Position Title: Commodity/Delivery and Sourcing Manager

Location: Redmond, WA

Pay Rate: $55/hr to $60/hr

Duration: 6 months (Contract to hire)

About the team: 

• Our Client project entity working to provide cellphone and internet access globally.
• Launching 3300 Satellites from now to 2028.
• They fall out of orbit for 5-7 years, so they also launch replacements for those. 

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the coordination and completion of sourcing projects related to mechanical components for the Client Project.
• Oversees all aspects of sourcing projects including identification of vendors/sources, setting deliverable deadlines, assigning responsibilities, and monitors and summarizing progress of deliverables.
• Prepares reports for upper management regarding the status of projects as needed.
• May require a bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience in the field or in a related area.
• Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Performs a variety of tasks.
• Leads and collaborates with others.
• A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
• Typically reports to a manager or head of a unit/department.

Must-Have:

• Experience negotiating long-term commercial agreements 
• Supplier relationship management experience 
• Experience or comfortable with operating in an ambiguous environment
• Experience using an ERP system (Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing is the tool our client uses)
• Seeking an individual capable of advancing supplier relations with a focus on mechanical and electrical components in the aerospace industry
• Experience in Negotiation
• Candidates should be willing to travel within the US, with potential trips to Mexico (currently restricted to US travel only).
• Delivery/Commodity Managers

Leadership Principles candidates MUST possess:

Bias for action

• Someone who can get things done at a very fast pace
• Would rather have someone try to do something quickly and it fail rather than take over a month to try and get it done

Learn and be curious

• Someone who asks "Why am I doing this and how can it be done faster"
• Someone who can move and negotiate quickly such as getting 20 parts negotiated rather than line item by line item 

Customer Obsession 

• Who is the customer? How are you treating the customer 
• Ownership is a plus