Supply Chain Analyst

Overview:

Draper is an independent nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge MA. The 2000 employees of Draper tackle important national challenges with a promise of delivering successful and usable solutions. From military defense and space exploration to biomedical engineering lives often depend on the solutions we provide. Our multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists work in a collaborative environment that inspires the cross-fertilization of ideas necessary for true innovation. For more information about Draper visit .

Job Description Summary:

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities

• Proactively works collaboratively with internal program teams quality contracts and other functional areas to understand unique supply chain needs to support customer program and commodity strategies.

• Source and evaluate supplier quotes select and recommend suppliers and negotiate price delivery quality service and most competitive solution.

• Identifies and realizes cost savings and reduction opportunities gains alignment with finance and internal stakeholders for these wins and actively tracks post event actual savings obtained.

• Work closely with the program offices quality and the larger procurement team and act as the primary point of contact for program specific suppliers.

• Assist in pricing and maintaining Bill of Materials changes as relates to baseline and estimate to complete.

• Ability to review and understand contractual requirements and facilitates supplier business relationships to ensure contractual requirements performance obligations and expectations are met.

• Understand and interpret contract changes.

• Proactively engage with suppliers to resolve issues and negotiate lead time improvement and other advantages for Draper.

• Works closely with the program teams during the proposal phase to support supply chain and contractual requirements and compliance.

• Provide analysis on cost and schedule performance.

• Works closely with the program team and quality in the development of the Bill of Materials (BOM) to include supplier sourcing and obtaining the necessary documentation to ensure compliance and advise on material selection based on supplier performance and risk assessments.

• Successfully negotiates Long Term Agreements (LTA) to ensure continual contractual coverage and drives cost savings.

• Stay up to date with industry trends emerging technologies and regulatory changes that may impact supply chain risk management practices.

• Manages respective PO data maintenance in MRP/ERP environment and works in partnership with AP to resolve invoice/payment discrepancies.

• Acts as liaison with the material planner supplier management and accounts payable to ensure data integrity of purchased components suppliers and payment terms in ERP system.

• Negotiates and settles with suppliers regarding damage claims rejections losses return of materials over shipments cancellations and engineering changes.

• Monitors tracks and updates order status and is the primary contact to support schedule.

• Other supply chain related tasks as necessary to include but not limited to logistics and inventory support.

Skills/Abilities

• Working knowledge of government contracting FAR/DFARS acquisition requirements and related clauses.

• Significant ERP System Experience (Oracle SAP Other).

• In-depth knowledge of manufacturing process.

• Ability to analyze react and train on exceptions in MRP especially around Bills of Material Material Planning Purchase Requisitions Purchase Orders.

• Requires strong written oral communication and presentation skills.

• Able to handle multiple projects simultaneously.

Education

• Bachelors degree in business supply chain management or related field.

Experience

• 5-7 years of defense contracting experience within a supply chain role.

Additional Job Description:

Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.

Current in-scope Top Secret Clearance is required.

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