Director, Subcontracts Maritime Sector
Palm Bay, Florida; Northampton, Massachusetts; Millersville, Maryland; Camden, New Jersey
Job ID 14588L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.
L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 50,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.
Job Description:
The L3Harris Maritime Sector is restructing the subcontracts workforce supporting the five Maritime divisions and our subcontracting team is leveling-up to take on more complex subcontract management responsibility to help drive a sustainable competitive advantage and accelerate the delivery of cutting-edge capability to the warfighter. We are looking for a leader recognized as an external and internal expert in subcontract managment, a thought leader with deep and substantive technical expertise as well as advanced business knowledge and leadership capabilities. This leader will communicate with contacts inside and outside of the organization on matters of strategic importance to influence executive leadership on new concepts, practices, and approaches. They will both define and execute the strategy for the subcontract function, establishing overall direction for new processes, systems, and solutions. They will recommend and implement strategies and develop operational plans/goals with direct impact to the achievement of functional and business strategy.
Essential Functions:
- Responsible for sector-wide subcontracts management processes and procedures
- Responsible for functional strategy and roadmap – defining what good looks like and taking us there
- Define functional goals and objectives for use across segment
- Manage relationships with supply chain leadership and functional peers
- Define and implement training roadmaps and career development frameworks for subcontract employees
- Select, motivate, and lead a strong team.
- Support strategic new business pursuit activities as a critical subject matter expert for subcontracted systems and services.
- Identify, track, and mitigate Supply Chain Subcontract risks, while identifying, developing, and realizing opportunities.
- Support functions in efforts such as proposals, SOW development, negotiations, RCCA development, etc.
- Understand, report, and influence applicable KPIs to drive subcontract maturity
Qualifications:
- US Citizenship required with a DoD Secret security clearance.
- The experiences noted above are typically met through a bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 15 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
- Expertise in subcontracts management in the Aerospace and Defense industry.
- Proven experience in leading high performing teams.
- Ability to manage change in an organization, reengineering its culture and approach to workload management.
- Up to 25% travel
Preferred Additional Skills:
- MBA or graduate degree in related field.
- Excellent negotiation skills.
- Exceptional communication skills (written and verbal) to all levels of the organization.
- Strong business acumen balanced with technical aptitude.
- Noteworthy continuous improvement projects demonstrating innovation and creativity.
- Highly self-motivated with ability to drive positive change through team building and gaining support from people and resources across the enterprise.
- Project management experience and understanding of the project lifecycle and how to mitigate cost, schedule and technical issues during project execution.
- Demonstrated success applying should-cost methodology and analysis in negotiations.
- Certified Subcontract Manager (CSCM)
- ISM Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM)
Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
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