Lunar Director, Supply Chain & Logistics

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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.

Blue Origin's Lunar business unit is developing the Blue Moon Mark 1 and Mark 2 landers to deliver sustained cargo and crewed access to the lunar surface under NASA's Artemis Human Landing System (HLS) program. This is a program of generational importance — the first crewed American lunar landing since Apollo will depend on what this team builds and delivers.

The Director, Supply Chain – Lunar owns procurement strategy and execution for the Lunar business unit and directly leads a team of Buyers and Supply Chain Program Managers. Working within a matrixed enterprise model, this role allocates and directs the services of Commodity Managers, Supplier Quality Engineers, and Logistics specialists to the Lunar program — coordinating their priorities without owning their org lines. You are the single supply chain voice at the Lunar program leadership table, accountable for sourcing decisions, procurement execution, schedule integrity, and supply chain risk posture.

A core mandate of this role is supply chain resilience: identifying and eliminating single- and sole-source dependencies before they become program vulnerabilities, and driving enterprise-level solutions — common suppliers, qualified alternates, and shared contracting vehicles — across the business unit.

You will also lead the program's New Product Introduction (NPI) discipline, pulling sourcing activities upstream into the design cycle to accelerate procurements and avoid the cost and schedule consequences of late supplier engagement.

Critically, this role owns the transition arc from development through production introduction into MRP-driven execution — building the supply base, contracts, and data structures that enable a repeatable, scalable production system.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategy & Program Ownership

• Define and own the Lunar supply chain strategy from component sourcing through delivery to vehicle assembly, aligned to program cost, schedule, and technical baselines.
• Serve as the supply chain lead on the Lunar Program Management team; represent supply chain posture, risks, and commitments in program reviews, executive briefings, and customer (NASA) interactions.
• Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Mission Assurance, and Finance to develop make/buy strategies and sourcing roadmaps for MK1 and MK2 development, qualification, and production phases.

Supply Chain Risk & Sourcing Strategy

• Identify and systematically eliminate single- and sole-source dependencies across the Lunar bill of materials; maintain a rolling risk register with mitigation plans and enterprise escalation paths.
• Drive enterprise supply chain solutions through the business unit — qualifying alternate sources, standing up shared supplier agreements, and leveraging common contracts across programs where feasible.
• Lead strategic sourcing decisions for long-lead and high-complexity components; define competitive sourcing strategies that protect cost and schedule baselines.
• Partner with Commodity Management (matrixed) to align commodity strategies with Lunar program priorities; direct their effort allocation to the program's highest-risk areas.

New Product Introduction (NPI) & Procurement Acceleration

• Own the NPI supply chain discipline for Lunar: embed procurement planning into early design phases to identify long-lead requirements, initiate supplier engagement, and issue RFQs before design release — not after.
• Partner with Engineering and Program Management to gate sourcing readiness into design reviews (PDR, CDR), ensuring supplier selection and contract award timelines are built into the IMS.
• Drive procurement cycle time reduction through proactive supplier development, early demand signals, and pre-positioned blanket agreements that remove re-procurement friction as the program scales.
• Maintain procurement status visibility across all Lunar line items; leverage AI-assisted tooling and automated dashboards to provide program leadership with accurate, real-time lead time and award forecasts at every program review — eliminating manual status-collection as a bottleneck.

Team Leadership & Matrixed Coordination

• Directly lead and develop a team of Buyers and Supply Chain Program Managers; own hiring, performance management, career development, and workload allocation for direct reports.
• Direct the allocation of matrixed resources — Commodity Managers, Supplier Quality Engineers, and Logistics — to Lunar program priorities; set expectations, communicate program requirements, and hold matrixed partners accountable to program commitments.
• Build a team culture of ownership, precision, and schedule discipline consistent with the standards of a human-rated spaceflight program.

Program Execution & MRP Transition

• Lead integrated supply chain schedule management — supplier milestones, long-lead material procurement, and part availability for assembly — in coordination with Integrated Master Schedule owners.
• Own the supply chain transition from development through production introduction: establish supplier contracts, part master data, and planning parameters that enable full MRP-driven execution at production rate — including automation of routine replenishment, exception management, and supplier acknowledgment workflows.
• Drive resolution of procurement disruptions, delivery shortfalls, and supply chain blockers with urgency, coordinating with SQE and Logistics (matrixed) to clear issues with minimum program impact.

Cost & Financial Performance

• Provide direct material cost inputs, forecast data, and procurement status to Finance and Program Control; ensure the teams that own the Lunar material budget have the supply chain visibility required to maintain accurate EACs and cost baselines.
• Inform and support should-cost modeling and negotiation strategy for major supplier agreements; ensure Contracts and Commodity Management have the program context, requirements, and urgency signals needed to execute negotiations that protect program cost objectives.
• Hold accountability for ensuring cost-relevant procurement activities — RFQ issuance, award timing, scope definition — are completed on schedule so that downstream cost management is not degraded by procurement delays.

Automation, AI Integration & Process Excellence

• Champion the adoption of automation and AI-enabled tools across procurement and supply chain program management workflows — from demand sensing and lead time prediction to purchase order management, supplier performance dashboards, and risk flagging.
• Identify manual, high-frequency supply chain tasks (status reporting, RFQ tracking, delivery follow-up, MRP exception management) and drive systematic automation to reduce cycle time and free the team for higher-value work.
• Partner with Digital and IT teams to ensure supply chain tooling (ERP, PLM, procurement platforms) is configured to support MRP-driven production execution and provides real-time visibility into material availability, supplier commitments, and program risk.
• Establish and maintain supply chain metrics and reporting that are data-pipeline-driven — not manually assembled — so that program leadership has accurate, timely, and consistent supply chain visibility at every review cadence.

Compliance & Standards

• Ensure compliance with FAR/DFARS requirements applicable to the NASA HLS contract, including Government Property, Counterfeit Parts Prevention (AS5553), and Export Control (ITAR/EAR).
• Ensure Lunar program procurement activities meet applicable quality standards and that matrixed SQE and Commodity partners have the program context needed to complete required compliance activities on schedule.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or a related technical field.
• 12+ years of supply chain or procurement experience, with at least 5 years leading procurement teams in a complex, multi-program or program-embedded environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading supply chain for a safety-critical program — aerospace, defense, medical devices, or equivalent regulated domain.
• Proven experience with New Product Introduction (NPI) supply chain methodology: embedding procurement into early design phases, managing long-lead strategies, and accelerating sourcing timelines.
• Experience owning a supply chain transition from development through production, including MRP system setup, part master data readiness, and production planning parameter establishment.
• Track record of identifying and eliminating sole/single-source supplier risk through enterprise sourcing strategies and alternate qualification.
• Strong working knowledge of strategic sourcing, contract negotiation, and supplier management for complex, low-volume hardware.
• Demonstrated effectiveness in a matrixed organization — aligning shared resources (quality, logistics, commodity) to program priorities without direct authority.
• Experience operating within FAR/DFARS and export-controlled environments (ITAR/EAR).
• Demonstrated excellence in AI utilization and implementation within supply chain operations — including applied use of AI tools for procurement automation, supplier risk analysis, demand forecasting, or reporting — with a track record of measurable productivity or cycle time improvement.
• Strong executive presence; comfortable presenting supply chain risk and program posture to senior leadership and government customers.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree (MBA, M.S. Engineering, or M.S. Supply Chain Management).
• Experience on a NASA prime contract or major subcontract on a human-rated spaceflight or launch vehicle program.
• Working knowledge of long-lead propulsion, composite structures, precision mechanisms, or avionics procurement.
• Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM) in a government contracting context.
• Familiarity with AS5553 (Counterfeit Parts), AS9100, and NASA quality system requirements.
• Experience configuring or standing up MRP/ERP supply chain modules (SAP, Oracle, or equivalent) in a new production environment.
• Experience implementing AI or automation tools within supply chain workflows — procurement bots, predictive analytics platforms, automated reporting pipelines, or similar — with demonstrated team adoption and measurable outcomes.
• APICS CSCP, CPSM, or equivalent supply chain certification.

 

Base Pay Range for:

WA applicants is $187,923.00 - $263,092.20

Other site ranges may differ

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Benefits

• Benefits include:  Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.

• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)

• Paid Time Off:  Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

• Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.

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