Director Supply Chain Programs

About This Role

This Director of Supply Chain Programs position leads day-to-day supply chain execution process excellence related to the post-design release to material issuance process within supply chain, supporting the Sentinel program. The role is located in Roy, UT, and reports directly to the senior Director of Supply Chain Programs for Sentinel.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement end-to-end material and equipment planning, procurement, issuing, and consumption strategy to ensure efficient flow of material to manufacturing sites and test labs
• Accountable to find and fix inefficiencies in current material flow processes and implement process changes to avoid material delays, with measurement of Key Performance Indicators to assess progress
• Work closely with Production Operations, Quality Assurance, Engineering, other GSC functions, Program Stakeholders, and Configuration Management to streamline material flow
• Identify contractual requirements which are over-burdensome in the development phase of the contract and work with NG Contracts organization to propose tailored or removed requirements that can impact EMD and shape transition production contracts
• Brief GSC Leadership, the Program Management Office (PMO), and executive management on the status and issues preventing efficient material flow and status against improvement action plans
• Work with Procurement, GSCPM, Subcontracts Management, Planning, Logistics, and Supplier Management Teams (SMTs) to ensure material procurement and coordination with IWO partners is aligned with material flow strategy
• Act as GSC Focal point for all Sentinel Transition to Production planning, initiatives, and projects
• Work with business systems owners, developers, and SMEs to ensure critical business systems (SAP, MES, CPLM) are configured for efficient material flow while remaining compliant to USG approval standards (MMAS, Procurement, & Property systems)

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 10+ years’ experience (or 8 years with a Master's) in defense or aerospace systems and/or management in development or production projects
• Experience managing people
• Experience in a production operations environment
• Advanced knowledge of supply chain management techniques, practices, or theories gained through wide seasoning and/or special development
• Experience in leading managers and/or professionals to achieve projects cost, performance, and schedule requirements
• Experience creating and maintaining trusted relationships with internal and external customers
• Ability to travel up to 25%
• Active US Government Secret clearance with the ability to obtain Secret/SAR level clearance

Nice to have:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, and/or technical discipline