Manager, Supply Chain Management

Job Title: Manager Supply Chain Management

Job Code: 29993

Job Location: Huntsville AL

Job Schedule: 9/80 Employees work 9 out of every 14 days totaling 80 hours worked and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

The Material Program Management position provides Supply Chain/Material Management (SC/MM) representation and leadership in support of Business Unit and Business Development activities. They are responsible for effectively leading the SC/MM functional organization to develop and document strategies plans and processes to manage the supply chain for integration into the Program Management plan. They work directly with Program Management and act as the primary customer contact for the Supply Chain portion of the program activities. They represent procurement on the program integrated program teams (IPTs) and interface cross functionally in the resolution of material status problems or issues.

Essential Functions:

• Assemble and lead integrated cross functional team(s) within assigned program(s) while interacting with supplier(s) supply chain director program managers functional managers and customers to achieve subcontract cost schedule and technical objectives.
• Support the Supply Chain portion of development and production proposals including planning and execution of affordability supplier quality and other supplier performance improvement initiative being submitted to Government and Prime Contractor programs.
• Support negotiation of subcontracts and assist in the development of supplier baseline program plans including development of supplier budget and schedule baselines consistent with program plans.
• Prepare presentations and lead teams in presentations to peers customers suppliers and managers.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree and minimum of 9 years of prior relevant supply chain experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related supply chain lieu of a degree minimum of 13 years of prior related supply chain experience
  
  

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Knowledge of supply chain management lean manufacturing assembly and ATP processes.
• Management and leadership knowledge and skills.
• Ability to use technical knowledge and experience to evaluate plans processes and results of the supporting team.
• Working knowledge of project management methods within the defense acquisition environment including program planning integrated master scheduling budgeting and earned value management.
• Ability to implement product design and development stage gate process (reviews for design build and test).
• Working capability in the use of typical office computer programs for conduct of program management such as MS PowerPoint (presentations logic diagrams) MS Project (basic scheduling) MS Excel (entering formulas graphing developing spreadsheets) and MS Word (tables program plans).