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# Supply Chain Manager at Loft Orbital Solutions

- **Company:** Loft Orbital Solutions
- **Location:** Toulouse, France
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-11-09
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital/acbc4011-ec39-46e1-97d6-5bf0fb1dfbba

## Job description

Wanna join the adventure?

At Loft, we are dedicated to delivering our innovative hardware products & satellite missions on schedule and within budget. Our company is growing, and globally! That's why the role of Supply Chain Manager is crucial to our success and broadening our support across our locations. As the primary support of our operations and supply chain function in France, they will oversee several of the functions from procurement, inventory, logistics, and processes.

About this Role: Supplier Management & Procurement

- Lead supplier negotiations, including contracts, long-term agreements, pricing structures, and commercial terms, to achieve the best balance of cost, quality, and delivery performance.
- Manage procurement of direct and indirect materials, ensuring timely availability to support production and testing activities.
- Develop, evaluate, and maintain a reliable and qualified supplier base, ensuring vendors meet Loft's quality, compliance, and operational standards.
- Partner with Engineering, Quality, and other stakeholders to ensure suppliers are appropriately evaluated, approved, and added to our Approved Vendor List (AVL).
- Monitor supplier performance, identify potential risks, and implement corrective action plans when necessary.
- Build and maintain strong supplier relationships to improve delivery reliability, responsiveness, and overall value.
- Ensure procurement activities comply with internal policies, applicable regulations, and documentation and traceability requirements.

Inventory & Supply Chain Operations

- Oversee inventory management activities, including stock accuracy, safety stock levels, cycle counting, and inventory optimization.
- Support material planning to meet production and testing schedules while minimizing shortages, excess inventory, and operational disruptions.
- Maintain accurate procurement, inventory, and logistics transactions within our ERP system (NetSuite).
- Collaborate with global supply chain, engineering, manufacturing, and operations teams to address material availability challenges and improve workflows.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of scalable supply chain processes as Loft continues to grow internationally.

Must Haves:

- 3–5 years of experience in supply chain, procurement, or a related operational function, with exposure to multiple areas such as purchasing, inventory management, and logistics.
- Demonstrated experience negotiating with suppliers, including pricing, commercial terms, contracts, or long-term purchasing agreements.
- Hands-on experience coordinating inbound and outbound shipments, including international logistics and import/export processes
- Experience working in a production, manufacturing, engineering, or testing environment.
- Experience managing supply chain transactions within an ERP system.
- Fluent in both French and English, with the ability to collaborate effectively with international teams and suppliers.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail.
- Ability to work autonomously, manage competing priorities, and take ownership of operational challenges.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills, particularly when working with suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and comfort working with operational data.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Nice to Haves:

- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Logistics, Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience using NetSuite, particularly its purchasing and inventory management modules.
- Experience in the aerospace, space, defense, or other highly regulated technical industries.
- Familiarity with electronics manufacturing, hardware production, or testing environments.
- Knowledge of international trade compliance, customs procedures, and export-controlled materials.
- Experience supporting supply chain activities across multiple countries or locations.
- ASCM/APICS certification or equivalent supply chain training.
- Experience implementing process improvements or developing supply chain procedures in a growing organization.

Some of Our Awesome Benefits:

- Equity, we want you to have an active role in our success
- Up to 35 days of Paid Time Off (vacations & RTT ) and flexible working hours, we want you to be at your best
- Health and life insurance, we care about your health
- Lunch Vouchers, because let’s be honest, we love food! (we even have a slack channel about it [#loft-gourmand](https://loftorbital.slack.com/archives/C02G64537DF))
- Cross-office travel opportunities between San Francisco, Colorado, and Toulouse to learn from our differences
- Company and team off-sites and many other events to work & celebrate together
- Relocation assistance to Toulouse when applicable

*Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other underrepresented people tend to only apply when they meet 100% of the qualifications. At Loft, we value respectful debate and people who aren’t afraid to challenge assumptions.  We strongly encourage you to apply, even if you don’t check all the boxes.

## Who We Are

Loft: Space Made Simple.

Founded in 2017, Loft provides governments, companies, and research institutions with a fast, reliable, and simple way to deploy missions in orbit.

We integrate, launch, and operate spacecraft, offering end-to-end missions as a service across Earth observation, IoT connectivity, on-orbit AI, national security missions, and more. Leveraging our existing space infrastructure and an extensive inventory of satellite buses, Loft is reducing years-long integration and launch timelines to months. With more than 30 missions flown, Loft’s flight heritage and proven technologies enable customers to focus on their mission objectives.

With a growing fleet on track to reach 30 satellites by 2027, we are scaling up quickly across our offices in San Francisco, CA | Golden, CO | and Toulouse, France to meet accelerating demand for space infrastructure.

As an international company your resume will be reviewed by people across our offices so please attach a copy in English.

## About Loft Orbital Solutions

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Loft Orbital is a space infrastructure company that provides simple, fast, and reliable ways for customers to deploy and operate physical payloads and software missions in low Earth orbit.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C – $170M round announced, total funding $326.9M)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States (with additional offices in Golden, Colorado and Toulouse, France)
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Not listed in provided sources

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Defense and Space Manufacturing
- **Target Customers**: B2B – commercial space startups, established aerospace and defense primes, cloud and AI companies, and government agencies worldwide (including U..S, France, Canada)
- **Mission/Purpose**: “Space Made Simple” – enabling customers to focus on their mission while Loft handles end-to-end space infrastructure

## Products & Services
- **Physical Payload Missions**: Loft integrates, tests, launches, and operates customer hardware payloads on its standardized satellite platforms (e.g.., optical, hyperspectral, RF sensors).
- **Virtual / Software-Only Missions**: Customers can deploy software directly to Loft’s on-orbit satellites to process and analyze data in near-real time (e..g., AI edge processing via partners like SkyServe, SSCI).
- **YAM (Yet Another Mission)** satellites: A fleet of multi-mission satellite buses available for rapid deployment; Loft maintains an inventory of pre-assembled platforms.
- **Hub & Cockpit**: Proprietary hardware and software abstraction layers that simplify payload integration and satellite operations.
- **Loft Federal**: A FOCI-mitigated division focused on US national security space missions (only US citizens).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (total funding $326..9M – LinkedIn)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding $326..9M (8 rounds incl. $170M Series C); Annual Revenue estimated $27..8M (LinkedIn)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Lead seed investor Uncork Capital; partners include Honeywell (Canadian Space Agency mission), Wyvern (Dragonette constellation), Esper, Helsing, SmartSat CRC, EarthDaily ($150M constellation), SkyServe, SSCI, Airbus OneWeb Satellites (15 bus order).
- **Growth Signals**: 270 employees (+14.9% YoY), 41k+ LinkedIn followers (+41.4% YoY), 14 satellites launched, 60+ customers, 15+ AI missions on-orbit, selected as prime contractor for France’s first space-based radar imaging program.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Standardized Satellite Platform**: Uses a commodity satellite bus with custom hardware/software layers, eliminating non-recurring engineering and enabling “turnkey” plug-and-play.
- **Speed to Orbit**: Maintains an inventory of pre-assembled buses and pre-booked launches, drastically reducing lead times compared to traditional aerospace.
- **Flight Heritage**: Over 600 copies of the bus in orbit today, providing proven reliability
- **Misson Agnosticism**: Can fly any payload that fits within standard platform constraints; supports both physical and virtual missions.

## Strategic Focus
- **Expand AI Edge Computing**: Deploying onboard AI processing (e..g., STORM from SkyServe, POET experiment for SDA) to enable near-real-time decision making.
- **National Security Growth**: Loft Federal continues to win US government contracts.
- **Constellation Scale-Up**: Partnering with EarthDaily for $150M satellite constellation; ordering 15 additional buses from Airbus OneWeb.
- **International Partnerships**: Strengthening ties with France (prime contractor for radar imaging) and Canada (SmartSat CRC, Honeywell).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Collaborative, respectful, professional environment described as “non-negotiable.” Rated 4..5/5 on LinkedIn (35 reviews) with Culture 4.5, Compensation 4.1, Work-Life 3.6, Career 4.2.
- **Wor Environment**: Distributed team with core hubs in San Francisco, Golden (CO), and Toulouse. Supports remote collaboration but roles may require on-site presence (per job listings). Recruiting process involves intro call, technical screening, challenge, and hiring panel.
- **Notable Perks**: Opportunity to work on cutting-edge space infrastructure with a fast-growing company; involvement in both commercial and government missions; international team.

## Sources
1. [loftorbital..com](https://loftorbital.com/)
2. [loftorbital.com/about/](https://loftorbital.com/about/)
3. [loftorbital.com/careers/](https://loftorbital.com/careers/)
4. [jobs.lever.co/loftorbital](https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital/)
5. [linkedin.com/company/loft-orbital](https://www.linkedin.com/company/loft-orbital)

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