Global Supply Manager, Software
Hawthorne · USD 135,000-200,000 · 4+ years experience · Hybrid · Posted Oct 15, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 4+ years experience
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- Hawthorne
- Salary
- USD 135,000-200,000 · OTE
About the role
- SpaceX is looking for a Global Supply Manager, Software to support indirect supplier management, specifically within software services and SG&A spend reduction initiatives.
- This role involves challenging the supply chain on cost, quality, and delivery while building value and partnerships with suppliers.
Responsibilities
- Project Management: Responsible for identifying and executing projects to completion including planning, coordinating with stakeholders, and communicating project updates.
- Risk Management: Analyze global supply chain dynamics and market volatility impacting logistics providers; develop procurement strategies like multi-sourcing, diversification, and performance-based clauses to balance cost and risk.
- Contract Management: Responsible for assisting in the authoring of contract documents with the Legal Department and managing contracts to ensure performance of the supplier to contract obligations.
- Negotiations: Negotiate to maximize value and cost savings benefit while lowering risk.
- Supplier Management: Manage preferred supplier relationships for assigned category, identify areas of need, and develop improvement plans with suppliers to meet those needs.
- Collaborate with Logistics on selection of new suppliers.
- Create and implement management programs to develop, continuously improve, manage performance, and monitor KPIs of the supply base.
- Stakeholder Management: Cultivate partnerships with internal stakeholders through clear communication and data-driven insights; advocate for category procurement strategies to ensure alignment and execution.
- Analysis: Responsible for advanced quantitative analysis to identify financial impacts of decisions and performance for category managed, perform business process analysis, and develop models to improve cost.
- Conduct research, perform benchmarking, and gather market analysis for assigned categories.
Requirements
- Advanced degree and 4+ years of experience working in purchasing, contract negotiation, material or production planning, operations or supply chain management, material cost control, or master production scheduling; or bachelor's degree and 6+ years of experience; or 10+ years of experience.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience in a purchasing or supply chain role
- Technical skills in current technologies and applications (e.g. MS Office Suite, SQL, PowerBI, etc.)
- Contract Manager certification – CPCM or CCM
- Experience with IT software
- Exceptional analytical and organizational skills
- Remarkable problem-solving skills
- Ability to prioritize appropriately to meet internal customer and company needs
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, with a strong ability to communicate with all levels of internal personnel
Benefits
- Long-term incentives in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards
- Potential discretionary bonuses
- Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- 3 weeks of paid vacation
- 10 or more paid holidays per year
Workplace
- Position is based in Hawthorne, CA
- Requires being onsite full-time; hybrid and remote work will not be considered
Skills
- MS Office Suite
- SQL
- PowerBI
