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Training Budgeting Supply Chain (must) Project Management (nice) Compliance

What this posting asks for

Level: Mid level — The posting asks for 3+ years of experience.

Main responsibilities

• Negotiate creative, flexible, and commercially effective deals with key suppliers and partners.
• Align sourcing strategy with engineering, quality, and performance requirements across priority areas.
• Track deal status, approvals, and execution risks while driving suppliers toward timely and reliable delivery.
• Continuously improve, standardize, and scale sourcing processes, workflows, tools, and planning systems.
• Build a strong pipeline of exclusive and proprietary enterprise datasets.
• Provide valuable inputs on upcoming orders based on supplier capacity, quality, and pricing.
• Maintain rigorous spend discipline, committing budget only to datasets that meaningfully improve model performance.
• Set target pricing, analyze supplier spend and trends, and develop metrics for quality, delivery, and performance.
• Manage clear, proactive communication with both internal stakeholders and external partners.
• 3+ years of experience and a bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience working in one or more of the following fields:

Competencies an interviewer will look for

• Planning and organisation Core
  In the posting: “Continuously improve, standardize, and scale sourcing processes, workflows, tools, and planning systems.” · “Excellent project management, communication, and organizational skills” · “You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary …”
  Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how.
• Data and analysis Core
  In the posting: “DATA INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST II (STARLINK)” · “The Infrastructure Operations team is responsible for the end-to-end management of suppliers, costs, and delivery of high-quality human-generated data, inclu…” · “Set target pricing, analyze supplier spend and trends, and develop metrics for quality, delivery, and performance.”
  Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it.
• Adaptability and learning Core
  In the posting: “Individuals in this role are creative, fast problem-solvers who seek on challenges outside their comfort zone and can iterate and adapt at the rapid pace of …” · “Negotiate creative, flexible, and commercially effective deals with key suppliers and partners.” · “Ability to tackle complex and ambiguous problems”
  Show it by: Describes learning something new quickly and using it; Shows a change of plan and how they adjusted.
• Attention to detail and quality Core
  In the posting: “The Infrastructure Operations team is responsible for the end-to-end management of suppliers, costs, and delivery of high-quality human-generated data, inclu…” · “We're seeking talented, high-ownership individuals to grow and expand our global supplier network while ensuring the consistent, high-quality delivery of cri…” · “Align sourcing strategy with engineering, quality, and performance requirements across priority areas.”
  Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used.
• Stakeholder management Core
  In the posting: “Negotiate creative, flexible, and commercially effective deals with key suppliers and partners.” · “Manage clear, proactive communication with both internal stakeholders and external partners.” · “employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, ge…”
  Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior.
• Communication Core
  In the posting: “Manage clear, proactive communication with both internal stakeholders and external partners.” · “Excellent project management, communication, and organizational skills”
  Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech.
• Ownership and accountability Core
  In the posting: “The Infrastructure Operations team is responsible for the end-to-end management of suppliers, costs, and delivery of high-quality human-generated data, inclu…” · “We're seeking talented, high-ownership individuals to grow and expand our global supplier network while ensuring the consistent, high-quality delivery of cri…”
  Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it.
• Technical skill Supporting
  In the posting: “Align sourcing strategy with engineering, quality, and performance requirements across priority areas.”
  Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off.

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