Specialist, Material Management
Huntsville, Alabama
Job ID 20797L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing 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.
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Job Title: Specialist, Material Management
Job Code: 20797
Job Location: Huntsville, AL
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 Material Program Management position provides Supply Chain/Material Management (SC/MM) representation and leadership in support of Business Unit and Business Development activities. They are responsible for effectively leading the SC/MM functional organization to develop and document strategies, plans, and processes to manage the supply chain for integration into the Program Management plan. They work directly with Program Management and act as the primary customer contact for the Supply Chain portion of the program activities. They represent procurement on the program integrated program teams (IPTs) and interface cross functionally in the resolution of material status, problems or issues.
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.
- Support negotiation of subcontracts and assist in the development of supplier baseline program plans including development of supplier budget and schedule baselines, consistent with program plans.
- Prepare presentations and lead teams in presentations to peers, customers, suppliers and managers.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related supply chain experience
- Graduate Degree or equivalent with 2 years of prior related supply chain experience
- In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related supply chain experience
- Travel 15%
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Knowledge of supply chain management, lean manufacturing, assembly and ATP processes required.
- Ability to use technical knowledge and experience to evaluate plans, processes and results of the supporting team is required.
- 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).
- Must have working capability in the use of typical office computer programs for conduct of program management such as MS PowerPoint (presentations, logic diagrams), MS Project (basic scheduling), MS Excel (entering formulas, graphing, developing spreadsheets), and MS Word (tables, program plans).