Supply Chain Management - IFG Material Program Mgmt Manager - Level 5

Lockheed Martin - Fort Worth, TX

Part-time - Mid Level

Fort Worth, TX

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

At Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, we are committed to shaping the future of aviation! Our Aeronautics Supply Chain team is passionate about delivering innovative, affordable, and agile solutions that exceed our customer's expectations. The supply chain team touches every product and service we deliver and enables our customers to do the impossible every day. At Aero, we leverage problem solving, creativity, and data to tackle the most exciting challenges in the industry. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work. As the leader of Material Program Managers (MPM), you will be responsible for potentially supporting both capture and execution programs to include all cost, schedule, and technical performance aspects of subcontracts and suppliers within the Integrated Fighter Group (IFG) global supply chain organization. You will lead the Subcontract Management Team and act as the Supply Chain lead for material activity. This role involves both on-site work and telework, with travel to Customers and Suppliers as necessary. Position is highly visible within Lockheed Martin and Customer leadership.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a programmatic business rhythm as the SMT and Supply Chain Lead to ensure cost, schedule, and technical objectives are met for subcontractors and suppliers.
• Leverage supply chain metrics to identify improvement opportunities and monitor overall performance and efficiency.
• Lead programmatic and technical meetings with subcontractors and suppliers.
• Oversee all subcontractor/material budgets and funding allocations/limitations.
• Resolve issues that create risks to subcontractor and supplier performance, while also identifying and exploiting opportunities.
• Manage customer-driven changes and their impact on subcontractors/suppliers.
• Manage the Earned Value baselines of subcontractors.
• Oversee the inputs, forecasts, and performance to plan for material to ensure the program's Orders, Sales, EBIT, Cash plans are met.
• Communicate effectively with leadership and stakeholders.

Requirements

• Experience in large scale development and material procurement intensive programs
• Experience negotiating large and small scale subcontractor scope and all aspects of the subcontract
• Well versed in Risk and Opportunity management
• Building and maintaining relationships with programs, subcontractors and functional key stakeholders through challenging issues and/or complex problems is paramount
• Experience multi-tasking; to support multiple complex initiatives concurrently
• Experience communicator; both written & oral
• Well versed in FAR/DFAR (or international equivalents)
• Experience with the Truth in Negotiation Act (TINA)

Nice-to-haves

• Leadership experience with leading, coaching, developing others
• Extensive Experience in Subcontract Management and Material Procurement Management, including from RFP generation, Statement of Work creation through closeout
• Experience managing geographically diverse teams
• Experience working international programs and international subcontractors
• Experienced in fixed price, cost reimbursable and time and material subcontracting
• Experience generating and presenting Sourcing related status and reporting metrics; including supplier risk based indicator metrics, which provide insight into supplier cost, schedule, technical status
• Experience as Cost Account Manager (CAM)
• Experience managing programs and/or subcontractor performance from red to green status
• Experience leading diverse subcontract management teams, made up of representatives from multiple disciplines
• Well versed in FAR/DFAR (or international equivalents), and LM Acquisition Procedures
• Ability to obtain a secret clearance (U.S. citizenship required)

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• 401k
• Paid time off
• Work/life balance
• Career development
• Mentorship opportunities
• Rewards & recognition