Title:  Senior Specialist, Supply Chain Management

Job Title: Senior Specialist, Supply Chain Management

Job ID: 26643

Job Location: Jupiter, 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 Sr. Spec, Supply Chain Management will manage cross-functional supplier management team (SMT) to focus on supplier relationship and performance. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Program execution
• Develop and execute supplier management strategies and negotiations
• Identifying risks and opportunities
• Support program proposals
• Tactical issue resolution
• Strategic planning
• Communicate one voice to the supplier, sometimes representing multiple program needs
• Accountable to the program for cost, quality, schedule, delivery, and affordability of suppliers
• Supplier relationship, accountability, and collaboration
• Internal and external customer support
• Partnering with the Program Office, Engineering, Operations and Quality to address supplier cost, schedule, and  technical challenges

Essential Functions:

• 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.
• 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.
• Prepare presentations and lead teams in presentations to peers, customers, suppliers and managers. 
• Travel regularly to other Aerojet Rocketdyne facilities and suppliers across the country.

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:

• Knowledge or experience with flexible metal hose manufacturing, and tube forming.
• Knowledge of supply chain management, lean manufacturing, assembly and ATP processes.
• Ability to use technical knowledge and experience to evaluate plans, processes and results of the supporting team.
• 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).

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