Title:  Senior Associate, Subcontracts

Job Title: Senior Associate, Subcontracts

Job Code: 36826

Job Location: Palm Bay, 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 Subcontracts Manager (SCM) is responsible for the overall life cycle of a subcontract, from the initial sourcing and acquisition strategy development, through the solicitation, negotiation, award, cost and schedule management, subcontractor execution and closeout steps.  Subcontracts at L3Harris cover a variety of customer segments including U.S. Federal Government, Commercial, International Governments, International Commercial, and Defense, both domestic and international. L3Harris Subcontracts is an incredibly diverse landscape of technologies, products and services for development articles, production, technical & professional services requirements. 

Essential Functions:

• Identifies required actions necessary to develop skills required and to achieve assigned goals and objectives
• Supports cross-functional requests and inquiries (i.e., Contracts, Program Management Office (PMO), Business Development (BD), Engineering, Finance, Quality, Operations, Logistics, International Trade Compliance and Regulatory Government Compliance, Accounts Payable (AP), Property Management, etc.)
• Ensures all applicable Program, Company, engineering, and item-specific conformance criteria are clearly and adequately conveyed to suppliers
• Negotiates legal documents as required (i.e., NDA, Teaming Agreements, Terms and Conditions, etc.), based on assigned signature authority
• Responsible to award and manage resultant subcontracts
• May be assigned to prepare PO/Subcontracts compliant packages as required  
• Single point of contact to assigned POs, PO modifications, subcontractors, direct management, and to internal customers
• Solves problems of moderate complexity by leveraging experience and through analysis of data
• Reviews program requirements and risks, milestones, period of performance, end customer requirements, Trade Compliance (ITAR/EAR), subcontractor capabilities and stability, and engineering requirements.
• May be assigned to work with higher level peers, and assist with advanced complexity tasks for skills development
• Responsible for managing timely administration of subcontracts, purchase orders, contract modifications, request for proposals, negotiations, and processing of legal documents
• Monitors and respond to internal cross functional metric trends related to that indicate early risks of supply chain disruptions
• Accountability to perform program closeout of subcontracts related contractual obligations (e.g. CFE/GFE, deliveries, open commitments, residual material disposition), by completing program assigned actions
• Ability to obtain US Government Clearance

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree or equivalent with 0 to 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 6 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Proficient with MRP systems
• Knowledge of FAR/DFAR/ITAR laws, rules, and regulations
• Experience in managing various types of complex subcontracts, including hardware, software, complex services subcontracts, and follow-on/production subcontracts
• US Government contract experience
• Knowledge of contract types (i.e., FFP, Cost Reimbursement, T&M, CPFF, CPIF, etc.)

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