Supply Chain and Logistics Program Manager

Metrea•Temecula, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Metrea is seeking a Supply Chain & Logistics Business Partner at our Tampa, FL Aircraft Integration Center location. This role serves as the critical link between program operations and global supply chain leadership. It is a strategic and operational role responsible for aligning logistics, site resourcing, deployer rotations, inventory, maintenance support, distribution, and logistics activities with program priorities, ensuring compliance, efficiency, and readiness across all sites and regions. Reporting to the Head of Global Supply Chain and Logistics, this role acts as the connective tissue between programs and the leaders of Supply Chain and Logistics capabilities (Global Logistics & Customs, Global Procurement, and Global Inventory & Distribution), executing strategy, anticipating program needs, driving visibility, solving for program needs, and coordinating execution across the supply chain. This is an opportunity to influence, integrate, and enable mission-critical operations in a fast-scaling, multinational environment.

Requirements

Background in defense, aerospace, or complex global operations, ideally with exposure to aviation logistics or fleet support environments.
Strong understanding of global logistics, customs compliance, and international trade regulations (experience with FAA, EASA, CASA environments is a plus).
Experience in inventory management, warehousing, and distribution strategy, import/export/customs, including remote or forward-deployed operations.
Proven ability to coordinate sourcing and material readiness in partnership with procurement and operations teams.
Demonstrated success operating as a cross-functional business partner, influencing stakeholders across program leadership, supply chain and logistics, and group leaders.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate program needs into supply chain execution.
Ability to operate in a fast-paced, safety-critical, and globally distributed environment.
A practical, hands-on mindset with ability to balance strategic alignment with operational execution.
High integrity, attention to detail, and a commitment to operational excellence.
Must be a U.S. citizen.
Active [Secret] clearance required at time of hire, and the ability to maintain it throughout employment.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
May require passing a government-administered background check.
Role may require adherence to export control regulations (ITAR/EAR).
Employment is contingent on meeting all clearance and adjudication requirements.

Nice To Haves

Experience with FAA, EASA, CASA environments.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary supply chain liaison between program leadership and the Supply Chain and Logistics capability area and capability leaders, ensuring alignment of logistics, procurement, and inventory strategies with operational priorities of the programs.
Oversee end-to-end inbound and outbound global logistics, including transportation planning, carrier coordination, and routing across international and domestic networks.
Ensure compliance and accuracy of all logistics documentation, including export/import, customs, and regulatory requirements.
Design and manage site and remote storage solutions, including warehousing, field stocking locations, and forward-deployed inventory strategies to support distributed operations.
Partner with Global Inventory & Distribution to maintain inventory accuracy, optimize stock positioning, and ensure material availability across sites and regions supporting operations and maintenance activities.
Coordinate sourcing of parts and materials with Global Procurement to meet program timelines, fleet requirements, and operational demands.
Support aircraft fleet and program execution by ensuring material readiness for maintenance events, deployments, and mission-critical operations.
Coordinate scheduling and staffing of down range material handlers at operating sites. Assure rotation capacity and redundancy to support mission readiness.
Identify and mitigate supply chain risks, including shortages, lead time variability, transportation disruptions, and customs delays to enable mission readiness and reduce Aircraft on Ground (AOG) events.
Drive communication and alignment across the Supply Chain and Logistics capabilities: Logistics & Customs, Procurement, and Inventory & Distribution.
Monitor and improve supply chain performance, including KPIs such as on-time delivery, inventory accuracy, logistics cost, and cycle time.
Act as a change and integration partner during organizational growth, ensuring scalable, standardized logistics and supply chain processes across regions.