Procurement Field Representative

Boeing•Everett, WA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) is seeking Procurement Field Rep (Level 3 and Level 4) to join the 767 Program & EDC Supply Chain team in Everett, WA. This role involves monitoring suppliers, ensuring delivery schedule compliance, and providing technical assistance. The representative will identify and establish priorities for deliveries, address supplier contractual issues, and resolve problems related to poor schedule performance and product producibility. Communication across various functions, including procurement agents, suppliers, internal customers, field quality, engineering, and manufacturing, is essential for reporting status and concerns. The role also includes facilitating the development of recovery plans and managing unplanned demand requirements with suppliers. Additionally, the representative will provide training and mentoring on business and manufacturing practices to improve supplier performance and participate in on-site supplier assessments to evaluate capacity and capability. Evaluating overall supplier health, conducting on-site evaluations for problem identification, and assisting suppliers in developing and monitoring performance-to-plan are key responsibilities. The role also focuses on identifying and communicating opportunities for process improvements, reporting back to management, and making recommendations to the procurement agent. Recommendations on supplier viability to support Boeing programs will be made based on supplier resources, capability, and capacity plans. The representative will validate work movement projects to ensure seamless transitions and monitor supplier production to ensure conforming and compliant products are delivered on time, utilizing project management tools.

Requirements

3+ years of experience with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, or other related functions
3+ years of experience collaborating and communicating across functions and organizations
3+ years of experience with strong interpersonal and communication skills
Must be able & willing to work various shifts and/or an alternate baseline schedule that may frequently change to support mission requirements and may include weekends and holidays; mission requirements and/or workload may require both scheduled and unscheduled overtime
To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Degree.
7+ years of experience leading or managing projects and/or teams.
7+ years of experience managing suppliers/vendors to deliver products and services.
Knowledge of MPR, CMES, Velocity, REDARS, PSDS and PDM.
Proven ability to execute commitments.
Experience utilizing strategic decision making to drive business results.
10+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

Monitors emergent offload/overload suppliers including processors, philanthropic, machine shop and sheet metal shop and provides technical assistance in areas like manufacturing, planning and requirements interpretation to ensure delivery schedule compliance and product conformity.
Identifies, establishes and maintains priorities for deliveries on products, services and data, necessary supplier contractual corrective actions, resolution of issues of poor schedule performance and product producibility and to ensure contractual compliance.
Communicates across functions including procurement agents, suppliers, internal customers, field quality, engineering and manufacturing to report status and concerns.
Facilitates with the supplier the development of a recovery plan and unplanned demand requirements.
Provides and/or recommends specific training and mentoring on business and manufacturing practices (e.g., requirements interpretation and clarification, contractual compliance, scheduling tools, technical skills and self assessment) to supplier personnel in order to improve or enhance delivery performance.
Participates with the procurement agent in on-site supplier assessments (e.g., preferred supplier certification, proof of process, rate readiness) to identify supplier capacity and capability to perform current and projected work statement and support Boeing procurement strategy.
Evaluates overall supplier health (e.g., symptoms of declining financial stability).
Conducts on-site evaluations in response to Procurement Support Requests that identify problems and establish the basis for recovery planning.
Assists suppliers in developing plans and monitors suppliers' performance-to-plan to ensure compliance to contractual requirements.
Identifies and communicates opportunities to implement new processes or improve existing processes (e.g., lean manufacturing, shop floor control, work prioritization, production and inventory control system) to enhance supplier ability to produce and deliver products and services.
Report back to management and makes recommendations to procurement agent.
Using supplier resources, capability and capacity plan, provides recommendations to supplier and procurement agent of viability to support Boeing programs.
Validates work movement projects (e.g., permanent offload, on load, supplier to supplier and between supplier facilities) by verifying that the elements of the work movement plan (e.g., tool validation, configuration control, process approvals and schedule compliance) are on schedule and complete in order to accomplish a seamless transition.
Monitors plan activities to ensure that supplier produces conforming and compliant products on time.
Uses project management tools.