Acquisition Logistician, Senior
About The Position
COLSA is seeking a Senior Acquisition Logistician to support the standup of the Looking Glass Next program at Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts. The role supports planning, development, implementation, and management of a comprehensive, affordable, and effective systems support strategy. It also assists in producing and reviewing program-office documents supporting acquisition and sustainment logistics efforts. The position supports the program through the Materiel Solution Analysis, Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction, Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD), Production and Deployment, and Operations and Support phases, including milestone activities. It contributes to lifecycle logistics, logistics policy and guidance, logistics and maintainability support, and integrated logistics support. The role also assists with transportation planning, government-furnished property and equipment purchasing, budget and cost analysis, logistics data and documentation, and identifying risks, issues, and potential mitigations.
Requirements
- Working knowledge of logistics policy and guidance, including Title 10 U.S.C. Section 2466, as amended by National Defense Authorization Acts, and applicable Air Force systems.
- Understanding of integrated logistics support planning, development, and execution sufficient to coordinate and integrate functions into a viable program.
- Understanding of system lifecycle concepts and design as they apply to research, development, and acquisition.
- Working understanding of contractual processes, procedures, and technical requirements.
- Working knowledge of logistics and maintainability programs, including product-support RAM-C, test and evaluation planning and execution, and technical evaluation and identification of weapon-system logistics requirements and resources.
- Understanding of budgetary or financial analysis and control and lifecycle cost analysis and control.
- Understanding of AIS hardware and software standardization and compatibility, product-support RAM-C analysis, and supportability assessments.
Responsibilities
- Support the program office across acquisition phases and milestone activities, from Materiel Solution Analysis through Operations and Support.
- Apply knowledge of the Air Force’s 12 product support elements.
- Assist with transportation plan development and the Defense Transportation System process.
- Apply knowledge of GFP/GFE purchasing to help determine costs, develop budgets, process purchase documentation, resolve issues, and ensure adequate asset availability.
- Identify opportunities to reduce weapons-system total ownership cost and provide recommendations or solutions.
- Assist with planning, managing, and coordinating cradle-to-grave lifecycle logistics support for assigned weapon systems or subsystems, integrating supply, maintenance, procurement, and quality assurance functions.
- Monitor functional and organizational compliance with milestones and performance criteria, coordinate taskings, and evaluate program-support effectiveness and schedules.
- Identify conflicting objectives and priorities, analyze deficiencies, support schedule risk assessments, and recommend actions or mitigations for impending issues.
- Review program documents and assess how external actions and competing priorities affect program development, production, and integrated logistics support.
- Help obtain agreement on required actions, schedules, and resolutions to program or policy conflicts.
- Apply logistics policy and guidance, including Title 10 U.S.C. Section 2466 and applicable Air Force systems.
- Assist with planning, analyzing, and coordinating system acquisition and transfer into operational use, including material solution analyses and design reviews.
- Assist with developing draft documentation and presentation materials, identifying program resources and support requirements, and establishing relationships among plan participants.
- Support logistics and maintainability programs, including product-support RAM-C, test and evaluation planning and execution, and identification of weapon-system logistics requirements and resources.
- Assist in developing logistics support and maintainability plans and conducting systems-acquisition requirements analysis.
- Support budgetary and financial analysis and control, lifecycle cost analysis and control, and assessments in supportability planning.
- Collect, compile, analyze, investigate, research, and apply logistics, maintenance, acquisition, or financial data; assist with documentation for automated logistics or maintenance reporting and management information systems.
- Assist with managing, monitoring, evaluating, and coordinating integrated logistics support implementation and acquisition projects.
- Gather facts, develop conclusions, and provide recommendations on matters significantly affecting program solutions.
Benefits
- The company refers candidates to its employee culture and benefits information page; specific benefits are not listed in the posting.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
