Supply Chain and Logistics Program Manager

Metrea Management LLC•Temecula, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. The Supply Chain and Logistics Capability Area is responsible for ensuring the seamless, cost-effective, and timely delivery of materials, parts, and equipment to support operational readiness and mission success. This role sits within this capability area and supports various groups including Special Air Missions Group (SAM), Digital and Synthetic Capability Unit (D&S), Air Mobility Group (AIRMOB), Electromagnetic and Cyber Group (EM&C), and Aerospace Engineering Group (AERO). This role is critical for aligning logistics, site resourcing, inventory, maintenance support, distribution, and logistics activities with program priorities, ensuring compliance, efficiency, and readiness across all sites and regions. It acts as the connective tissue between program operations and global supply chain leadership, executing strategy, anticipating needs, driving visibility, and coordinating execution across Global Logistics & Customs, Global Procurement, and Global Inventory & Distribution.

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 file 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.
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
Must be a U.S. citizen.
Active [Secret) clearance required at time of hire, and the ability to maintain it throughout employment.
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 file 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 files.
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.