Mid-Level or Experienced Supply Base Management Specialist
Boeing - Tukwila, WA
posted 3 months ago
About the position
At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. From the seabed to outer space, you can contribute to work that matters with a company where diversity, equity, and inclusion are shared values. We're committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that's welcoming, respectful, and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us. The Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) organization is seeking a Mid-Level or Experienced Supply Base Management Specialist to join our dynamic team in Tukwila, WA. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an innovative and diverse team. In this role, you will partner with our Senior Leadership team on program management & strategic business transformation initiatives, to make the company stronger, more competitive, and more resilient long term. You will have the chance to define and lead program & project management best practices. You will help drive business planning and decision making, operations, and business insights up and down the BDS value stream. As a Mid-Level Supply Base Management Specialist, you will facilitate supplier/subcontractor business relationships, in-service requirements, and performance to contractual obligations and expectations. You will develop and participate in the implementation of supply base plans to support customer, program, and commodity strategies. Your role will involve analyzing and monitoring supplier quality, delivery, and financial performance data to identify risks, issues, and opportunities, and developing mitigation plans. You will also identify and participate in supplier and business improvement activities, providing outcomes for potential integration into contracting strategies. At the Experienced Level, you will lead supplier/subcontractor business relationships, manage and monitor supplier quality, delivery, and financial performance, and lead the development of mitigation plans to avoid risk and resolve issues impacting customers and programs. You will develop and implement supplier base plans to support customer, program, and commodity strategies, analyze supplier and business processes to identify improvement opportunities, and act as the primary point of contact for suppliers, customers, and programs. This position is hybrid, requiring some onsite work at one of the listed location options, and is for the 1st shift.
Responsibilities
- Facilitates supplier/subcontractor business relationships, in-service requirements and performance to contractual obligations and expectations.
- Develops and participates in the implementation of supply base plans to support customer, program and commodity strategies.
- Analyzes and monitors supplier quality, delivery and financial performance data to identify risks, issues and opportunities.
- Develops mitigation plans for identified risks and issues.
- Identifies and participates in supplier and business improvement activities.
- Provides outcomes for potential integration into contracting strategies.
- Leads supplier/subcontractor business relationships at the Experienced Level.
- Manages and monitors supplier quality, delivery and financial performance at the Experienced Level.
- Leads the development of mitigations plans to avoid risk and resolve issues impacting customers and programs.
- Acts as primary point of contact for suppliers, customers and programs.
Requirements
- More than 3 years of experience working with Supplier Management, Supply Chain, and/or Procurement practices and processes.
- More than 3 years of experience managing suppliers/vendors to deliver products and services.
- More than 3 years of experience working in a multi-functional team environment.
- Bachelor's degree or higher preferred.
Nice-to-haves
- More than 5 years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience for Experienced Level.
- Advanced degree (e.g. Bachelor, Master, etc.) preferred, but not required.
Benefits
- Disability insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health savings account
- Retirement plan
