Strategic Aerospace Commodity Manager

Blue Origin; Merritt Island (FL); Vor Ort; USD 112.000 - 157.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Stock Options

Paid Time Off

Education Support Program

Medical, Dental, Vision

Zusammenfassung

Blue Origin Operations is seeking a seasoned Commodity Manager to lead supplier development and strategy for critical aerospace components. You will drive RFx activities, negotiate long-term agreements, and manage supplier performance across programs, partnering with Program, Finance, and Engineering teams.

This role emphasizes cost, quality, and schedule improvements, with extensive travel to remote sites and supplier facilities. A strong background in aerospace supply chains is essential.

Qualifikationen

• 8+ years minimum experience managing commodities in aerospace R&D and manufacturing environments, along with supply chain management experience in aerospace or other regulatory controlled 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 in at least one assigned commodity.
• Experience sourcing and managing suppliers for complex, technically demanding commodities, including knowledge of manufacturing processes, technical requirements, supplier capabilities, and industry market dynamics.
• Track record of performance in driving supplier improvements in cost, quality, schedule, or other performance criteria.
• Must be able to travel 25% - 50% of time and 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 oversigh

Aufgaben

• Provides strategic leadership in the evaluation, sourcing, and development of the supply base to support the development and production of space vehicles
• 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

Kenntnisse

Supply chain mgmt

Vendor management

RFx procurement

Cross-functional collab

Communication skills

Travel ready

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree

Jobbeschreibung

Blue Origin Operations is seeking a seasoned Commodity Manager to lead supplier development and strategy for critical aerospace components. You will drive RFx activities, negotiate long-term agreements, and manage supplier performance across programs, partnering with Program, Finance, and Engineering teams.

This role emphasizes cost, quality, and schedule improvements, with extensive travel to remote sites and supplier facilities. A strong background in aerospace supply chains is essential.