Relativity Space · 5 months ago
Senior Global Supply Manager, Tooling & Ground Support Equipment
Relativity Space is building rockets to meet today's needs and future breakthroughs. The Senior Global Supply Manager will be responsible for developing procurement plans, managing the RFx process, negotiating with suppliers, and collaborating closely with engineering to improve manufacturability while ensuring timely delivery of products and services.
3D TechnologyAerospaceArtificial Intelligence (AI)Manufacturing
Responsibilities
Receive drawing sets, develop procurement plans, and get parts and assemblies fabricated at a variety of vendors
Provide feedback to design engineers on ways to decrease cost and lead time for parts
Partner closely with engineering during the design process to provide feedback and insights on ways to improve the manufacturability of their designs, ROM prices and lead times
Manage end-to-end RFx process in partnership with applicable stakeholders to identify top suppliers for a given need, drive competition within a given supply market, and maximize value creation for the procurement activity
Negotiate pricing, lead time, terms and conditions, and more, to holistically drive the best outcome for the business
Lead end-to-end purchase order management and invoice issue disposition to ensure on-time delivery of product or services and on-time payment of invoices. This includes processing purchase requests into purchase orders in the ERP system in a timely, efficient manner
Resolve any and all procurement-related issues that arise during the life cycle of an order
Collaborate with Indirect and Direct procurement functions, who own supplier relationships and build strong partnerships to continually deliver more value to Relativity
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience as a Journeyman welder or machinist with 4+ years working in a procurement role within a fast-paced manufacturing, supply chain, or engineering function OR Engineering, or similar with 7+ years working in a procurement role within a fast-paced manufacturing, supply chain, or engineering function
Can read and understand engineering drawings and documentation, including GD&T
Preferred
Experience vetting terms, conditions, and contracts associated with purchases
On the floor fabrication (welding, machining, metrology, etc.) experience
Knowledge of enterprise applications (i.e., PLM, ERP, MES) and data analysis applications/tools (i.e., MS Excel, SQL, Tableau)
Demonstrated success negotiating pricing, lead time, contract terms, etc
Benefits
Competitive salary and equity
Generous PTO and sick leave policy
Parental leave
Annual learning and development stipend
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Company
Relativity Space
Relativity Space is an aerospace company that designs, develops, and builds 3D printed rockets.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.36BKey Investors
FidelityTiger Global ManagementPlayground Global
2023-11-15Series F· $20M
2022-02-03Secondary Market
2021-06-08Series E· $650M
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