Sr. Manager, Purchasing
Hawthorne · USD 175,000-245,000 · 2+ years experience · Remote · Posted Sep 29, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 2+ years experience
- Workplace
- Remote
- Location
- Hawthorne
- Salary
- USD 175,000-245,000 · Base salary
About the role
- SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Manager, Purchasing to support indirect supplier management and SG&A spend reduction initiatives.
- This role leads and manages the indirect purchasing team while setting strategic direction and vision for the cloud, software, services, and facilities categories across all locations.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the indirect purchasing team while setting strategic direction and vision for the cloud, software, services, and facilities categories across all locations.
- Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, deeply understand their needs, and partner with them to develop high-quality procurement strategies aligned to business requirements.
- Serve as a trusted advisor who challenges stakeholders to make decisions that support a high-performing, cost-effective supply plan.
- Own contract management to ensure supplier performance against obligations, drive on-time delivery, expedite as needed, and rapidly respond to demand changes.
- Develop and execute sourcing strategies that reduce risk, deliver continuous cost reduction, and align with company goals on payment terms, cash targets, on-time delivery, and savings.
- Conduct comprehensive supplier and market analysis to build strategic sourcing plans that identify new/suitable suppliers, optimize cost structures, and proactively ensure supply continuity.
- Present clear value propositions to SpaceX executives covering contract awards, cost reviews, cost-reduction strategies, and critical supply issues.
- Develop and implement new tools and processes that leverage the latest AI tools to drive efficiencies across the purchasing team.
- Lead talent development: hire, manage, develop, and mentor team members while driving critical projects.
- Execute purchase orders and manage the escalation process for purchase-to-pay issues.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, supply chain, finance, or other discipline.
- 10+ years of experience in purchasing, supplier management, or contract negotiations; or a combination of these three areas.
- 2+ years of experience in a supervisory, lead, or management role.
Preferred qualifications
- Ability to develop spend strategy and execute on a specific plan.
- Experience with cloud, compute, AI and data center contracts.
- Experience with software and services categories.
- Prior experience managing large value contracts/LTA’s with a global supply base.
- Proven track record of managing a high volume of workload while setting and managing a strategy for your team’s commodities.
- Exceptional analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong technical knowledge in current technologies and applications
- Experience performing forecasting and budgeting.
Benefits
- Company stock or long-term cash awards
- Discretionary bonuses
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- 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
- Up to 50% travel may be required.
- Position is based in Hawthorne, CA and requires being onsite - remote work not considered.
Skills
- AI Tools
- MS Office Suite
- Atlassian
- PowerBI
