Avionics Commodity Lead – Spaceflight Supply Strategy

Blue Origin; Merritt Island (FL); On-site; USD 134,000 - 188,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

401(k) with company match

Education support

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a seasoned Commodity Manager to own avionics procurement across spaceflight programs. You will define sourcing strategies, lead RFx activities, negotiate long-term agreements, and ensure a resilient, cost-effective supply base.

This role requires 8+ years in aerospace supply chain, a relevant degree, travel up to 50%, and strong cross-functional collaboration to align programs with supplier performance and business goals.

Qualifications

• 8+ years minimum experience managing commodities in aerospace R&D and manufacturing environments.
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related field
• Extensive technical knowledge of assigned commodity’s manufacturing processes
• Travel 25% - 50% of time to remote sites
• Experience in sourcing for both development and production
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams, and independently
• Strong communication skills and ability to manage multiple tasks and projects
• Exceptional organizational and analytical skills, and a proven ability to drive complex projects with minimal oversight

Responsibilities

• Provides strategic leadership in the evaluation, sourcing, and development of the supply base to support the development and production of space vehicles specifically in the avionics commodity (PCBA, CM Management, EEE)
• Ensures supply base can deliver to commercial scope of component procurements and fulfill on time at the lowest lifecycle cost to support program requirements
• Responsible for conducting capability and capacity assessments
• Responsible for conducting RFx activities for strategic procurements
• Responsible for Negotiating Long-Term Agreements
• Develop and manage commodity metrics / reporting including but not limited to updates on the state of the industry, supplier rating, supplier segmentation (grow, maintain, exit) to support periodic supplier business reviews to internal stakeholders
• Participates in the use and improvement of databases that guide sourcing activity and capture supplier status, history, criticality, operational performance, and known issues
• Works with program stakeholders to identify long lead procurement requirements and gaps in supply base capabilities
• Evaluates suitability and stability of current and potential suppliers with regard to financial health, staffing, quality, throughput, technical capability, and reputation.
• Leads suppliers through structural business changes required to fulfill Blue’s lifelong program demand
• Identifies opportunities to leverage existing supplier relationships, segment/ rationalize/consolidate the supply base, maintain alternate supplier options, and support long term supplier relationships
• Supports development, deployment and maturation of supplier recognition program
• Identifies candidate suppliers for M&A activity and supports process with M&A team
• Relentlessly gathers intelligence on the health of strategic suppliers’ business and informs Sr. Leadership of long-term risk and proposed countermeasures
• Team with supply chain engineering, procurement and supplier quality engineering to conduct site surveys and business evaluations of existing and potential suppliers, serves as a point of escalation and resolution of corrective actions with suppliers

Skills

Supplier management

Cross-functional collaboration

Negotiation

RFx processes

Strategic sourcing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a seasoned Commodity Manager to own avionics procurement across spaceflight programs. You will define sourcing strategies, lead RFx activities, negotiate long-term agreements, and ensure a resilient, cost-effective supply base.

This role requires 8+ years in aerospace supply chain, a relevant degree, travel up to 50%, and strong cross-functional collaboration to align programs with supplier performance and business goals.