Construction Sourcing Lead: Cost Optimization & Contracts

Future Ventures; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Sourcing Specialist, Construction to support procurement for the Starship program. The role focuses on developing contract management processes, strategic sourcing, and supplier performance optimization onsite at Cape Canaveral, FL.

You will work with internal stakeholders to reduce costs and drive value across assigned categories. The ideal candidate has construction procurement experience, strong cost analytics, excellent negotiation skills, and the ability to operate in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Experience in construction procurement or sourcing for large projects preferred.
• Strong cost analysis and budgeting skills.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with key internal stakeholders to develop and implement a comprehensive contract management process that ensures a successful project execution cycle
• Create sourcing strategies for assigned categories to reduce risk and meet targets for the purchasing department, including, but not limited to, payment terms, cash targets, and cost savings
• Develop and maintain key internal stakeholder relationships to create strategic sourcing models that optimize the value of products and services that support business unit requirements to maintain continuous cost reduction programs for controllable expenditures
• Communicate, manage, and drive compliance to category strategies
• Identify and execute cost reduction projects, including planning, coordinating with stakeholders, estimating completion, and project updates
• Perform advanced quantitative and business process analyses to identify financial impacts of decisions, cost improvement, and performance for assigned categories
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define SLAs and KPIs for suppliers and measure the appropriate criteria, such as: delivery of business results, cost reduction, quality and timeliness of delivery
• Conduct research, perform benchmarking, and gather market analysis for assigned categories
• Create contract documents in collaboration with the legal department
• Manage contracts to ensure the performance of the supplier to contract obligations
• Understand interrelationships between contracts and terms while applying creativity and sound business reasoning to interpret application of contract to business needs
• Maximize value and cost savings benefits while lowering risk through strategic negotiations
• Identify and drive year over year cost optimization through reducing usage and eliminating waste within our operations
• Establish preferred suppliers for assigned categories
• Optimize procurement processes from PO to pay to ensure we are as efficient as possible in our allocation of time and resources to achieve the best possible outcomes for the business in the shortest amount of time
• Create and implement management programs to develop, continuously improve, manage the performance of, and monitor KPIs of the supply base
• Place purchase orders and resolve blocked invoices related to assigned categories
• Develop and lead efforts to reduce number of transactions and for assigned categories

Skills

Construction project management

Purchasing/procurement experience

Industrial engineering

Cost analytics

Project management

Contract negotiations

Problem solving

Fast learner

Customer service

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Technical knowledge: MS Office, SQL, 6

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

MS Office Suite

SQL

PowerBI

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Sourcing Specialist, Construction to support procurement for the Starship program. The role focuses on developing contract management processes, strategic sourcing, and supplier performance optimization onsite at Cape Canaveral, FL.

You will work with internal stakeholders to reduce costs and drive value across assigned categories. The ideal candidate has construction procurement experience, strong cost analytics, excellent negotiation skills, and the ability to operate in a