Strategic Construction Sourcing Lead

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Sourcing Specialist, Construction to lead contract management and strategic sourcing for Starship program construction. You will collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop sourcing strategies, manage supplier performance, and drive cost reductions while ensuring on-time delivery.

The role is based on-site at Starbase, TX with travel up to 20% and a fast-moving environment. The ideal candidate has extensive purchasing experience, strong negotiation and analytical

Qualifications

• Familiarity or experience in purchasing or procurement
• Experience in industrial engineering, construction management, and/or facilities management
• Strong budget tracking and cost analytical skills
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Experience managing large scale industrial and commercial construction projects
• Strong contract negotiation and document management skills
• Remarkable problem-solving skills with a bias for speed
• Quick learner and ability to prioritize to meet needs
• Effective written, verbal, and presentation communication skills
• Exceptional analytical and organizational skills
• Strong technical knowledge in MS Office, SQL, PowerBI

Responsibilities

• Work directly with key internal stakeholders to develop and implement a comprehensive contract management process that ensures a successful project execution cycle
• 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
• 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 SLAs 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
• Optimize procurement processes from PO to pay to ensure we are as efficient as possible in our allocation of time and resources to achieve the best possible outcomes for the business in the shortest amount of time
• 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

Purchasing experience

Construction management

Budget tracking

Project management

Contract negotiation

Analytical thinking

Effective communication

Tools

MS Office Suite

SQL

PowerBI

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Sourcing Specialist, Construction to lead contract management and strategic sourcing for Starship program construction. You will collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop sourcing strategies, manage supplier performance, and drive cost reductions while ensuring on-time delivery.

The role is based on-site at Starbase, TX with travel up to 20% and a fast-moving environment. The ideal candidate has extensive purchasing experience, strong negotiation and analytical