Supply Analysis Engineer

PLD Space; Elche; Presencial; EUR 48.000 - 64.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

50% discount on health insurance

Health insurance for family

Healthy snacks and fruit

23 days paid vacation

Descripción de la vacante

PLD Space in Elche, Spain is seeking a proactive Planning & Purchasing Coordinator to align Engineering, Purchasing and Supply Chain activities. You will translate engineering needs into procurement actions, monitor budgets and orders, and ensure on-time deliveries across Finance, Program, Warehouse and Engineering teams.

Fluency in English and Spanish, plus strong Excel and ERP experience, are required. This role offers an opportunity to contribute to space programs in a dynamic, international

Formación

• University degree in engineering or similar field.
• Proven experience in supply chain coordination, purchasing, cost control, planning, or similar roles.
• Strong organizational and multi-stakeholder management skills.
• Analytical mindset with numerical and planning abilities.
• Fluent English and Spanish communication.

Responsabilidades

• Coordinate planning needs between Engineering, Purchasing and Supply Chain.
• Translate technical and program requirements into purchasing actions.
• Monitor budgets, purchase orders, and deliveries; identify deviations and opportunities.
• Analyze cost elements and maintain dashboards/KPIs for cost, ordering and delivery performance.
• Contribute to risk analysis and continuous improvement of purchasing workflows.

Conocimientos

Engineering coordination

Supply chain management

Cost control

Planning & scheduling

Data analysis

Excel

English

Spanish

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Herramientas

Odoo

SAP

Descripción del empleo

PLD Space is an international company on a mission to transport satellites into space, vertically integrating the engineering, testing, manufacturing, and operations of its reusable and sustainable rockets. Headquartered in Elche (Spain) and founded in 2011 by Raúl Torres and Raúl Verdú, PLD Space has established itself as a global benchmark in the small satellite launch sector. Its family of MIURA launchers and LINCE crewed capsule position the company as a leader in European technological sovereignty for space transportation, covering the full spectrum of space missions.

PLD Space operates over 188,000 m² of facilities in Elche, Teruel (Spain), Kourou (French Guiana), and Duqm (Oman), enabling the company to provide comprehensive satellite and payload launch services into space.

Teamwork, courage, determination and ambition enable PLD Space to guarantee an autonomous, independent satellite space access capability, based on reliability at a globally competitive price. The company is able to offer best-in-class launch services to commercial satellite operators, institutions, space agencies and national and international governmental entities

Mission

As part of a small, passionate, and accomplished team, you will play a key role in coordinating planning needs between Engineering, Purchasing, and Supply Chain, ensuring cost control, budget visibility, and efficient execution of purchasing activities.

You will act as a primary interface for internal clients—mainly Engineering departments—collecting and anticipating their needs, proactively supporting purchase planning and optimization, and ensuring clear visibility of budgets, orders, and deliveries across Finance, Program, Warehouse, and Engineering teams.

This role is ideal for an organized, proactive professional with an engineering background, capable of speaking the same technical language as engineers while ensuring strong financial and supply chain discipline within complex space programs.

Responsibilities

Planning & Internal Coordination

• Act as the main point of contact for internal clients (Engineering teams), collecting, consolidating, and anticipating their procurement and planning needs.
• Participate in Engineering planning activities, translating technical and program requirements into purchasing and supply chain actions.
• Serve as a key interface between Engineering, Purchasing, Finance, Program, and Warehouse, ensuring alignment and smooth information flow.

Budget, Cost & Order Management

• Support the monitoring and control of budgets, purchase orders, and deliveries, identify deviations, risks, and optimization opportunities proactively.
• Coordinate closely with Finance to update and maintain the Estimate at Completion (EAC), ensuring consistency between committed, forecasted, and actual costs.
• Provide clear and structured visibility on the status of budgets, orders, and deliveries to all relevant stakeholders.

Supply Chain & Data Analysis

• Track and analyze all cost elements impacting the Supply Chain, including materials, long lead time items, and subcontracted services for space programs.
• Maintain and continuously improve dashboards and KPIs related to cost, ordering, and delivery performance, ensuring data accuracy and reliability.
• Perform purchasing, planning, and cost data analyses to support decision making by Purchasing Management and Controlling.

Risk & Process Improvement

• Support risk analysis activities, including the monitoring of critical suppliers, single source situations, and make or buy scenarios.
• Ensure proper and consistent use of ERP systems (Odoo or similar) for cost tracking, commitments, and purchasing processes.
• Actively contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, optimizing purchasing workflows, planning coordination, reporting, and data management.

Reporting & Communication

• Prepare periodic reports for internal stakeholders and program reviews, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and decision-oriented content.
• Proactively communicate risks, deviations, and improvement opportunities related to budgets, planning, orders, and deliveries.

Required Competences

• University Degree in Engineering (Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic, Aeronautical or similar), enabling effective technical communication with Engineering teams.
• Proven experience in supply chain coordination, purchasing, cost control, planning, or similar roles in industrial or technical environments.
• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple stakeholders, priorities, and interfaces simultaneously.
• Analytical mindset with solid numerical, planning, and problem solving capabilities.
• Proactive attitude, with the ability to anticipate needs and drive optimization actions.
• High attention to detail and data quality.
• Fluent spoken and written English and Spanish.
• Solid knowledge of office tools, especially Excel.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams.

Desired Competences

• Experience with ERP systems such as Odoo, SAP, or similar.
• Experience acting as an interface between Engineering, Supply Chain, and Finance.
• Exposure to complex programs, long lead time supplies, or project based industrial environments.
• Experience or strong interest in aerospace, industrial, or high technology sectors.
• Physiotherapy within our facilities
• 50% discount on your health insurance
• You can sign up your family members with health insurance at a competitive price.
• Healthy snacks and lots of fruit

Find balance

• 23 days of paid vacation plus December 24th and 31st

Never stop learning

• We encourage practical learning
• We promote professional development through internal mobility and teamwork

Focus on your financial future

• Childcare flexible contributions
• Restaurant tickets
• Transport flexible contributions
• Training support

Values

We have five critical beliefs that guide the way PLD Space is shaping the future of space launch technologies.

• Teamwork.
• Commitment.
• Keep it simple.

Join us to reinvent how rockets are built!