Supply Chain Program Manager - Hybrid (onsite) - Fort Wayne, IN
Military Spouse Corporate Career Network•Fort Wayne, IN
•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 mitigating risk, ensuring supply chain continuity within commodity groups and strategic suppliers, aligning with business area objectives. We provide a diverse, inclusive, and team-oriented environment with opportunities for inner-team coaching and growth.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- 4+ 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 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
- 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
- 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
Benefits
- opportunity to work with a talented team of professionals
- a flexible hybrid work schedule (typically 4 days onsite per week)
- travel opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
