Senior Principal Program Manager (Supply Chain)

Job Summary

Heavy emphasis on working with program management, engineering, supply chain and key suppliers in sourcing and execution of all order for specific programs.  This individual must understand program level schedule, cost, and business requirements, integrate into a cohesive direction to a material planning organization, and supply chain function.  Ensuring timely and high integrity proposals, planning of materials. Must understand the critical aspects of production material demand planning and scheduling of a project and experience in the overall proposal and procurement process in a DoD environment.  This position will work closely with a team of material planners, purchasing, engineering, and program management to deploy procurement and inventory strategies, be responsible for product change and associated material planning implications, manage and solve exceptions, and work with purchasing to drive supplier execution.  This role involves critical monitoring and management of supply and constraints, status reporting and escalation, supplier engagement and the relentless pursuit of operation excellence and continuous improvement.

Job Responsibilities

• Manage and direct the daily execution of multiple programs within contract requirements to assure that cost, schedules and performance goals are met
• Ensures proper methods are followed to track program cost, schedules and performance across LOB and/or CO
• Track all program cost, schedules and performance against established program milestones; reporting the status to management stakeholders on a regular basis
• Develop and implement recovery plans for yellow and red programs (i.e. schedule, technical performance)
• May be required to ensure the overall execution of material on schedule and on budget for a business area
• May be required to collaborate on various tasks with various project teams
• Ensures program methodologies for the LOB and/or CO and the program management directives are followed
• Work closely with existing customers, and obtain feedback on the company’s performance
• Work closely with business development, marketing and sales to enhance the business portfolio

Job Responsibilities Part II

• Manage inventory effectively
• Manage internal research and development programs within LOB and/or CO
• Develop internal relationships with management stakeholders
• Work closely with Business Development to provide future opportunities for existing customers and solutions for new customers 
• Understand and develop methodologies that allow program managers to apply leading verses lagging indicators
• Develop processes for identifying, assessing, monitoring and mitigating risk throughout the program lifecycle
• May partner with various stakeholders on planning process and system improvements 
• Develop and understand cash flow management principles 

Secondary Accountabilities

• Develop and implement principles of process improvement (i.e. Lean Six Sigma)
• Requires 15+ year in the in DoD program and/or materials management and in production manufacturing operation utilizing MRP/ERP depending upon the job discipline
• Requires knowledge of DoD FAR procurement regulations
• Requires knowledge of MRP/ERP with a solid understanding of electro-mechanical assembly operations, bills of material, demand material planning, and the supply chain purchasing process

Qualifications

• 15+ years of relevent experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain or Business degree may be preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience depending upon the job discipline
• Advanced knowledge of program management tools and procedures
• Leadership and management skills, particularly “influence management” and “conflict resolution”
• Significant experience throughout the program lifecycle from development through sustainment to include proposal development, requirements decomposition, generation of system and subsystem statements of work and subcontracts, risk management, and continuous improvement efforts including implementation for cost reduction and performance improvement efforts
• Experience with earned value cost accounting and reporting; experience with metrics for assessing and reporting program progress, productivity and variance analysis
• Experience in finance, contracting, export regulations, engineering, logistics, manufacturing and supply chain management
• Advanced problem solving skills
• Excellent presentation skills
• Demonstrated success in managing manpower planning, project reviews, scheduling and budget control
• Ability to manage aerospace/defense programs as a prime or subcontractor to a domestic or foreign military organization   
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Program Management certification preferred (i.e. PMP or DAU)