LTAMDS Material Lead
About The Position
The LTAMDS Material Lead and Production Control Specialist serves as an interface between LTAMDS leads and Global Supply Chain (GSC), ensuring alignment on priorities across LTAMDS and GSC task lists. The role oversees material and collaborates with ERBS Project Leads to resolve barriers and support aggressive program schedules. It is part of Engineering Rapid Build Services (ERBS), a quick-turn organization that designs and builds prototype hardware, test equipment, trainers, and hydraulic assemblies within Hardware Engineering. The position is located onsite in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. The role manages non-production material procurement across ERBS LTAMDS programs, coordinating with Engineering, material planners, GSC leadership and buyers, and suppliers. It addresses issues affecting purchase requisitions, purchase orders, and supplier deliveries, and ensures material availability aligns with build schedules. The position also assesses supply resources and demand, plans inventory, kitting, production, material, and rough-cut capacity, and uses Material Requirements Planning (MRP) tools to analyze supply and demand. It plans inventory against Bill of Material requirements, generates purchase requisitions, supports purchase-order placement through the supply chain, and identifies critical procured materials and subassemblies. U.S. citizenship is required. No security clearance is required.
Requirements
- University degree or equivalent experience and at least 8 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and at least 5 years of experience.
- Expert-level knowledge of manufacturing or enterprise planning tools, including MRP tools such as Kinaxis, SAP, or PRISM.
- Experience driving collaboration across Engineering and Supply Chain.
- U.S. citizenship.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with desktop computing tools, including MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Project.
- Understanding of Supply Chain command media and compliance.
Responsibilities
- Manage non-production material procurement tasking across ERBS LTAMDS programs.
- Collaborate with ERBS Project Leads to understand material needs and schedules.
- Coordinate with Engineering, ERBS Material Planners, GSC leadership and buyer managers, and suppliers to support timely purchase-order placement and material delivery.
- Review and resolve bottlenecks and issues involving purchase requisitions, purchase orders, and supplier deliveries.
- Manage material priorities and coordinate tasking with GSC.
- Ensure material availability aligns with build schedules and supports ERBS program execution.
- Propose business solutions to improve inter-organizational collaboration and support program success.
- Assess supply resources, aggregate and prioritize demand requirements, and plan inventory, kitting requirements, production, material, and rough-cut capacity.
- Analyze and aggregate purchase-material supply and demand using MRP tools.
- Plan inventory levels based on dependent and independent Bill of Material requirements.
- Generate purchase requisitions and support purchase-order placement through the supply chain.
- Analyze inventory against material requirements and determine critical procured materials and subassemblies.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Short-term disability insurance
- Long-term disability insurance
- 401(k) match
- Flexible spending accounts
- Flexible work schedules
- Employee assistance program
- Employee Scholar Program
- Parental leave
- Paid time off
- Holidays
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be available, subject to eligibility and plan terms.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
