Principal, Supply Chain Program Manager - Hybrid

BAE Systems•Fort Wayne, IN

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join our award-winning, dynamic, and growing aerospace supply chain team, supporting mission-critical capabilities across a growing and diverse portfolio of both commercial and military customers. This opportunity offers a broad range of supply chain management activities with the Controls & Avionics Solutions (CAS) supply chain team within BAE Systems Electronic Systems Sector. As a Supply Chain Program Manager, you will play a key role developing strategic direction and mitigate risk, ensuring supply chain continuity within commodity groups and strategic suppliers, aligning with business area objectives.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree
6+ years of experience in supply chain or a related field
Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong interpersonal skills necessary to interact with diverse work teams
Ability to own, lead, and drive complex problems towards resoluation
Ability to support complex negotiations and arrangements
Exhibit sound interpersonal skills involving interfacing, coordinating, and negotiating with company personnel, suppliers, and partners
Demonstrated success of management and monitoring of supplier performance and execution
Experience with facilitating, leading, and coordinate meetings with suppliers and stakeholders
Decision making ability aligning with BAE Systems' Supply Chain Guiding Principles, using sound judgment while complying with policies and procedures, even with partial information
Self-starter, with ability to be detail-oriented, prioritize, and multitask with strong organizational and follow-through skills in a fast-paced, time-sensitive manufacturing environment
Technical aptitude
Willingness to travel both domestically and internationally (approximately 25%)

Nice To Haves

Engineering, Supply-Chain, or Technical Degree
8+ years of supply chain management experience
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM), or equivalent
Development of analytical tools with Oracle, APEX, Midas, Visual Basic, Power BI, or Tableau

Responsibilities

Collaborating with a team to support daily production tiered meetings with operations to identify critical supply chain needs
Full ownership within commodity purview to drive solutions through action and accountability, both with suppliers and internal stakeholders
Evaluating, negotiating, and managing assigned supply base within specific commodity groupings to ensure conforming product is delivered to specification, within budget, and on time to purchase order schedules
Acting as the main focal point for identified assigned commodity shortages, working with suppliers on escalation, resolution, or alternate paths
Authoring, managing, and influencing critical part Return to Green efforts (RTG) in conjunction with maintaining a Line of Balance (LOB) supporting our forecasted requirements
Establishing milestone objectives as necessary and managing performance to committed schedules, forecasted pipelines, and contractual requirements
Leading sourcing segmentation (identifying risk based on commodity type, supplier, and cost) activities with the supply chain, engineering, and program teams to identify opportunities for cost reduction and second source projects
Working with supply chain colleagues and peer teams to ensure parts are set-up on appropriate replenishment strategies, monitoring inventory levels, and facilitating program material transitions
Support cross-functional internal investigations identifying root cause of self-induced shortages & logistics constraints
Monitoring supplier/supply-chain risks, supporting capacity analysis, contributing to supplier ratings, maintaining supplier risk registry, and ensuring key issues are flagged to the business, and participating in development of risk mitigation plans
Building and maintaining both impact and risk slides for supplier program risk registry and program review forums
Fostering supplier engagement with participation in Supplier Business Reviews (SBRs) covering supplier scorecard encompassing cost, quality, and delivery, while maintaining a positive supplier relationship
Supporting customer/partnership engagements related to supply-chain, as well as supplier process, capability, and capacity assessments governed by business needs
Approaching situations with a continuous improvement mindset to influence standardization, automation, efficiencies, and tool enhancement/development