Senior Sourcing Specialist
Senior Sourcing Specialist
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$ 120000 - 145000
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Job Description
At Vast our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. We are building artificial gravity space stations allowing longterm stays in space without the adverse effects of zerogravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven1 scheduled to be the worlds first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in May 2026. Our team is allin committed to executing our mission safely and on you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity come join us.
Vast is looking for a Senior Sourcing Specialist reporting to the Manager Sourcing to support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and build of artificialgravity humanrated space stations. This will be a fulltime exempt position located in our Long Beach location.
Responsibilities:
- Cradletograve management (demand identification through fulfillment) of assigned commodities/categories
- Uses existing deep sourcing and supplier management experience within the assigned commodity operate at ALL levels of the organization and move seamlessly from strategic to tactical
- Regularly and consistently conducts market research to identify potential subcontractors evaluate their capabilities and negotiate contracts and agreements per RFQ/RFP guidelines
- Integrates program customer product and inservice strategies into source selection negotiation and contracting strategies
- Manages supply and demand schedules supplier quality delivery and financial performance
- Initiates and executes supplier improvement activities and integrates results into contracting strategies
- Drives Value Engineering solutions to improve cost leadtime and quality solution for Vast. This includes experience with BOM cost and generating shouldcost analysis to negotiate and manage best value for Vast
- Coordinates and collaborates with key stakeholders such as legal contracts finance planning operations program management engineering and quality to effectively manage supplier performance in the best interests of Vast
- The selected candidate should thrive in a fastpaced work environment with high expectations significantly diverse assignments and collaborative team settings across all levels
Minimum Qualifications:
- 4 years in a Procurement role 2 years in aerospace industry and/or manufacturing
- Bachelor of Science degree in Business or Engineering
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- Ability to create and update request for proposals (RFPs) purchase orders (POs) and facilities work orders in an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Ability to make independent judgments with limited information
- Communication skills for relaying data (verbally and inwriting) between other employees vendors and customers
- Comfortable working in a highstress environment balancing several projects at any given time and the flexibility to adjust for abrupt changes in strategic direction
- Ability to balance multiple priorities with ambiguous instructions
Additional Requirements:
- Ability to travel up to 20 of the time
- Willingness to work evenings and/or weekends to support critical mission milestones
Salary Range: California
$120000 $145000 USD
U.S. EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE STATUS
The person hired will have access to information and items subject to U.S. export controls and therefore must either be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. 120.62 or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing. This status includes U.S. citizens U.S. nationals lawful permanent residents (green card holders) and asylees and refugees with such status granted not pending.EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
