Specialist, Project Management - Material Program Manager

About the position

Material Project Manager will function as the point-of-contract between the Program Office, Functional Management, the Customer, supplier relationships, and other stakeholders to coordinate efforts to ensure successful resolutions of program issues.

Responsibilities

• Manage the material budget for assigned program.
• Provide accurate material forecast.
• Assist in providing comprehensive business analysis of program material requirements and manage impact to program EAC's for all material related actions.
• Work collaboratively with Program Office and Functional Management, as well as other stakeholders, to define and assign task requirements.
• Estimate and establish budget and schedules.
• Determine appropriate performance metrics.
• Clarify priorities and develop and implement specific management plans to support the program.
• Interact with Engineering / Engineering design reviews, Planning, Procurement and Manufacturing personnel to ensure appropriate drawings are released and program schedules are achieved.
• Assist in reviewing proposals & Statements of Work (SOW) to establish status metrics and reporting methods.
• Follow up on open purchase orders, verify delivery, participate in resolving supplier issues, approve payment, and maintain necessary records of material movement throughout manufacturing and inventory cycle(s).
• Utilize program management tools to monitor and report program performance to objectives.
• Facilitate project coordination and decision-making.
• Lead/participate in Integrated Product Teams to assure successful program execution.
• Drive non-value added costs out of the program.
• Provide proposal support to include estimating the scope of MPM labor and material efforts.
• Able to travel up to 10%.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience.
• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience.
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
• Ability to obtain DoD Secret clearance required.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in a similar technical MPM or equivalent leadership capacity.
• Strong project management skills.
• Outstanding communication (both verbally and written), negotiation, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Recent experience in Commercial and Military Aviation/Aerospace products development and production is highly desired.
• Knowledge of manpower planning, milestone scheduling, PM tools, and related financial management.
• Strong Excel skills; Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office products to include, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Project.
• Extensive experience with SAP and material processes strongly preferred.
• Understanding of FFP, CPFF contract types, Spares and Repairs experience.
• Must have high attention to detail.
• Capable of managing and working in an environment that is fast paced, demanding, with a focus on problem resolution and process improvement.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Proven team player with outstanding customer relationship skills.