Basic Qualifications
To be effective, you will need to possess these basic qualifications:
- 10+ professional experience within supply chain, finance, engineering, or program management or combination thereof.
- Must possess well-developed negotiation skills and understanding of procurement/subcontracting practices, including FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulations).
- Demonstrated team leadership skills.
- You will need to be a US Citizen, and be able to obtain and maintain a US TOP SECRET clearance, to support this government contract, as well as successfully pass a drug and background check, in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
Please Note
No clearance is required to apply, nor prior to start.
Job Description
The mission matters. So do the people behind it. With advancing defense technology at our core, what sets us apart is a culture of collaboration, purpose, and impact.
What is the mission?
Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more— we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future.
At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision.
What does this role look like?
Supply Chain’s vision is to enable customer and mission success through supply chain strategies and execution that deliver superior operational program performance and create competitive advantage through continuous improvement. It is our mission to deliver affordable supply chain solutions that meet all program requirements and manage supply chain risks to ensure positive supplier performance through all phases of the program life-cycle from capture to sustainment.
What is it like to work as Supply Chain?
This Role Will Offer You The Following Daily Challenges
Lockheed Martin Space has an immediate opportunity for a
Missile Defense Programs Portfolio Supply Chain Manager
- Managing the supply chain organization including subcontract program managers and subcontract administrators as direct reports.
- Providing technical, programmatic, and subcontract leadership experience, including day-to-day direction.
- Ensuring that the program quality and mission success requirements and the suppliers are managed to the highest performance standards and that they are meeting their commitments and requirements
- Ensuring compliance with all appropriate prime contract flow downs and being responsible for new business requirements, including RFP's to subs, technical evaluations, and Basis of Estimate requirements through negotiations and definitization of the subcontractor
- Overseeing the negotiation and coordination of additions, deletions, or modifications to subcontracts
- Ensuring all contractual, schedule and technical requirements are satisfied and will be managing technical teams for program hardware and software support services
- Engaging in Supply Chain strategy for the overall Missile Defense Programs portfolio/mission area
- Attracting, developing, and retaining subcontract management talent to continually improve the group's performance
- Mentoring, coaching, and advising subordinates in their professional development
This position does not support teleworking; the preferred candidate will be located near our Lockheed Martin Space facility in Rocket City USA, one of the greatest places to work: Huntsville, AL , and be expected to work in the office.
Desired Skills
To be effective, ideally, you should also have:
- Demonstrated professional experience within the aerospace/defense industry or an adjacent industry.
- Knowledge of LMAP (Lockheed Martin Acquisition Procedures)
- Ability to understand complex technical issues and lead subcontract management teams to develop solutions.
- Familiarity with Strategic and Missile Defense (SMD) programs including experience working with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) or other USG customers.
- Highly effective at multi-tasking in fast-paced environment.
- Familiar with proposal activity (shaping, RFPs, proposal analysis), through execution of the work scope.
- Highly developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Proven record of successful performance with a focus on mission success.
- Possess excellent communication skills (written, verbal, and presentation), to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization from peers to suppliers, as well as program and executive leadership.
- Proven leadership skills with the ability to influence and inspire through teamwork.
- Aptitude for leadership skills and behaviors that align with the Full Spectrum Leadership Imperatives of Shaping the Future, Building Effective Relationships, Energizing the Team, Delivering Results and Modeling Personal Excellence, Integrity and Accountability.
PLEASE NOTE-Other Important Information
- By applying to this role, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities, within Lockheed Martin, where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match.
- Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
- Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
Benefits Of Employment
Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually.
Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s competitive and comprehensive benefits package here.
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Other Important Information
By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to work remotely
Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
