Senior Sourcing Specialist

Vast is looking for a Senior Sourcing Specialist reporting to the Manager, External Supply Chain, to support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and build of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations. This will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location. 

Responsibilities: 

• Cradle-to-grave 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 in-service 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 should-cost 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 fast-paced 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 in-writing) between other employees, vendors, and customers
• Comfortable working in a high-stress 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