Title:  Senior Specialist, Supply Chain Management

Job Title: Senior Specialist, Supply Chain Management

Job Code: 35992

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 Senior Specialist, Supply Chain Transformation is responsible for leading the identification, development, and deployment of Artificial Intelligence, advanced analytics, and workflow automation solutions within the Supply Chain organization. This role drives modernization of supply chain processes through intelligent automation, data driven decision support, and responsible AI implementation in a highly regulated defense environment. Operating within the Subcontracts and Supply Chain Program Management homeroom, this role partners with Digital Technology, Supply Chain, Legal, Compliance, and Program teams to modernize supply chain processes, increase speed and compliance, reduce risk, and enhance data driven decision making.

Essential Functions:

• Identify high value AI and automation use cases across all supply chain processes.
• Lead design, development, and deployment of workflow automation and system integrations to eliminate manual tasks and process bottlenecks.
• Develop and maintain a prioritized AI transformation backlog aligned to business objectives.
• Serve as functional Product Owner for AI enabled supply chain tools.
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications for data science, engineering, and IT teams.
• Lead pilot initiatives including:
• Intelligent document review and clause extraction
• AI assisted cost and price analysis
• Subcontract risk scoring models
• Generative AI copilots to assist supply chain with analysis, reporting, and decision preparation
• Measure adoption, performance, and value realization across programs within SMS.
• Redesign legacy Supply Chain workflows into AI enabled decision support systems.
• Integrate AI solutions into ERP (MRP), procurement, and contract lifecycle management systems.
• Define structured and unstructured data requirements to support AI use cases.
• Standardize supply chain data elements to enable analytics and predictive modeling.
• Partner with Enterprise Data and Digital organizations to ensure secure and compliant data integration.
• Ensure AI solutions comply with FAR, DFARS, ITAR, and cybersecurity requirements.
• Establish documentation and traceability standards suitable for audit environments.
• Support responsible AI implementation aligned with enterprise policies.
• Develop training materials and guidance to improve AI literacy within Supply Chain.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and advisor to leadership on AI opportunities and risks.
• Drive adoption through measurable change management strategies
• Ability to obtain US Government Clearance.

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.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Proven experience in supply chain process improvement and automation.
• Proficiency in automation tools and technologies such as RPA (e.g., UiPath, Automation Anywhere), AI, and ML.
• Project management skills and the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Familiarity with supply chain management software (e.g., SAP, Oracle SCM) is a plus.
• 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
• Certification in process automation tools (e.g., UiPath Certified Professional).
• Experience with data analytics and visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau).
• Knowledge of Lean Six Sigma methodologies. 

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