MPM - Material Program Manager

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Business Unit: Electro-Optical and Infrared Systems (EOIS) 
Location: Dallas, TX
Career Functional Area: Supply Chain
Telework Type: Hybrid
Relocation Available: Yes
Type: Exempt Employee
Schedule: 9/80
Shift: 1st

Job Summary

The Manager, II Program Management - Supply Chain works heavily with program management, engineering, supply chain and key suppliers in sourcing and execution of all order for specific programs.  This individual utilizes their understanding of program level schedule, cost, and business requirements, integrate into a cohesive direction to a material planning organization, and supply chain function.  The Manager ensures timely and high integrity proposals, planning of materials. This role utilizes their understanding of the critical aspects of production material demand planning and scheduling of a project and experience in the overall proposal and procurement process in a DoD environment.  This position will work closely with a team of material planners, purchasing, engineering, and program management to deploy procurement and inventory strategies, be responsible for product change and associated material planning implications, manage and solve exceptions, and work with purchasing to drive supplier execution.  This role involves critical monitoring and management of supply and constraints, status reporting and escalation, supplier engagement and the relentless pursuit of operation excellence and continuous improvement.

This role manages and directs the daily execution of contract requirements to assure that cost, schedules and performance goals are met.  This Manager may lead or support all meetings and the integrated product and/or project team (kick-off through project close), as well as provides interface, communication and coordination with internal and external customers on matters pertaining to existing contracts. This Manager will lead and or support bid and proposal activities. Responsibilities are conducted under the guidance of senior level management (Director of Programs, or LOB Lead).

Job Responsibilities

• Manage and direct the daily execution of contract requirements to assure that cost, schedules and performance goals are met
• Lead all meetings and the integrated product team from kick-off through project close
• Provide interface, communication and coordination with internal and external customers on matters pertaining to existing contracts
• Participate as a team member or leader on bid and proposal activities. Ensure that the requirements of the request for proposal are met in the preparation and documentation of bids and proposals for existing customers
• Actively seek new business opportunities in coordination with Business Development
• Represent management at program reviews, meetings, seminars, etc.
• Prepare for and participate in contract/subcontract negotiations. While representing Company’s interests, assure that all government regulatory guidance is adhered to
• Develop and implement plans and schedules to execute contracts/subcontracts. Allocate and control contract budgets for labor, material, travel and purchased services. Regularly report program status to senior management 
• Formally identify, assess, monitor and mitigate risk throughout the program life cycle. Obtains management approval prior to making decisions that will cause deterioration of established program, cost and schedule objectives.
• May be required to ensure the overall execution of material on schedule and on budget for a business area
• May be required to collaborate on various tasks with various project teams
• May be required to various tasks/team/project/Engineering changes 

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevent experience
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience (Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain or Business degree may be preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience depending upon the job discipline)
• Knowledge of program management tools and procedures
• Solid leadership and management skills 
• Exposure to program lifecycle from development through sustainment to include: proposal development, requirements decomposition, generation of system and subsystem statements of work and subcontracts, risk management, and continuous improvement efforts including implementation cost reduction and performance improvement efforts
• Exposure to earned value cost accounting and reporting; experience with metrics for assessing and reporting program progress, productivity and variance analysis
• Exposure to finance, contracting, export regulations, engineering, logistics, manufacturing and supply chain management
• Strong skills in customer interfacing, problm solving, presenting, and overall communication
• Exposure to managing manpower planning, project reviews, scheduling and budget control
• Ability to manage aerospace/defense programs as a prime or subcontractor to a domestic or foreign military organization   
• Program Management certification preferred (i.e. PMP or DAU)