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Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.\nGLOBAL SUPPLY MANAGER, RAW MATERIALS (RAPTOR)\nSpaceX demands a new type of supply chain. We require our suppliers to provide premium quality with rapidly evolving designs at increasingly ambitious volumes, rates and costs. We are actively looking for candidates who possess comprehensive experience with negotiating strategic relationships with manufacturing vendors and driving cost out and have unrelenting motivation to enable suppliers for success. This position will support our all programs at SpaceX including Falcon, Dragon, Raptor, Starship, and Starlink and requires a combination of proven leadership, creativity, and persistence.\nThis is a technical position that requires practical experience in vendor development and new product development through to stabilized, high volume production for metallic raw material in many different alloys including Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Nickel, Titanium, and Copper that comes in forms including plate, sheet, coil, round bars, extrusions, and wires. The ideal candidate will have a broad understanding of the manufacturing of raw material, the supply land scape, and market.\nRESPONSIBILITIES:\nManage the supply base supporting critical raw material commodity for flight and development programs with an emphasis on building and maintaining a relationship with raw material mills and distributors world wide\nWork in a cross functional team environment as a strong team player and demonstrate ability to work with both internal and external groups to achieve team and company-wide goals \nLeverage demand forecasts and upcoming design releases to ensure the supply base has ample manufacturing capacity and quality yield to enable aggressive ramp up of vehicle production\nProvide guidance to internal procurement staff and engineering customers on design for manufacturability, supply chain optimization, and cost reduction strategies raw material commodities\nCollaborate with engineering on design reviews, suppliers on scorecard/roadmaps, engineering vehicle leads on schedule and supplier engineering on quality requirements\nVisit supplier’s facilities and accurately assess technical capability, equipment, and capacity for rapid deployment of new product development and long term production to implement a successful E2E product life cycle management strategy and process\nMonitor and manage costs to ensure adherence to project-specific budgets, forecasts and maintain cost of Bill of Materials. Ability to develop should-cost models for competitive cost analysis\nDeliver best in class TCO (Total Cost Ownership)\nInstall and optimize manufacturing capacity to assure COS (Continuity of Supply)\nDrive suppliers continuous process improvement to enhance efficiency and implement cost-saving programs with suppliers\nAdminister moderate to large contracts and independently negotiate with supplier’s contract terminology, pricing, technical requirements, scope and terms involving responsibility, liability, indemnification, intellectual property and export compliance\nPrepare, issue, and analyze RFx packages for one-time and ongoing project requirements\nIssue purchase orders for SpaceX programs\nEnsure compliance with all company policies, procedures and government regulations \nBASIC QUALIFICATIONS:\nAdvanced 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:\nEngineering\nPurchasing\nContract negotiation\nMaterial or production planning\nOperations or supply chain management\nMaterial cost control\nMaster production scheduling\nPREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:\nExperience in sourcing from a global supply base with raw material mills and distributors\nExperience reading drawings, geometric dimensioning and tolerance, preliminary design reviews, and quality documents\nStrong organizational and problem-solving skills with ability to prioritize between many programs and priorities effectively\nPrior experience managing large value contracts/LTA’s with a global supply base\nProven track record of managing a high volume of tactical purchase orders while setting and managing a strategy for your responsible commodities\nExperience in identifying and executing an optimized supply chain, including raw material, machining, material processing, inspection and logistics\nTechnical procurement, New Product Introduction and production procurement, manufacturing, or design/development experience\nExceptional written, verbal and presentation communication skills\nAbility to learn quickly and prioritize appropriately to meet customer and company needs\nExcellent customer service skills\nMust be detail-oriented, self-motivated and able to respond quickly to a fast-moving and ever-changing environment\nConducts all activities with the highest of integrity\nADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:\nMust be able to travel - up to 50% work week travel may be required, including international travel\nMust be able to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed to meet major milestones\nThis position is based in Hawthorne, CA and requires being onsite - remote work not considered\nCOMPENSATION AND BENEFITS: \nPay Range: \nGlobal Supply Manager: $135,000.00 - $185,000.00/per year \nYour 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.\nBase 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 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. 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