Global Supply Chain Manager

• Lead strategic procurement for suppliers, including developing and executing purchasing plans, identifying and mitigating long lead POs, and ensuring material availability to meet critical program timelines.
• Define, measure, and drive improvement on key performance metrics, such as OKR fulfillment, cost reductions, and strategic vendor management, including contracts review and negotiation.
• Drive and manage costs for assigned programs, representing Supply Chain in Program Spend reviews.
• Analyze component lifecycle status or production costs and influence engineering teams to make design updates as appropriate.

This role ensures the supply chain for satellite manufacturing runs smoothly, enabling Planet to deliver critical Earth observation data that supports environmental monitoring, humanitarian efforts, and commercial applications, ultimately helping life on Earth.

• 6+ years of experience in a production environment, executing and delivering results to leadership.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• Experience partnering with Engineering and manufacturing leads to onboard suppliers, equipment, and capabilities to support manufacturing scaling.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills, and the ability to effectively influence a wide range of stakeholders.

Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans; Health Savings Account (HSA) with company contribution; Generous Paid Time Off; 16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave; Wellness Program; Home Office Reimbursement; Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement; Tuition Reimbursement; Equity; Commuter Benefits; Volunteering Paid Time Off. Salary range: $101,400 - $126,800 USD.

Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history, delivering an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a cloud-based platform to commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors.