Supply Chain Commodity Manager III
BLUE ORIGIN
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Greater Seattle Area • Alabama • Florida • United States
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Salary
💰 $112,059 - $156,882 per year
About the role
- 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
Requirements
- 8+ years minimum experience managing commodities in aerospace R&D and manufacturing 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
- 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 oversight
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Short and long-term disability
- 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%
- Education Support Program
- Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays
- Bonuses based on individual contributions and company results
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
sourcingcommodity managementRFx activitiesnegotiationsupplier evaluationcapacity assessmentsupplier metricssupplier segmentationM&A supportmanufacturing processes
Soft Skills
strategic leadershipcommunicationorganizational skillsanalytical skillscross-functional teamworkindependenceproject managementproblem-solvingrelationship managementintelligence gathering
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Business AdministrationBachelor's degree in Supply Chain ManagementBachelor's degree in EngineeringBachelor's degree in Manufacturing