SpaceX

Builds rockets and runs Starlink satellite internet

Sourcing Manager - Food & Facilities

Procurement & SourcingPosted on Nov 13

Full-timeBastrop, TX, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

An advanced degree and at least 3 years of experience in engineering, purchasing, contract negotiation, operations, or supply chain management, or a bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of experience in one or more of these areas.
Experience in a purchasing or supply chain role.
Ability to use current technologies and applications, such as Microsoft Office Suite, SQL, and Power BI.
Ability to prioritize appropriately to meet internal customer and company needs.
Willingness to work extended hours and weekends when needed to meet critical deadlines.
Ability to communicate outside of work hours.
Ability to travel up to 20% of the work week.
Must meet U.S. export authorization eligibility requirements: be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or be eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Responsibilities

Create sourcing strategies for assigned categories to reduce risk and meet purchasing department targets, including payment terms, cash targets, and cost savings.
Develop and maintain internal stakeholder relationships and strategic sourcing models that optimize the value of products and services, support business unit requirements, and sustain cost-reduction programs for controllable expenditures.
Communicate category strategies, manage compliance with them, and provide solutions to difficult problems.
Partner across functions and with senior internal stakeholders and external suppliers to drive results, influence others, and facilitate change management.
Perform advanced quantitative analysis to identify financial impacts of decisions and category performance; analyze business processes and develop cost-improvement models.
Collaborate with stakeholders to define supplier service-level agreements and key performance indicators, and measure business results, cost reduction, quality, and delivery timeliness.
Analyze global supply-chain dynamics and market volatility affecting logistics providers, and develop strategies such as multi-sourcing, diversification, and performance-based clauses to balance cost and risk.
Research, benchmark, and conduct market analysis for assigned categories.
Author contract documents with the Legal Department and manage supplier performance against contract obligations; assess contract interrelationships and terms and apply sound business reasoning to business needs.
Negotiate to maximize value and cost savings while reducing risk.
Manage preferred suppliers for assigned categories; create and implement programs to develop and continuously improve suppliers, manage performance, and monitor supply-base key performance indicators.
Place purchase orders and resolve blocked invoices for assigned categories.
Perform assignments independently, with instruction limited to expected results.
Develop and lead efforts to reduce transaction volume for assigned categories.

Desired Qualifications

Experience sourcing within the food industry, preferably across food categories and hospitality services.
Experience managing facilities services, including waste, janitorial, security, office supplies, and office construction.
Strong analytical and organizational skills.
Problem-solving skills.
Effective written and verbal communication skills, including communication with personnel at all levels.
Attention to detail, self-motivation, and ability to respond quickly in a fast-moving and changing environment.
Ability to conduct all activities with integrity.

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.

SOURCING MANAGER, FOOD & FACILITIES

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 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.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategy/Sourcing: 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
Stakeholder Management: 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. Provides solutions to a wide range of difficult problems
Change Management: Successfully partner across functions and with senior internal stakeholders and external suppliers to drive results, influence others and facilitate change management across the company
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
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
Conduct research, perform benchmarking, and gather market analysis for assigned categories
Contract Management: Responsible for authoring 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: Utilize negotiations to maximize value and cost savings benefits while lowering risk
Supplier Management: Manage preferred suppliers for assigned category. Create and implement related management programs to develop, continuously improve, manage the performance of, and monitor KPIs of the supply base
Tactical Purchasing - Place purchase orders and resolve blocked invoices related to assigned categories
Performs assignments independently with instruction limited to the results expected
Efficiency: Develop and lead efforts to reduce the number of transactions for assigned categories

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Advanced degree and 3+ years of experience working in one or more of the following; or bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience working in one or more of the following:

Engineering
Purchasing
Contract negotiation
Operations or supply chain management

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

Experience in a purchasing or supply chain role
Experience sourcing within the food industry, preferably supporting in various food categories and hospitality services
Experience with managing facilities services – waste, janitorial, security, office supplies, office construction
Technical skills in current technologies and applications (e.g. MS Office Suite, SQL, PowerBI)
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 a strong ability to communicate with all levels of internal personnel
Detail-oriented, self-motivated, and able to respond quickly to a fast-moving and ever-changing environment
Ability to conduct all activities with the highest integrity

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Willingness to work extended hours and weekends when needed to meet critical deadlines
Ability to communicate outside of work hours
Must be able to travel - up to 20% work week travel may be required
This position is based in Bastrop, TX, and requires being onsite full-time – hybrid and remote work will not be considered

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].

About the Company

SpaceX

Builds rockets and runs Starlink satellite internet

SpaceX builds and launches reusable rockets and spacecraft for NASA, the military, and companies, and it runs Starlink, a satellite internet service for homes and businesses. In 2020, its Dragon capsule became the first privately built spacecraft to carry astronauts to the International Space Station. Its Falcon 9 rocket lands its first stage so the booster can fly again, which cuts launch costs, while Starlink beams internet from low-orbit satellites to small dishes for a monthly fee. SpaceX also owns xAI, maker of the Grok chatbot and owner of the social network X, and is building Starship, a fully reusable rocket meant to carry people to the Moon and Mars. Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002, and it is based in Starbase, Texas.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Starbase, Texas
Founded: 2002

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