Strategic Space Supplier Manager | Equity & Flexible PTO

Loftorbital; Toulouse; Hybride; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Equity

35 days PTO

Health and life insurance

Lunch vouchers

Cross‑office travel

Off‑sites and events

Relocation assistance to Toulouse

Résumé du poste

Loftorbital is seeking a Supplier Program Manager to drive subcontract management for spacecraft programs from Toulouse or elsewhere. You will evaluate, negotiate and close subcontracts with strategic suppliers and oversee the full contract lifecycle across international teams.

In this senior role, you will manage changes, ensure compliance with export controls and quality requirements, and monitor performance against schedule and cost targets. French language is a plus; English is essential.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of proven experience in subcontract management in spacecraft, aerospace or complex technical programs.
• Experience with procurement of multi‑million contracts.
• Hands‑on experience with contract lifecycle management: drafting, negotiating, executing SoW, MSA or milestone‑based contracts.
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills; able to track multiple active contracts simultaneously.
• Strong negotiation, communication and stakeholder management skills – comfortable interfacing with both engineering teams and management.

Responsabilités

• Participate in evaluation, negotiation and closure of critical sub‑contracts with Loft's strategic suppliers across the space segment, launch, and ground & data services.
• Manage contract changes (waivers/deviations, addenda, exercised options) and change control throughout the full contract lifecycle.
• Maintain comprehensive and auditable records compliant with company, contractual and export control requirements.
• Review contracts to ensure they reflect applicable technical, quality, and regulatory requirements; flag non‑conformances to Engineering and Legal.
• Monitor and report subcontractor performance against schedule, cost and quality targets; feed results into the team supplier performance framework (≥90% on‑time delivery KPI).
• Identify, assess and mitigate supply chain risks; escalate issues when appropriate to the Director of Strategic Suppliers and relevant program stakeholders.
• Develop strong relationships both internally (Program Execution, Engineering, Legal/Contracts, Finance) and externally (vendors) to facilitate communication and alignment throughout contract execution.
• Maintain a working understanding of the technical baseline and actively assess supplier design maturity throughout development.
• Coordinate deliverables, acceptance milestones and ensure suppliers are integrated into the program Integrated Master Schedule, risk reviews, MRs and milestone gate readiness.
• Support Business Development with supplier inputs for proposals and pricing; contribute to the long‑term Approved Vendor List strategy.

Connaissances

Fluent English

Negotiation

Communication

Stakeholder management

French language

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain Management or a related field

Outils

Jira

Confluence

NetSuite

Description du poste

Loftorbital is seeking a Supplier Program Manager to drive subcontract management for spacecraft programs from Toulouse or elsewhere. You will evaluate, negotiate and close subcontracts with strategic suppliers and oversee the full contract lifecycle across international teams.

In this senior role, you will manage changes, ensure compliance with export controls and quality requirements, and monitor performance against schedule and cost targets. French language is a plus; English is essential.