Lead, Fulfillment Purchasing

SpaceX; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Long-term incentives (stock)

Medical, vision, dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking a Lead, Fulfillment Purchasing to lead a team of fulfillment buyers and drive cost, quality, and delivery improvements. You will perform advanced workload analysis, define supplier KPIs, and manage sourcing, negotiations, and escalations to support SpaceX’s aggressive 2026 objectives.

The role emphasizes change management, cross-functional collaboration, and on-time PO processing while ensuring vendor payments and issue resolution are handled efficiently.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 3+ years of purchasing experience.
• Experience in a purchasing or supply chain role.
• Strong problem solving with speed.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Analytical and highly organized.

Responsibilities

• Lead fulfillment buyers team: training, development, hiring, timecards.
• Perform advanced quantitative workload analysis and planning.
• Define SLAs/KPIs for suppliers and monitor results.
• Manage department escalations with internal customers.
• Lead sourcing, negotiation and supplier relationships for spend categories.
• Drive cross-functional change and influence across the company.
• Issue and acknowledge purchase orders; monitor deliveries.
• Resolve invoice issues and ensure timely vendor payment.
• Coordinate with Accounts Payable, Shipping, and related teams.

Skills

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

SQL

PowerBI

MS Office Suite

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SQL

PowerBI

MS Office Suite

Job description

LEAD, FULFILLMENT PURCHASING

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

We are a progressive procurement organization pushing the boundaries of traditional procurement reputation and methodologies. We are looking for individuals who can think outside the box to achieve company objectives regarding value and partnerships with our suppliers. Our organization moves quickly, and you must too. SpaceX has the unique ability and desire to influence and shape suppliers to be better with us as we challenge our supply chain on cost, quality, and delivery. This individual will support indirect supplier management and SG&A spend reduction initiatives. The purchasing team has aggressive objectives for 2026 that positively impact our product and bottom line. We are looking for the right person who is equipped and ready for these challenges to join our team.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of fulfillment buyers, responsible for personnel training, development, hiring and timecard management.
• Analysis: Responsible for advanced quantitative analysis to understand team workload, level load and prioritize requirements between team members and determine overtime requirements. Perform business process analysis and develop models to identify efficiencies within purchasing processes by driving projects internally and interfacing with connected teams (Accounts Payable, Shipping, etc.)
• 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.
• Manage all department escalations with internal customers.
• Manage sourcing, negotiation, and supplier relationships for assigned spend categories. Support sourcing team members as needed with relevant supplier/strategy feedback on categories served by the fulfillment team.
• Change Management: Successfully partner across functions and with senior internal stakeholders and external suppliers to drive results, influence others and facilitate change management across the company.
• Issue purchase orders quickly and without error and ensure purchase orders are acknowledged by suppliers.
• Review open order report and manage deliveries.
• Resolve invoice issues and ensure that vendors are paid on time.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• 3+ years of purchasing experience.

Preferred Skills And Experience

• Experience in a purchasing or supply chain role.
• Remarkable problem solving skills with a bias for speed.
• Quick learner and ability to prioritize appropriately to meet customer and company needs.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Effective written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Exceptional analytical and organizational skills.
• Technical skills in current technologies and applications (e.g. MS Office Suite, SQL, PowerBI).
• Ability to conduct all activities with the highest degree of integrity.
• Detail-oriented, self-motivated and able to respond quickly to a fast-moving and ever-changing environment.

Additional Requirements

• Willingness to work extended hours and weekends when needed to meet critical deadlines.
• Ability to communicate outside of work hours.
• This position is based in Hawthorne, CA, and requires being onsite full-time – hybrid and remote work will not be considered.

Compensation And Benefits

Pay Range:

$120,000.00 - $170,000.00

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual, carryover, and use requirements of the law.

Itar Requirements

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C.
• 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C.
• 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

Applicants wishing to view a copy of SpaceX’s Affimative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should reach out to [e-mail].