Strategic CAPEX Sourcing Manager for High-Impact Production

United States Digital Space LLC; Lockhart (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Sourcing Manager, CAPEX (Starlink) to lead capital purchase strategies and production consumables for the Starlink program. You will collaborate with internal stakeholders to optimize cost, delivery, and total cost of ownership while managing supplier relationships and budgets.

The role requires extensive experience in purchasing, contract negotiation, and supply chain management, with strong analytical and communication skills to support fast-moving

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience in one or more of the following; OR 9+ years of experience in one or more of the following in lieu of a degree.
• Engineering
• Purchasing
• Contract negotiation
• Material or production planning
• Operations or supply chain management
• Material cost control
• Master production scheduling

Responsibilities

• Work directly with key internal stakeholders to develop and implement sourcing and cost management strategies that support capital purchases and production consumables
• Understand the technical aspects of production equipment to identify opportunities for cost, space, and process optimization and use data analytics to identify and parse process related opportunities
• Utilize negotiations to maximize value, cost savings and priority in terms of delivery for the company while lowering risk
• Build and own overall project budgets, compile funding requests, and generate capitalization plan based on project timeline focusing on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of the categories managed
• Conduct research, perform benchmarking, and gather market analysis for assigned categories
• Communicate overall equipment status to the management team including schedules, risks and mitigation actions and respond quickly to changes to the overall goals, schedule, and architecture
• Track and report projected and actual spend, assess budgetary risk, and provide clear budgetary analysis to enable timely management team decision making
• Create sourcing strategies to reduce risk, enable continuous cost reduction and align with company strategy on payment terms, cash targets, on time delivery and cost savings
• Build genuine relationships both internally and externally and drive cross-functional teams to achieve consensus
• Source and onboard new suppliers to serve dynamic program with rapidly evolving business needs
• Work with supply base to ensure support from vendors regarding setup, installation, repairs and maintenance
• Execute purchase orders and manage escalation process for “purchase to pay” issues

Skills

Capital expenditure purchasing

Purchasing

Contract negotiation

Material planning

Operations or supply chain management

Analytical skills

MS Office Suite

Education

Bachelor's degree

9+ years experience in lieu of degree

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Sourcing Manager, CAPEX (Starlink) to lead capital purchase strategies and production consumables for the Starlink program. You will collaborate with internal stakeholders to optimize cost, delivery, and total cost of ownership while managing supplier relationships and budgets.

The role requires extensive experience in purchasing, contract negotiation, and supply chain management, with strong analytical and communication skills to support fast-moving