- Location
- San Francisco, CA · San Francisco, California, United States
- Department
- 1154 Procurement
- Seniority
- Manager
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Visa
- Not sponsored
- Source
- Greenhouse
Description
Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity’s reach into the solar system. Today, Astranis satellites provide dedicated, secure networks to highly-sophisticated customers across the globe— large enterprises, sovereign governments, and the US military. With five satellites on orbit and many more set to launch soon, the company is servicing a backlog of more than $1 billion of commercial contracts.
Astranis is the preferred satellite communications partner for buyers with stringent requirements for uptime, data security, network visibility, and customization. Astranis has raised over $750 million from some of the world’s best investors, from Andreessen Horowitz to Blackrock and Fidelity, and employs a team of 450 engineers and entrepreneurs. Astranis designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California, USA.
Procurement Group Manager - Astranis Products
Role
- Develop, document, and execute sourcing strategies that utilize negotiation and purchasing techniques ensuring the very best quality, cost, delivery, and service.
- Manage supplier relations and supply agreement compliance while maintaining the highest code of ethics and conduct.
- Oversees cradle-to-grave process from intent to purchase, new supplier on-boarding, performance, and supplier exit. Tracks supplier performance using dashboards for quality, delivery, service and cost.
- Deliver aggressive cost reduction objectives, partnering closely with production, engineering, quality, and program management
- Continuously analyze market and delivery conditions to ensure present and future material availability.
- Work with Production, Supplier Quality and Engineering to develop product specifications and source new components.
- Identify and evaluate new/increased sources of supply that support plant expansions, new products, and sustainability objectives.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Engineering or Chemistry and/or equivalent experience or evidence of exceptional ability.
- Master’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations Management, or Engineering preferred.
- Expertise in world class procurement operations and how to get there. Capable of driving change while maintaining positive internal relations.
- Strong knowledge of generally accepted purchasing and accounting practices, contract negotiation, related laws and regulations.
- Supplier scorecard techniques that drive supplier management.
- Excellent leadership, negotiation, analytical, and problem solving skills. Passion for results, strategy, and execution. Creative, calculated risk taker.
- Track record of project leadership including partnership/teambuilding with interdependent functions in Operations, Engineering, Quality, Styling and Finance.
Base pay is just one component of Astranis’s total rewards package. Your compensation also includes a significant equity package via incentive stock options, high-quality company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance, 401(k) retirement planning, flexible PTO, and free on-site catered meals.
