Commodity Integrated Product Team (IPT) & Strategic Sourcing RMS Lead

Lockheed Martin•Fort Worth, CO

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The RMS Commodity IPT representative is accountable for the end to end development, execution, and continuous improvement of a commodity category strategy in accordance with Lockheed Martin’s OneLM procurement model. The role drives agreement utilization, spend reduction, risk mitigation, ESG performance, and supplier performance excellence through a cross functional team that represents the four Business Areas (BA). The IPT Rep. ensures that all activities reinforce 1LM culture behaviors, meet Business Area priorities, and deliver measurable value to the organization and its customers.

Requirements

Strategic Sourcing demonstrated ability to forecast demand, execute and maintain long term agreements, and drive agreement utilization improvements.
Leadership & Communication Strong influence skills with senior leaders (IPT Champion, Director’s Council). Excellent written and verbal communication; experience preparing executive level status decks.
Analytical Skills to support commodity scorecards, conduct spend analytics, and synthesize market research into strategic actions.
Education Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, or related field

Nice To Haves

Experience in category/commodity management, strategic sourcing, or procurement within a complex, matrixed aerospace/defense environment.
Proven record leading cross functional teams across multiple BAs.
Technical Knowledge with LM procurement tools (SCAA dashboard, SAP/Ariba, P2P RFx).
Deep understanding of LTAs, spot buy processes, and agreement leakage concepts.

Responsibilities

Strategic Sourcing & Forecasting for assigned Commodity
Develop and maintain a commodity level forecasting model that feeds the IPT’s sourcing plan.
Align forecasts with Business Area priorities and LM demand planning processes.
Translate forecast insight into sourcing tactics that maximize agreement coverage.
Agreement Execution & Maintenance
Execute new and amendment LTAs, site agreements, and corporate agreements in line with forecasted demand.
Maintain a living repository of active agreements; ensure all transactions are routed through the appropriate agreement.
Conduct periodic agreement leakage reviews (using SCAA dashboard) and drive remediation actions.
Commodity Scorecard & Performance Management
Contribute to the creation of a comprehensive scorecard covering cost savings, risk, compliance, innovation, speed, reliability, ESG, and quality.
Provide input to the IPT for commodity scorecards on a regular cadence; report KPI trends to the IPT Champion and Director’s Council.
Market Research & Intelligence
support market research activities, monitor supplier trends, regulatory changes, and emerging technologies.
Partner with Category Management to turn insights into actionable sourcing recommendations.
Supplier Engagement & Performance
Support commodity supplier engagement plans for strategic and non strategic suppliers (SRM & non SRM).
Contribute to the support of ongoing performance assessments (OTD, quality, capacity, relationship health) and support improvement plans.
Spend Management & Transaction Optimization
Leverage the SCAA dashboard to identify optimal suppliers and shift spend where authorized.
Track commits, POLI, and total paid values per BA; ensure transactions align with the forecast and agreement strategy.
Communication & Reporting
Support quarterly IPT updates (progress, KPI summaries, lessons learned, recommendations) to the IPT Champion; store on the Central Procurement IPT Teams Channel.
Maintain ad hoc communication with BA counterparts and ensure timely information flow to the Director’s Council and other business rhythm requirements.
Governance & Alignment
Coordinate with the IPT Leaders for strategy approvals and alignment with overall business objectives.
Interface with Category Management, Supplier Relationship Management, Engineering/Quality, and other stakeholders to guarantee end to end alignment.