Sr. Supply Chain Planner
Launch Vehicles
Posted on 3/15/2023
INACTIVE
SpaceX

10,001+ employees

Manufactures advanced rockets and spacecrafts for space transportation
Company Overview
SpaceX, under the leadership of Elon Musk, has consistently demonstrated its technical prowess and industry leadership by achieving milestones previously accomplished only by governments, such as returning a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit and attaching a spacecraft to the International Space Station. The company's culture is driven by a clear and ambitious goal to make life multiplanetary, fostering an environment of high performance and continuous learning. With its advanced rocket and spacecraft designs, SpaceX has a competitive edge in the space transportation industry, providing regular cargo resupply missions for NASA and working towards the future of space exploration.
Aerospace
Hardware

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$9.2B

Founded

2002

Headquarters

Hawthorne, California

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

15%

1 year growth

28%

2 year growth

33%
Locations
West Athens, CA, USA
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Desired Skills
Communications
Management
SQL
JIRA
Customer Service
Requirements
  • Advanced degree; or bachelor's degree and 2+ years of experience working in one or more of the following; or 6+ years of experience working in one or more of the following:
  • Engineering
  • Purchasing
  • Contract negotiation
  • Material or production planning
  • Operations or supply chain management
  • Material cost control
  • Master production scheduling
  • Remarkable problem-solving skills with a bias for speed and accuracy
  • Strong track record of leadership and team building skills
  • Lean or continuous improvement experience to eliminate headcount needed for daily work
  • Self-motivated, quick learner, and ability to prioritize efforts to meet customer and company goals
  • Strong technical ability to read drawings and blueprints, understanding of manufacturing processes
  • Ability to develop and maintain strong internal and external supplier relationships in a fast-moving and ever-changing environment
  • Value add engineering abilities that improve part quality, delivery, and cost
  • Exceptional analytical and organizational skills
  • Strong negotiation skills with demonstrated and tracked results compared to goals
  • Excellent customer service skills, produce exceptional work at all times, highly self-motivated
  • Effective written, verbal and presentation communication skills
  • Technical knowledge and skills in coding and computer applications, (e.g. MS Office Suite, VBA, Smartsheet, SQL, Confluence, JIRA, Power BI, etc.)
  • Detail-oriented, and able to respond quickly to a fast-moving and ever-changing environment
  • Holds self to highest ethical standards, and conducts all activities with the highest of integrity
  • Must be able to travel - up to 35% work week travel may be required, including international travel
  • Must be able to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed to meet major milestones
  • This position is based in Hawthorne, CA and requires being onsite - remote work not considered
  • To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here
Responsibilities
  • Plan, lead, improve, and execute against pre-established sourcing strategies with metrics tracking and results from end-to-end perspective for business and production success
  • Maintain accurate configuration of assemblies (BOMs)
  • Ensure accurate lead times, and inventory levels (including spares) to mitigate risk of production piece part shortages
  • Facilitate technical discussions, make vs buy decisions, launch new product introductions, and conduct should-cost modeling to ensure optimal purchase order issuance and execution
  • Execute risk management analysis which take into consideration past performance data, demand vs supply, and lead time stack-ups from piece part to launch vehicle integration
  • Optimize logistics, manufacturing, quality, ordering/redistribution policies, and refurbishment/reusability planning and buying for the parts that you own
  • Support supplier facilities visits to identify and leverage equipment and expertise with an emphasis on meeting cost, quality, and delivery goals with strategic suppliers
  • Lead commercial and quality Initiatives, and spearhead initiatives to improve performance with teams that execute the strategic sourcing vision of the supply chain team
  • Be the “go to” resource for engineering, supply chain, production, and build reliability stakeholders to determine the best value sourcing, NPI sourcing plans, turn-key or buy complete strategies, logistics and lead time optimizations, etc
  • Build cross functional teams and champion continuous improvement initiatives to meet or exceed cost, quality, and delivery goals
  • Proactively provide status and updates to SpaceX management and engineering teams on all critical supply issues
  • Conduct design for manufacturability reviews with support from supplier quality and engineering teams and strategic suppliers
  • Champion value adds value engineering projects to improve part quality and reduce cost
  • Execute to a supplier bid-list with preferred suppliers
  • Mitigate sole/single source risk and ensure continuity of supply
  • Develop and maintain strong relationships (Internal to SpaceX and external Suppliers)
  • Assess and leverage supplier technical capability, equipment, capacity, and risk in procurement
  • Place POs for MRP planning messages for production parts and via email signals, if required
  • Diagnose and resolve purchase order discrepancies and invoice issues