Global Gas Turbine Procurement Leader

SpaceX; Starbase (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX seeks a Global Supply Manager (Gas Turbine Power Sourcing) to lead strategic procurement for turbine packages, gas turbine components, BOP equipment and related systems. You will create sourcing strategies, manage supplier risk, drive cost savings, and negotiate contracts while collaborating with engineering, legal and operations to meet aggressive launch timelines.

The role emphasizes performance management, KPI development, and TCO analysis, with an emphasis on long-term continuity of

Qualifications

• Advanced degree with 4+ years in relevant field or 10+ years in related roles.
• Experience in engineering, purchasing, contract negotiation, and supply chain management.
• Experience with gas turbines, turbine generator packages, BOP equipment, SCR systems.
• Familiarity with LTSA, O&M, and service agreements.

Responsibilities

• 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
• Present confidently to decision makers on launch critical response events
• 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 Service Level Agreements 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
• 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

Strategic sourcing

Contract negotiation

Stakeholder management

Cost reduction

KPI / SLA management

TCO analysis

Supplier relationship management

Project management

Education

Advanced degree or Bachelor's degree

Job description

SpaceX seeks a Global Supply Manager (Gas Turbine Power Sourcing) to lead strategic procurement for turbine packages, gas turbine components, BOP equipment and related systems. You will create sourcing strategies, manage supplier risk, drive cost savings, and negotiate contracts while collaborating with engineering, legal and operations to meet aggressive launch timelines.

The role emphasizes performance management, KPI development, and TCO analysis, with an emphasis on long-term continuity of