Job Title: Sr. Principal, Supplier Program Manager (Hybrid)

Job ID: 11742

Job Location: Huntsville, AL

Job Schedule: Huntsville - 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked - and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

The Aerojet Rocketdyne Segment of L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Sr. Principal, Supplier Program Manager to join our Supply Chain and Material Management (SCMM) organization; this role can work out of our Missile Solutions Headquarters located in Huntsville, AL. The Supplier Program Manager will manage cross-functional teams to focus on supplier relationship and performance.

Essential Functions:

• Program execution
• Develop and execute supplier management strategies and negotiations
• Identifying risks and opportunities
• Support program proposals
• Tactical issue resolution
• Strategic planning
• Communicate one voice to the supplier
• Accountable to the program for cost, quality, schedule, delivery, and affordability of suppliers
• Supplier relationship, accountability, and collaboration
• Internal and external customer support
• Partnering with the Program Office, Engineering, Operations and Quality to address supplier cost, schedule, and technical challenges
• Assemble and lead integrated cross functional team(s) within assigned program(s) while interacting with supplier(s), supply chain director, program managers, functional managers, and customers to achieve subcontract cost, schedule and technical objectives.
• Support the Supply Chain portion of development and production proposals, including planning and execution of affordability, supplier quality and other supplier performance improvement initiative, being submitted to Government and Prime Contractor programs.
• Prepare presentations and lead teams in presentations to peers, customers, suppliers and managers.
• Business travel up to 50% to other Aerojet Rocketdyne facilities and suppliers across the country and flexibility to work extended hours as needed.
• Hybrid Work Location: You will need to live within commuting distance to our Huntsville, AL location, work from home schedule will be dictated by the manager and business needs.
• Ability to obtain a US Secret Security Clearance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 15 years of prior related supply chain experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 13 years of prior related supply chain experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 19 years of prior related supply chain experience.
• 5 years experience in supply chain management, lean manufacturing, assembly and ATP processes.
• 2 years experience contract negotiations with critical suppliers that are single or sole sourced.
• 2 years experience implementing product design and development stage gate process' (reviews for design, build, and test).

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Excellent communication skills, self-motivation, strong leadership skills, and interpreting program management, engineering and supplier demands in a continuously changing environment with minimal guidance.
• Knowledge of project management methods within the defense acquisition environment including program planning, integrated master scheduling, budgeting and earned value management.
• Experience with team building, leadership and delegation to achieve project objectives.
• Experience in leading, encouraging, reviewing and critiquing work of supporting team members to maximize program success.
• Able of define and negotiate task objectives, scope description and completion criteria for specific and broad activities.
• Working knowledge of MS PowerPoint (presentations, logic diagrams), MS Project (basic scheduling), MS Excel (entering formulas, graphing, developing spreadsheets), and MS Word (tables, program plans).