Material Program Manager, Supply Chain Management

RTX•Tucson, AZ

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Standard Missile portfolio is seeking a Manager, Material Program Manager (MPM), to support development contracts within the Naval Standard Missile Systems Production (NSMS) Development portfolio of Naval Power. This role is located onsite at our Tucson, Arizona location. In this role you will be responsible for the execution of NSMS development programs that are critical to supporting the warfighter’s mission. This position is contingent upon a contract award. Employment in this role will only be extended if the program is awarded to the Naval Standard Missile Systems portfolio. In this role, you will apply your existing knowledge of Supply Chain, material requirements planning and business acumen within a matrixed organization. This role requires advanced/applied knowledge of material requirements planning (MRP) processes, subcontract management, project management, financial forecasting, Estimates at Complete (EAC) as well as Earned Value (EV). You will lead a team of 2 - 3 MPMs in support of executing these tasks with the potential to grow with additional scope. The successful candidate will have excellent written and oral communications skills to be able to influence and communicate effectively across multiple areas outside of one’s own job function as well as with parties external to the organization.

Requirements

Typically requires: A University Degree or equivalent experience and a minimum of 8 years prior relevant supply chain experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and a minimum of 5 years of relevant supply chain experience.

Nice To Haves

Advanced Microsoft Office skillset
Advanced Supply Chain Planning tool experience (i.e. SAP/PRISM, Kinaxis, MFT, ROMS, etc.)
Experience with proposals or material estimating
MPM Level 4 (or higher) Certification
EVMS Certification
PM Level 7 (or higher) Certification

Responsibilities

Work closely with Program Management, Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), Engineering, Quality, Production Control and Procurement to develop and execute Material Strategies which support Customer requirements and meet Program objectives
Lead by influence in a matrixed organization
Brief program and customer leadership teams on Supply Chain status, material constraints and risk mitigation or opportunity capture plans
Support supplier negotiations and PO placement as required to meet program cost and schedule objectives
Financial management (i.e., EV, budgets, targets, working capital, proposals, material sales forecasts, etc.). The MPM may act as the Control Account Manager.
Overall ownership of the supplier management process (i.e., Supplier Risk/Opportunity Management Plan, supplier performance, metrics, international issues, develop/evaluate the make/buy strategy, the Collaborative Agreement process, etc.), and communication of customer flow-through requirements such as FAR/DFARS, ITAR, offset, public law, quality, warranty, etc.
Lead, develop and drive favorable performance for a team of 3 individual contributors
Issue/Conflict resolution within organizations, between organizations and with suppliers
Management of timely and compliant quarterly Estimates At Completion (EACs) to include Risk & Opportunity management
Support MRP Scheduling and Master Data requests
Willingness to travel domestically/internationally, as required (expected to be <20%)