Senior Specialist, Project Management

L3Harris • Greenville, TX

2d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a 1st shift Material Project Manager Specialist Senior (MPM) position. The MPM will function as the point-of-contact between the Program Office, Functional Management, the Customer, supplier relationships, and other stakeholders to coordinate efforts to ensure successful resolutions of program issues. This role requires a senior professional with strong knowledge of project management, managing complex projects or processes with general oversight. The MPM will manage the material budget for assigned programs, provide accurate material forecasts, and conduct comprehensive business analysis of program material requirements, managing the impact on program EAC's for all material-related actions. Collaboration with Program Office, Functional Management, and other stakeholders is key to defining and assigning task requirements, estimating budgets and schedules, determining performance metrics, clarifying priorities, and developing management plans. The role involves interacting with Engineering, Planning, Procurement, and Manufacturing personnel to ensure timely release of drawings and achievement of program schedules. Additionally, the MPM will review proposals and SOWs, establish status metrics, assist with make-buy decisions, follow up on open purchase orders, verify deliveries, resolve supplier issues, approve payments, and maintain records of material movement. Utilizing program management tools to monitor and report performance, and providing proposal support for MPM labor and material efforts are also essential functions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience or 2 years post-Secondary/ Associates Degree and a minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
• 6+ years in a similar technical MPM or equivalent leadership capacity.
• Strong project management skills.
• Outstanding communication (both verbally and written), negotiation, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Experience in manpower planning, milestone scheduling, PM tools, and related financial management.
• Active DoD TS clearance is required.

Nice To Haves

• Recent experience in Commercial and Military Aviation/Aerospace products development and production is highly desired.
• Must pay attention to detail.
• Capable of managing and working in an environment that is fast paced, demanding, with a focus on problem resolution and process improvement.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office products to include, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Project.
• Extensive experience with SAP and material processes is strongly preferred.
• Proven team player with outstanding customer relationship skills.
• Previous material experience.

Responsibilities

• Function as the point-of-contact between the Program Office, Functional Management, the Customer, supplier relationships, and other stakeholders to coordinate efforts to ensure successful resolutions of program issues.
• Manage the material budget for assigned program.
• Provide accurate material forecast.
• Provide comprehensive business analysis of program material requirements and manage impact to program EAC's for all material related actions.
• Work collaboratively with Program Office and Functional Management, as well as other stakeholders, to define and assign task requirements; estimate and establish budget and schedules; determine appropriate performance metrics; clarify priorities; and develop and implement specific management plans to support the program.
• Interact with Engineering / Engineering design reviews, Planning, Procurement and Manufacturing personnel to ensure appropriate drawings are released and program schedules are achieved.
• Review proposals & Statements of Work (SOW) to establish status metrics and reporting methods that assists with Make buy decisions, follows up on open purchase orders, verifies delivery, participates in resolving supplier issues, approves payment, and maintains necessary records of material movement throughout manufacturing and inventory cycle(s).
• Utilize program management tools to monitor and report program performance to objectives (including budget, schedule, and other management requirements), and facilitate project coordination and decision-making.
• Provide proposal support to include estimating the scope of MPM labor and material efforts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree