Sr. Supply Chain Planner (Launch Vehicle Electronic Systems)

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.

SR. SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNER (LAUNCH VEHICLE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS)

SpaceX supply chain will play a key role in enabling SpaceX to meet ambitious growth targets and greatly contribute in making us a multi-planetary species. This is a high-profile, cross functional position that plays an integral role in enabling production flow and supporting launch manifest and key developmental goals. Working in close coordination with engineering and manufacturing departments, supply chain planners execute effective creative and smart supply chain strategies to achieve production goals. The functions within the supply chain management include material requirements planning, delivery management, dock-to-stock coordination, and inventory management. With integration taking place in-house, supply chain planners are able to see their assemblies come to life every day!

• 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 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

• 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