Manager, Starshield Supply Chain
Hawthorne · USD 145,000-200,000 · 3+ years experience · Remote · Posted Oct 19, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 3+ years experience
- Workplace
- Remote
- Location
- Hawthorne
- Salary
- USD 145,000-200,000 · Base salary
About the role
- The Manager, Starshield Supply Chain will lead a team to plan, source, and fulfill mechanical components critical to the production of the Starshield constellation.
- This role involves driving supply chain strategy, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring continuity of supply for hardware through both NPI and production phases.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of sourcing specialists, sourcing managers, and/or global supply managers.
- Drive improvement, standardization, and scalability of operational planning, workflow, tools, and resources.
- Assess employee performance, provide feedback, and facilitate conflict resolution.
- Own vision and strategy for assigned categories through NPI and production phases.
- Visit supplier facilities to assess operational capability, financial health, and capacity.
- Conduct comprehensive supplier analysis including risk assessment and market positioning.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define SLAs and KPIs for suppliers.
- Present value propositions to executives regarding contract awards and cost reduction strategies.
- Provide guidance to internal customers on design for manufacturability and trade analysis.
- Negotiate long-term contracts to ensure continuity of supply.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with 6+ years of experience or 10+ years of experience in purchasing, procurement, material/production planning, operations, supply chain management, engineering, or master production scheduling.
- 3+ years of experience in a management role with direct reports.
- Must be able to travel for short and extended trips as needed, up to 50%.
- Must be able to work long hours and weekends as needed.
- Must be able to work onsite in Hawthorne, CA.
- Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee to conform to U.S. Government export regulations.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience sharing information and influencing others across organizational lines.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated exceptional achievements executing improvement projects quickly while maintaining reliability.
- Experience directly negotiating contracts.
- Experience sourcing suppliers.
- Prior formal people leadership experience.
- Organized and self-driven, capable of working independently.
Benefits
- Long-term incentives (company stock or long-term cash awards)
- Discretionary bonuses
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 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
- Must be able to work onsite in Hawthorne, CA.
- Remote work is not considered.
- Travel required up to 50%.
