Title:  Specialist, Materials Program Management - Supply Chain

Job Title: Specialist, Supply Chain Management (Materials)

Job Code: 28021

Job Location: Huntsville, AL and/or Camden, AR

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 Specialist, Supply Chain Management position provides Supply Chain/Material Management (SC/MM) representation in support of Business Unit and Business Development activities. They are responsible for effectively support 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. Under general supervision, they work directly with Program Management and may act as the primary customer contact for the Supply Chain portion of the program activities. They may represent procurement on the program integrated program teams (IPTs) and interface cross functionally in the resolution of material status, problems or issues.

Essential Functions:

• 35% - 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.

• 30% - 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.

• 25% - 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.

• 10% - Prepare presentations and lead teams in presentations to peers, customers, suppliers and managers. 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience. 

 Preferred Additional Skills:

• Assist with contract negotiations with critical suppliers that are often single or sole sourced based on the technology.
• Knowledge of supply chain management, lean manufacturing, assembly and ATP processes required.
• Ability to use technical knowledge and experience to evaluate plans, processes and results of the supporting team is required.
• Excellent communication skills, self-motivation, strong leadership skills, and interpreting program management, engineering and supplier demands in a continuously changing environment with minimal guidance.
• Solid 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) is required.
• Willingness to travel and flexibility to work extended hours are required. Must be willing and able to travel regularly to other Aerojet Rocketdyne facilities and suppliers across the country.
• Demonstrated abilities in team building, leadership and delegation skills to achieve project objectives are also required.
• Experience in training/coaching, encouraging, reviewing and critiquing work of supporting team members to maximize program success.
• Must be capable of defining and negotiating task objectives, scope description and completion criteria for specific and broad activities as well. The applicant will be required to coordinate multiple activities simultaneously and to make real-time plan adjustments in response to problems and unexpected interim results.
• Must have 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).