Material Program Manager

PGS Worldwide•Marlborough, MA

1d•Remote

About The Position

PGS Worldwide is seeking Material Program Managers for approximately six-month remote contract-to-hire roles supporting a leading aerospace & defense company. These positions will serve as the primary supply-chain interface between program management, procurement, suppliers, engineering, quality, operations, and other functional teams. The Material Program Managers will drive material availability, supplier performance, purchase-order execution, forecasting, and supply-chain activities required to meet program and customer deployment schedules.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant education and experience.
At least 1 year of experience in supply chain management, procurement, subcontracts, or a similar function (Entry-level track).
2–5 years of experience in supply chain management, procurement, subcontracts, or a similar function (Experienced track).
Prior experience working directly with suppliers or supporting supplier management.
At least 2 years of supplier-management experience (Experienced-track candidates).
Experience coordinating material, procurement, or supplier activities across multiple functional organizations.
Ability to track and communicate purchase-order, requisition, supplier-delivery, and material-availability status.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, changing environment.
U.S. citizenship required.

Nice To Haves

Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel functions such as VLOOKUP and PivotTables.
Experience with MRP, SAP, Kinaxis, or similar supply-chain systems.
Strong supplier-management experience.
Experience supporting proposals, bill-of-material pricing, or Basis of Estimate development.
Experience with Earned Value Management System concepts.
Master's degree in business, management, finance, supply chain, or a related discipline.
Strong problem-solving and leadership skills.
Comfort presenting supply-chain status to program leadership and internal customers.

Responsibilities

Coordinate supply-chain strategy with procurement and acquisition teams.
Drive timely placement and execution of purchase orders.
Manage strategic suppliers and lead regular supplier-status reviews.
Track aging requisitions, past-due purchase orders, supplier on-time delivery, and other performance metrics.
Expedite critical materials to support customer and program deployment schedules.
Use line-of-balance tracking to monitor material availability.
Work with program management, engineering, quality, operations, and materials teams to resolve supply-chain issues.
Represent supply chain during program and stakeholder meetings.
Prepare and present supplier and material-status updates.
Support monthly supply-chain sales forecasts.
Support customer proposals, including bill-of-material pricing and Basis of Estimate development.
Resolve day-to-day program-critical material and supplier issues.
Complete required Material Program Manager and EVMS training within the required timeframe.