Staff Supply Chain Planning Specialist

Staff Supply Chain Planning Specialist

Requirements

• Requires a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university and 12 or more years of supply chain, production planning, or closely related experience; 10 years with a masters degree; 4 additional years of supply chain experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Superior communication skills (written and verbal), leadership abilities, negotiation skills and the ability to team in a cross-functional environment are required to perform in this position.
• This individual should have experience providing complex material program strategies for programs with numerous end items and variation of configurations.
• This individual must be a self-starter, capable of achieving organizational and program objectives, and able to interface with all levels of internal management, supplier management and the external customer.
• Since communication of information is a key component of this position, excellent presentation skills will be required to keep internal customers, suppliers, and the external customer informed.
• Experience with SAP or similar ERP system
• MS Office including Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Must have ability to obtain and maintain Secret Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Lead Production facing liaison for the Global Supply chain team
• Help define and develop material strategy, executing Material Program Plans (MPP)
• Identify and mitigate complex production risks relative to cost and schedule
• Receive and review requirements for standard and non-standard parts. Analyzes lead times and Material Master data for price valuation and planned delivery times
• Participate in make/buy process, capacity planning, and resource planning; product phase-in/phase-out, manufacturing ramp-up, product end-of-life management.
• Analyze purchase material supply/demand position using Material Requirements Planning (MRP) tools.
• Understand inventory levels based on dependent and independent Bill-of-Materials (BOM) requirements.
• Participate in Material Review Board (MRB) and ensure timely execution of RMAs & Repairs
• Train, lead, and mature lower-level global supply chain professionals
• Extract, monitor, analyze and validate data and information from multiple sources
• Develop engaging and collaborative relationships with suppliers and internal partners / customers to drive problem resolution.
• Participate in competitive and non-competitive sourcing approaches, requests for quotes
• Solicitation bid packages strategies, targeting optimized pricing through volume
• Source selections in a competitive environment & participate in proposal activities.
• Participate in Agile environment teams to drive Change Request (CR) updates to TDP.
• Understand and evaluate multiple supplier proposals to place compliant purchase orders.
• Help CAMs and GSC Management understand and explain material forecasts & variances.
• Achieve EAC (estimate at complete) and ETC (estimate to complete) goals within programs of responsibility
• Achieve budget price variance (B.P.V.) goals for programs of responsibility
• Achieve material sales goals (Inventory Receipts)
• Support on-time delivery performance of suppliers within programs of responsibility (Supplier OTD >98%)
• Ensure high quality products from suppliers within programs of responsibility (Supplier Quality >98%)
• Candidates must be able to make sound and independent decisions in a timely manner, display strong interpersonal skills, and have an agile perspective of compliance protocol mandated by regulated industry, including Aerospace and Defense.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ideal candidate will bring their experience in Production Planning, Program/Project Management, or Supply Chain experience from hardware-centric Production environments.
• Demonstrated experience in the analysis and negotiation of contractual terms and conditions
• Problem solving, and interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to apply risk-based thinking in support of strategic decision making
• In depth SAP experience, MES experience, Tableau and SharePoint Experience
• Understanding of FAR/DFAR regulations