Title:  Associate Manager, Procurement

Job Title: Associate Manager, Procurement

Job ID: 29632

Job Location: Rockwall, TX; On-site

Job Schedule: 9/80, off every other Friday

Job Description:

L3Harris Technologies, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) is seeking an exceptionally motivated, proactive individual to lead the Procurement function for a critical program area. This role requires an eye for detail, accuracy, excellent interpersonal skills, and proven track record for taking the initiative, delivering exceptional results, and exceeding expectations in support of our Customer.

The Procurement function is for responsible acquiring goods and services from suppliers, receiving the right quality, in the right quantity, at the right time, for the right value, from the right source to optimize business performance. In this role, the Associate Procurement Manager will manage the life-cycle of purchase orders from the initial source selection and acquisition strategy, or onboarding and vetting of new suppliers, through the solicitation, negotiation, and answering supplier information requests, to awarding a purchase order, to facilitating supplier supports request, managing the cost and schedule of the purchase, which includes purchase order management/execution, delivery of goods, invoicing, payment, or return of materials issues, to finalizing the purchase order closeout processes. L3Harris covers a variety of customers  which requires the procurement team to be compliant with all government and agency laws and regulations.

Essential Functions:

• Leads, directs, and reviews the work of direct report(s) who exercise latitude and independence in their assignments. Has hiring, firing, promotion, and compensation authority within own organization, in accordance with management review and approval. Reports to Director of Procurement.
• Works independently and delegates pieces of complex work to support organizational needs.
• Frequently responsible for providing guidance, coaching, mentoring, and training to other employees across the Company within area of expertise.
• Responsible for representing and leading on a Portfolio/Segment level, and or leading a team of buyers and must possess excellent communication skills and communicate effectively with leadership, a wide array of professional levels, functions, and suppliers.
• Drive the implementation of Long-Term Agreement, when applicable, by leveraging demand and utilizing competition to drive material and labor savings.
• Expert ability to optimize organization's talents and the interaction of other functions to maximize efficiencies, improve key performance indicators (KPIs), develop custom strategies, support internal customer needs, and operate with excellence.
• Focus on policy, strategy implementation, goals, and operational plans that will have measurable impact on the achievement of overall function or business results.
• Expert understanding of Programs and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Enterprise Requirements Planning systems (finance, MRP, quality, engineering, etc.) and the cause-and-effect relationship between these systems.
• Expert understanding of Procurements' relationship with other functions and the ability to influence and gain trust within these relationships to collaborate with the team and define the appropriate execution methods to meet cash flow, cost, and schedule objectives.
• Expert understanding of forecasting and Supply Chain's influence on annual operating plan to include orders, sales, profit, and cash flow.
• Advanced negotiation skills in best value, lead times, pay terms, milestones, and executing legal documents (i.e., Purchase Order (PO), Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), Long Term Agreements, Terms and Conditions etc.) to effectively align with the customer needs.
• Serves as PEER reviewer and approver for Compliance of PO packages, which includes, source justifications, commercial item determination, and price justifications along with other Federal Acquisition Regulation/Defense Acquisition Regulation Supplement (FAR/DFARS), Department of Defense (DOD), and Contractor Purchasing System Review (CPSR) requirements.
• Identifies market trends and correlations in Program, Purchasing and Supplier data and develops action plans to address supplier performance trends, mitigate supplier risks, and leads plans to closure.
• Contributes to the development of goals and department planning efforts.
• Provides Basis of Estimates (BoE) for Proposal efforts.
• Must be available for business travel (up to 10%).
• Must be available for on-call requirements 24/7 when required.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum 6 years prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
• Procurement sourcing, negotiation, and compliance experience is required.
• Experience in the Aerospace Industry particularly aircraft industry preferred.
• Experience inputting and retrieving data in SAP desired.
• Knowledge of FAR and DFAR regulations.
• SAP ERP.
• Proficient working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Candidate must be able to work closely with team members and have a willingness to learn.
• Good verbal and written communication skills required.