Senior Manager, Indirect Procurement

The role

You will lead a team of procurement professionals and set the strategy for a large, complex indirect portfolio. You will manage categories including ground support infrastructure, construction, and metal structures while driving transformation across systems and processes.

What you will do

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of procurement professionals
• Own a large, complex indirect portfolio accountable for cost, savings, and performance
• Define and execute multi-year category and supplier strategies
• Lead high-value and complex sourcing initiatives and negotiations
• Develop senior-level supplier relationships and manage performance
• Partner with and influence senior stakeholders across Finance, Launch and Testing, Facilities, HR, and Legal
• Lead the team to achieve KPI targets and drive continuous improvement
• Lead transformation of indirect procurement systems and processes
• Drive supplier risk management, third-party risk, and business continuity strategies
• Champion sustainability, supplier diversity, compliance, and responsible sourcing

Required qualifications

• 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
• Proven track record setting and executing category and supplier strategies across a large, complex indirect portfolio
• Strong negotiation expertise
• Deep knowledge of procurement systems and processes (ERP, P2P/S2P, e-sourcing, contract lifecycle management)
• Executive-level communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to build, scale, and mentor high-performing teams
• Proven experience managing and developing complex contracts
• Experience sourcing construction, capital projects, ground support equipment/infrastructure, or engineered and fabricated goods

Nice to have

• 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

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity
• Generous PTO and sick leave policy
• Parental leave
• Annual learning and development stipend

About the company

Relativity Space is building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. The company is developing the Terran R vehicle to deliver customer payloads to orbit.