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Job Title: Manager, Material Management

Job Code: 32744

Job Location: Ashburn, VA

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 Agile Development Group in Ashburn, Va is looking for a Manager within the Material Management function that will lead a team of up to 6 employees who are responsible for the effective and efficient acquisition process for all program identified materials.  This team will support the manufacturing of next-generation technologies for Agile Development Group programs which includes Unmanned Air Systems (UAS / UAV), Advanced Sensing, and Weapons and Sensor Suite products.

Essential Functions: 

• Assesses supplier risk and develops/implements mitigation strategies. 
• Participates with contracts administration and purchasing to develop subcontract policies and procedures.
• Evaluates and approves supply chain labor and material proposals prior to customer review
• Develop strategies, implement plans, and track progress for cost savings initiatives
• Monitor and report industry trends and internal metrics that influence Supply Chain activities within the business
• Lead a professional level team of Materials Program Managers to deliver on business objectives in alignment with Annual Operating Plan requirements
• Manage internal processes to ensure compliance to Federal Acquisition Regulations, Material Management Accounting Standards, and Cost Accounting Standards
• Works with PM, IPT leads, and/or CAMs to provide ROMs / labor estimates.
• Able to obtain and maintain DoD clearance and additional clearances as required.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience in manufacturing; preferably experience in Shop Operations.  Operations Planning, Quality Assurance, Continuous Improvement also desirable.
• Working experience with execution of earned value management (EVM)
• Experience with leadership teams of 5 or more
• Knowledge and understanding of FAR and DFARs
• Prior experience in using computer-based project management tools associated with resource planning, scheduling and cost monitoring is desirable.
• Experience with Capital Equipment justification and BOEs
• Experience with Power BI or data analytics

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