Senior Material Program Manager

Role Overview

• 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.
• Works closely with Engineering to manage a development program or a project.
• May need to intercede with Engineering Management to accomplish objectives.
• Work outcomes may encompass product development, services or both.
• Manages and ensures the timely completion of specific, defined technical programs or projects.
• Oversee a team or portion of a program to plan, track and execute project plans from start to completion using specific technical knowledge.
• Provides resolution to a diverse range of complex problems.
• Uses judgement within defined policies and practices.
• Participate as a team member or leader on bid and proposal activities.
• Ensure that the requirements of the request for proposal are met in the preparation and documentation of bids and proposals for existing customers
• Actively seek new business opportunities in coordination with Business Development
• Represent management at program reviews, meetings, seminars, etc.
• Prepare for and participate in contract/subcontract negotiations. While representing Company’s interests, assure that all government regulatory guidance is adhered to
• Allocate and control contract budgets for labor, material, travel and purchased services.
• Regularly report program status to senior management
• Formally identify, assess, monitor and mitigate risk throughout the program life cycle.
• Obtains management approval prior to making decisions that will cause deterioration of established program, cost and schedule objectives.
• 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
• May be required to various tasks/team/project/Engineering changes
• Notify and seek senior management assistance in resolving schedule and budget problems as they arise.
• Develop and implement corrective action plans when deviations from budgets and/or schedules are evident
• Perform variance analysis of schedule and cost on a formal and informal basis and present them to senior management (i.e. earned value management system)
• Serve as the primary interface with the customer on all matters involving contract execution.
• Coordinate with other departments on resolution of contractual problems with the customer
• Coordinate with Contracts Administration on issues pertaining to contract requirements, changes, and interpretations.
• Assure the contract requirements are executed in accordance with appropriate regulations and Company policies and procedures (i.e. federal acquisition regulations)

Requirements

• 7+ years relevant 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
• Knowledge of program management tools and procedures
• Solid leadership and management skills
• 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 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
• Solid problem solving skills
• Strong presentation skills
• Experience with 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)
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• This position requires an active DOD security clearance or the ability to obtain such clearance within a reasonable time after commencement of employment.

Tech Stack

• PMP

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision coverage
• company contribution to a health savings account
• telemedicine
• life and disability insurance
• legal insurance
• 401(k) savings plan
• wellness programs that focus on physical, emotional, and financial well-being
• career-growth, professional development, and skill enhancement programs
• flexible work schedules with the 9/80 program
• competitive vacation
• health/emergency leave
• paid parental leave
• community service hours