Blue Castings Supply Chain Program​/Project Manager

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Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

This role is part of Blue Origin Operations, which is comprised of Integrated Supply Chain, Test Operations, Safety, Quality, and Mission Assurance. This includes Manufacturing and Supply Chain support across all Blue Origin facilities.

This role directly supports the Engines Business Unit and will be responsible for providing on-site Supply Chain support for the Blue Castings facility in Arlington, WA. As a single-threaded, the individual in this role will be responsible for managing materials and services to in support of successful operations. They will be responsible for developing and executing Supply Chain strategies, processes, and material program plans to ensure performance and on-time delivery as production ramps.

Aspects of this role include invoicing, occasional supplier visits, risk management, DFx, Cap Ex, equipment rental, and supplier quality. Heavy collaboration and coordination with cross-functional teams will be required to ensure work is executed properly in a timely fashion. Weekly and monthly reporting on spend, schedule adherence, improvements, and forecast is an expectation of this position.

Key candidate attributes to facilitate success in this role include influencing, facilitation, presentation, communication, process development, analysis, and problem solving. We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight.

• This is an on-site manufacturing position; you will be required to be on-site at Blue Castings at 0700 Monday through Friday
• Manage and resolve invoice issues.
• Monitor and manage shop supplies to prevent shortages.
• Work with all material suppliers to order materials as needed.
• Monitor all VMI levels and adjust to meet rate requirements.
• Facilitate equipment rental.
• Maintain second sources for all Suppliers.
• Coordinate Supplier Quality issues and rework and drive corrective action resolution.
• Attend Operations meeting and provide status of part tracking,
• Pre-walk the factory daily and understand the part sequence to pre-coordinate all OSP shipping approvals and expedite.
• Pre-coordinate schedule, shipments and ECDs with suppliers.
• Actively coordinate with Blue Castings shipping and receiving department to ensure all orders are processed.
• Coordinate and complete supplier site visits at least 2x per year.
• Support weekly Cap Ex site expansion meetings.
• Assist with completion of CAPEX request Packages
• Coordinate PR/PO for all Capex purchases.
• Manage and resolve all invoice issues.

• Bachelor's degree with 5 years of experience, Master's degree with 3 years of experience in Engineering, related technical fields, Supply Chain Management, or related industry experience.
• Superior communication skills (written and verbal), leadership abilities, negotiation skills and the ability to collaborate in a cross functional environment are required to perform in this position.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to communicate complex ideas, anticipate potential objections and persuade others, often at senior levels, to adopt a different point of view.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and discuss technical concepts, manage trade-offs and evaluate new ideas with internal and external partners.
• Demonstrated ability to work across disciplines with engineering, design, and project management counterparts to deliver on-time products/services
• Excellent analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations, and drive actions
• Demonstrated creating and maintaining systems and processes to streamline operations.
• Demonstrated negotiation skills developed from contracts, proposal management,…