Vice President, Supply Chain - #258322

At Relativity Space, we have two audacious goals: to build the next great commercial launch company with Terran R and to become America's leading force in additive manufacturing innovation. Both contribute to our long-term vision of creating humanity’s industrial base on Mars, paving the way for interplanetary life to expand the possibilities of the human experience. This journey begins right here on Earth – where we design, build, and fly rockets to deliver customer payloads to orbit. Terran R, our medium-to-heavy lift reusable rocket, fulfills the growing demand for launch capacity, thanks to our iterative approach that accelerates design, testing, and development while minimizing costs. While our groundbreaking research and development in 3D printing pushes the boundaries of large-scale additive manufacturing.

Your journey with us is more than just a job – it’s an opportunity to shape the future of aerospace technology, additive manufacturing, and the human experience alongside a community of passionate, creative individuals. Join us on this extraordinary journey, as we work together to transform our vision into reality.

About The Team

Supply Chain at Relativity encompasses direct supply management for all Terran-R parts and materials management. From identifying a need to delivering to our internal customers, we own the end-to-end process. Our vision is to build a best-in-class, responsive, and data-driven supply chain management organization that serves as a key competitive advantage for Relativity. We are currently putting that vision into practice through sourcing long-lead parts, production equipment, and infrastructure projects for Terran R production. Through close collaboration with Finance, Manufacturing, and Engineering, we’ve successfully delivered numerous high-value projects, driving exceptional results and ensuring that our aggressive Terran-R schedule stays on track, all while maximizing value at every step.

About The Role

Reporting directly to our Senior VP of Manufacturing and Supply Chain, the Vice President of Supply Chain will lead the organization responsible for providing Relativity with the materials, hardware, and resources necessary for the production of our Terran R rockets. This role will also define the processes required to establish a world-class supply chain organization. You will be the end-to-end facilitator of our product—from ensuring data integrity upon item master creation to ensuring timely delivery of quality parts to the Production floor. You will define internal and external supply chain processes, oversee material and information flow within the factory, and shape the functional requirements of Relativity’s digital infrastructure.

Role

The Vice President will play a critical role in both introducing and scaling Relativity’s launch vehicle production, including core supply chain programs like the below:

• Building and managing strategic supplier partnerships to optimize for resilience, risk, and finances.
• Leading material planning, supplier base management, logistics, inventory, and production coordination functions.
• Establishing foundational processes for hardware entry and processing throughout the facility, including Item Master, BOM creation, clear-to-build analysis, and data analytics.
• Leading supplier evaluation, development, and quality improvement efforts to ensure products are delivered on time, cost, and quality.
• Driving procurement campaigns from planning and BOM development to sourcing, supplier evaluations & risk assessments, and vendor management.
• Building strong working relationships with Engineering, Manufacturing, Integration, Production, Additive, Finance & Strategy teams to align company objectives.
• Driving order fulfillment for on time deliveries and partnering with Finance for on time payments.
• Defining and executing the strategic and tactical vision for Supply Chain, shaping Relativity’s Supply Chain roadmap and achieving defined deliverables.
  
  

About You

• Bachelor of Science degree in manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering & operations, supply chain & infrastructure, or equivalent. 
• 10+ years of operations-focused experience in a high-mix, development environment, with extensive history collaborating with design engineering, manufacturing, and production personnel
• 6+ years of team leadership or management experience, with strong interpersonal skills capable of influencing stakeholders outside your immediate team. 
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in procurement, supply management, planning, manufacturing, logistics, or production planning & control. 
• Experience defining requirements for and implementing enterprise application systems. 
  
  

Nice To Haves But Not Required

• Experience with new product introduction of aerospace hardware into manufacturing, test, and production systems, with particular expertise in process development and first-time manufacturing and production efforts
• Proven ability as a self-starter, capable of defining, owning processes across cross-functional organizations, and providing structure and direction in undefined areas. 
• Working knowledge of PLM, ERP, MES, and QMS systems. 
  
  

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.

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

$245,000—$314,000 USD

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.