Senior Space Hardware Sourcing Strategist

Telemetry Today LLC; Long Beach, Northern (CA, KY); Hybride; USD 177 000 - 251 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Company equity

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off

401(k) retirement plan

Résumé du poste

Vast in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Principal Strategic Sourcing to Senior Director of Supply Chain to lead complex sourcing and supply chain strategies for human-rated space systems. This full-time, exempt role is based in Long Beach, CA.

Responsibilities include owning category strategies, leading supplier negotiations, and building cost models while working with Engineering on make-vs-buy and design-for-manufacturability decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of progressive strategic sourcing, procurement, or supply chain in aerospace/defense/high-complexity manufacturing.
• Proven record of cost, schedule, and risk reduction on high-spend categories.
• Advanced negotiation with executive-level suppliers.
• Strong analytical skills: spend analysis, total cost of ownership, should-cost modeling.
• Experience negotiating long-term agreements and supplier contracts.
• Working knowledge of AS9100 and ITAR/EAR in sourcing and supplier management.
• Mentoring, coaching, or training colleagues; cross-functional influence with Eng, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, Legal.

Responsabilités

• Own category strategies for critical hardware, balancing cost, speed, quality, and risk.
• Lead sourcing events end to end; negotiate long-term agreements, capacity reservations, and rate ramps with executive suppliers.
• Build should-cost and TCO models capturing tooling, NRE, qualification, and yield, not just unit price.
• Collaborate with Engineering on make-vs-buy, design-to-cost, and design-for-manufacturability decisions.
• Find, qualify, and develop new suppliers to reduce single-source risk and add capacity.
• Ensure ITAR/EAR, AS9100, and customer requirements are complied with in contracts.
• Mentor and train sourcing managers, buyers, and analysts; develop playbooks and scalable tools.

Connaissances

Bachelor's degree in Business/Supply_–

Formation

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

Outils

ERP systems

RFQ/RFPs

Supplier contract management

Description du poste

Vast in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Principal Strategic Sourcing to Senior Director of Supply Chain to lead complex sourcing and supply chain strategies for human-rated space systems. This full-time, exempt role is based in Long Beach, CA.

Responsibilities include owning category strategies, leading supplier negotiations, and building cost models while working with Engineering on make-vs-buy and design-for-manufacturability decisions.