Material Program Manager

Job Title:Specialist Supply ChainManagement (Materials)

Job Code:37959

JobLocation:Camden AR OR Huntsville AL

Job Schedule: 4/10: Employees work 10 hour days 4 days a week

Job Description:

TheSpecialist Supply Chain Managementposition provides Supply Chain/Material Management (SC/MM) representation and support of Business Unit and Business Development activities. Theyare responsible foreffectivelyguidingthe SC/MM functional organization to develop and document strategies plans and processes to manage the supply chain for integration into the Program Management may manage projects or processes with general work directly with Program Management andmayact as the primary customer contact for the Supply Chainportionof the program activities. Theyrepresentprocurement on the program integrated program teams (IPTs) and interface cross functionally in the resolution of material statusproblemsor 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 costscheduleand technicalobjectives.
• Support the Supply Chainportionof development and production proposals including planning and execution of affordability supplierqualityand other supplier performance improvement initiative beingsubmittedto Government and Prime Contractor programs.
• Support negotiation of subcontracts andassistin 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 customerssuppliersand managers.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree and a minimum of 4years of prior related supply chain experience. Graduate Degree or equivalent with 2years of prior related supply chain lieu of a degree minimum of 8 years of prior related supply chain experience.
• 2 years of expeirence with CAD.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Contract negotiations with critical suppliers that are often single or sole sourced based on technology.
• Knowledge of supply chain management lean manufacturingassemblyand ATP processes.
• Ability to use technical knowledge and experience to evaluate plans processes and results of the supporting team.
• Experience interpreting program management engineering and supplier demands in a continuously changing environment.
• 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).
• Experience incoaching guiding encouragingreviewingand criticizing work of supporting team members to maximize program success.
• Capable of defining and negotiating taskobjectives scopedescriptionand completion criteria for specific and broad activities.
• Abilityto coordinate multiple activities simultaneously and to make real-time plan adjustments in response to problems and unexpected interim results.
• Experience with MS PowerPoint (presentations logic diagrams) MS Project (basic scheduling) MS Excel (entering formulas graphing developing spreadsheets) and MS Word (tables program plans).

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