Global Supply Manager (Raptor)

The Raptor Supply Chain team is looking for a machining, forging, and metallic raw materials expert to lead and develop the optimization of our supply chain with strong commercial management, advanced technical skillset, and hunger for excellence. Raptor requires the supply base to provide premium quality with rapidly evolving designs at increasingly ambitious volumes, rates and costs. We are actively seeking candidates who possess comprehensive supply chain experience in strategic negotiations core manufacturing vendors, driving cost down aggressively utilizing a deep understanding of technical process and application, and have unrelenting motivation to enable suppliers for success. This position is extremely high-visibility with senior leadership & program executives and requires a combination of proven leadership, creativity, and persistence for excellence.

This is a technical position that requires practical experience in vendor development while being able to effectively balance cost, rate, and engine reliability with the correct risk intuition and mitigation strategies. This candidate should be able to successfully see new product development all the way through to stabilized, high volume production and ensure the right parts are at the right homes in our supply base, or internally at SpaceX. The ideal candidate will have a broad understanding of the machining, assembly, and technical application of components of the engine, and be able to effectively communicate risks, strategy, and lessons learned with senior leadership, stakeholders, and other junior members of the team.