Senior Manager, Indirect Procurement

About the Role

As Senior Manager of Indirect Supply Chain, you will lead a team of procurement professionals and set the strategy for a large, complex indirect portfolio spanning targeted local commodities and cross-site categories. At the local level, your scope will include ground support infrastructure, construction, and metal structures and fabrication, among others.

You will shape multi-year category and supplier strategies, drive transformation across systems and processes, and serve as the trusted indirect procurement partner to senior stakeholders across the business - delivering cost, quality, and service performance today while building capability for tomorrow.

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of procurement professionals (category managers, sourcing specialists), setting priorities, building capability, and creating a culture of accountability and collaboration
• Own a large, complex indirect portfolio, accountable for total cost, savings, supplier performance, and service across categories
• Define and execute multi-year category and supplier strategies that balance near-term savings with long-term resilience and scalability
• Lead high-value and complex sourcing initiatives and negotiations, setting negotiation strategy and securing favorable commercial, technical, and delivery outcomes
• Develop senior-level supplier relationships and manage strategic supplier performance and continuous improvement
• Partner with and influence senior stakeholders across Finance, Launch and Testing, Facilities, HR, Legal, and business units, and represent indirect procurement in cross-functional and financial planning
• Lead the team to achieve KPI targets and drive continuous improvement across cost, quality, and service
• Lead transformation of indirect procurement systems and processes (ERP, P2P/S2P, e-sourcing, contract lifecycle management) to increase automation and data-driven decision-making
• Drive supplier risk management, third-party risk, and business continuity strategies for critical indirect suppliers and services
• Champion sustainability, supplier diversity, compliance, and responsible sourcing across the indirect portfolio
• Serve as the organization's subject-matter expert on contracting best practices, advising on commercial terms and risk

About You

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field
• 8+ years of procurement or supply chain experience, with a significant focus on indirect categories
• 4+ years of people leadership, including developing and mentoring high-performing teams and, ideally, other leaders
• Proven track record setting and executing category and supplier strategies across a large, complex indirect portfolio, with measurable savings
• Strong negotiation expertise, with demonstrated success securing favorable commercial, technical, and delivery outcomes on complex agreements
• Deep knowledge of procurement systems and processes (ERP, P2P/S2P, e-sourcing, contract lifecycle management; e.g., SAP, Oracle, Coupa, Ariba)
• Executive-level communication skills, with the ability to influence and align stakeholders across all levels of the organization
• Demonstrated ability to build, scale, and mentor high-performing teams in a fast-paced environment
• Proven experience managing and developing complex contracts, with strong legal and commercial acumen
• Experience sourcing construction, capital projects, ground support equipment/infrastructure, or engineered and fabricated goods

Nice to Haves

• Master's degree or MBA
• Professional certification such as CPSM, CPSD, or CIPS
• Experience leading indirect procurement transformation, including sustainability and supplier diversity programs
• Experience in a complex manufacturing environment (aerospace, defense, automotive, or frontier technology)
• Familiarity with government contracting, ITAR/export controls.

Additional information

At Relativity Space, we are committed to transparency and fairness in our compensation practices. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.

Pay and benefits

Compensation is only one part of our total rewards package. Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more! To see some of the benefits & perks we offer, please visit here.

Hiring Range: $190,000—$285,000 USD

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