpret the application of contracts to business needs.
- Negotiations: Negotiate to maximize value and cost savings benefit while lowering risk.
- Supplier Management: Manage preferred supplier relationships for assigned category. Identify areas of need within SpaceX and develop improvement plans with suppliers to meet those needs. Collaborate with Logistics on selection of new suppliers. Create and implement management programs to develop, continuously improve, manage the performance of, and monitor (KPIs) key performance indicators of the supply base that include, but are not limited to on-time delivery, payment terms, cash targets, and cost savings.
- Stakeholder Management: Cultivate partnerships with internal stakeholders (e.g., Logistics, Finance) through clear communication and data-driven insights; advocate for category procurement strategies to ensure alignment and execution on spend initiatives.
- Analysis: Responsible for advanced quantitative analysis to identify financial impacts of decisions and performance for category managed. Perform business process analysis and develop models to improve cost. 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.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- Advanced degree and 4+ years of experience working in one or more of the following; or bachelor’s degree and 6+ years of experience working in one or more of the following; or 10+ years of experience working in one or more of the following:
- Purchasing
- Contract negotiation
- Material or production planning
- Operations or supply chain management
- Material cost control
- Master production scheduling
- 1+ years of experience with SQL and data visualization tools (e.g. Tableau, Power BI, Looker)
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, or a science discipline
- Deep understanding of transportation processes for inbound freight from the port to manufacturing and/or warehouse facilities, air and sea freight
- Experience with carrier cost models, including parcel couriers, freight forwarders, and freight brokers
- Experience with the use/implementation of logistics technology tools including Advance Shipment Notice (ASN) and Transportation Management Systems (TMS)
- Experience with one or more of the following: Python, data mining, data structure, programming
- Exceptional analytical and organizational skills
- Remarkable problem-solving skills
- Ability to prioritize appropriately to meet internal customer and company needs
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, with strong emotional intelligence and the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of internal personnel
- Detail-oriented, self-motivated, and able to respond quickly to a fast-moving and ever-changing environment
- Conducts all activities with the highest integrity
- Ability to prioritize appropriately to meet internal customer and company needs
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Willingness to work extended hours and weekends when needed to meet critical deadlines
- This position is based in Hawthorne, CA (Los Angeles area), and requires being onsite full-time – hybrid and remote work will not be considered
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:
Pay range:
Global Supply Manager: $130,000.00 - $180,000.00/per year
Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.
Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual, carryover, and use requirements of the law.
ITAR REQUIREMENTS:
- To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
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 [email protected].
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SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk to revolutionize space transportation, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary. SpaceX has gained worldwide attention for a series of historic milestones. It is the only private company ever to return a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit, which it first accomplished in December 2010. The company made history again in May 2012 when its Dragon spacecraft attached to the International Space Station, exchanged cargo payloads, and returned safely to Earth — a technically challenging feat previously accomplished only by governments. Since then Dragon has delivered cargo to and from the space station multiple times, providing regular cargo resupply missions for NASA.
