Supply Chain Planning Manager, Electronics (Falcon)

$110,000 - $145,000/Yr

SpaceX - Hawthorne, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Onsite - Hawthorne, CA

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The Supply Chain Planning Manager for Electronics at SpaceX plays a crucial role in enabling production flow and supporting launch manifest and key developmental goals. This high-profile, cross-functional position involves close coordination with engineering and manufacturing departments to execute effective supply chain strategies that meet ambitious growth targets. The role encompasses material requirements planning, delivery management, dock-to-stock coordination, and inventory management, ensuring that assemblies come to life every day.

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 takes 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 status and update 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

Requirements

• Advanced degree and 3+ years of experience in engineering, purchasing, contract negotiation, material or production planning, operations or supply chain management, or material cost control; or a bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience in the same fields; or 9+ years of experience in one or more of the mentioned areas.

Nice-to-haves

• Remarkable problem-solving skills with a bias for speed and accuracy
• Strong track record of leadership and team building skills
• 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
• 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

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid holidays
• Paid parental leave