Title:  Sr Specialist, Subcontracts (Melbourne, FL)

Job Title: Sr Specialist, Subcontract Management

Job Code: 29328

Job Location: Melbourne, FL

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 Subcontract Specialist is responsible for the end-to-end management of subcontracts, ensuring alignment with cost, schedule, and performance requirements. This role implements strategic sourcing plans, assesses and mitigates supplier risks, including financial considerations, and defines subcontract specifications, work statements, and terms and conditions for procuring specialized materials, equipment, and services.

Key responsibilities include preparing bid packages, conducting bidders' conferences, evaluating proposals, negotiating subcontract terms, recommending suppliers, issuing awards, and overseeing subcontract administration. This role also entails negotiating and coordinating any necessary modifications to subcontracts.

The Senior Subcontracts Specialist collaborates closely with contract administration and purchasing teams to develop and refine subcontract policies and procedures. They employ a range of methods and evaluation criteria to meet goals and objectives effectively and may sign supplier agreements and purchase orders within their authority.

Essential Functions:

• Develops subcontract training and processes, supplier statements of work, tailors, and negotiates terms and conditions for the procurement of specialized materials, equipment, and services for subcontract systems in support of development, production and global sustainment for multiple contract types. 
• Assists in the preparation of bid packages, conducts bidders' conferences, develops evaluation criteria, analyzes and evaluates proposals, negotiates subcontract provisions, selects or recommends subcontractors, writes subcontract packages for review, prepares awards and administers resulting subcontracts.
• Negotiates and coordinates additions, deletions, or modifications to subcontracts.
• Participates with contracts administration and purchasing to develop subcontract policies and procedures.
• May sign supplier agreements and purchase orders within established authority. 
• Ability to work closely with a diverse workforce of varying skill levels
• Ability to train
• Ability to prepare and present presentations
• The Senior Subcontracts Specialist reports to the Senior Manager, ISR Subcontracts, and contributes significantly to the overall strategic subcontract management process.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Extensive experience in direct subcontract administration and management, including the development of policies, directives, and work instructions related to the subcontracting process. 
• 3-5 years experience with highly complex multi-year high dollar subcontracts
• Experience in preparing, reviewing and managing Supplier Statements of Work
• SAP or other similar operating system experience
• Experience managing a procurement team in either general procurement of subcontracts

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