Manager, Supply Chain Management

Harris Geospatial Solutions; Carlstadt (NJ); Hybrid; USD 101,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Education assistance

Parental leave

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in Carlstadt, NJ is hiring a Manager, Supply Chain Management to lead a small team and drive end-to-end procurement, planning and materials management. You will shape supplier strategies, negotiate key contracts, and ensure government regulatory compliance across programs.

Ideal candidates bring senior-level experience in aerospace/defense supply chains, with a focus on DfSC, supply resiliency, and cost/schedule/technical performance improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience; graduate degree reduces experience requirement.
• Experience with government contracting, flow-downs, and compliance is required.
• Strong leadership and strategic sourcing experience across multi-project programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead a 3+ person supply chain team and drive strategic supplier relations.
• Oversee procurement, planning, materials management and subcontracts.
• Collaborate with contracts, engineering, and operations on early supply chain involvement.
• Develop and execute transformation plans focusing on DfSC and resiliency.
• Ensure compliance with EAR, ITAR, FAR, DFARS and related requirements.
• Monitor KPIs and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Supply chain leadership

Strategic sourcing

FAR/DFARS compliance

Negotiation skills

Team leadership

Lean manufacturing

Security clearance

MS Office

Excel

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Graduate Degree

Tools

MS Office

Excel

Job description

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Title: Manager, Supply Chain Management

Job ID: 40720

Job Location: Carlstadt, NJ

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

Job Description:

Dynamic and high energy leader providing strategic and tactical leadership for the operational execution of procurement and materials management supply chain sub-functions and Planning. This position will play a critical role as an enabler of growth and profitability while engaging programs with design for supply chain (DfSC) tools and metrics, negotiating strategic supplier agreements, developing strategic sources for emerging technologies and capacity expansion, and expanding dual-sourcing to increased supply chain resiliency. This position reports functionally to the Director of Operations and will be responsible for a 3+ person team. The position will possess a solid understanding of the manufacturing of highly-engineered products and be knowledgeable in government contracting / flow-downs / compliance, and will be responsible for developing a world-class supply chain team through training, and engagement initiatives while serving as a role model for integrity and logical thinking.

Essential Functions:

• Must be able to obtain a security clearance.
• Manage experienced professionals and teams.
• Responsible for succession planning and talent development.
• Communicate within the organization and suppliers. Single point of accountability for supply chain.
• Collaborate with Contracts, program management, engineering and operations to ensure early supply chain involvement in proposals and new program design efforts.
• Work cooperatively with functional organizations across the division to identify strategic suppliers and proactively meet or exceed performance (cost/schedule/technical) needs.
• Provide leadership and direction in the development of the division’s supply base from both a strategic and tactical perspective as we look to develop partners not just suppliers.
• Develop and execute transformation plans focused on Design for Supply Chain (DfSC), supply chain resiliency, lead time reduction, quality improvements, as well as implementing new tools, systems and processes.
• Support make/buy efforts to develop an effective outsource program as needed.
• Ensuring risk management strategies and processes are deployed on critical supply chain efforts.
• Deliver uninterrupted flow of materials to support manufacturing and customer on-time delivery.
• Lead the supply chain team to achieve and maintain working capital targets through initiatives in payment terms negotiations, outsourcing, and inventory reductions.
• Ensure compliance to all government regulations including EAR, ITAR, UCC, FAR, DFARS and flow-down of customer contractual requirements to contract terms and conditions.
• Develop Process metrics, monitor trends, and report monthly on KPI continuous improvement.
• Lead implementation of new tools to leverage the skills of our professionals and improve efficiency.
• Seek ways to improve performance through implementation of process improvement initiatives based on industry best practices.
• Travel requirements approximately 20%

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, business management or technical field preferred
• Extensive supply chain experience including early sourcing, production planning, materials management, subcontracts, procurement, complex negotiations and contracting.
• Willingness to assist in additional job duties as assigned by Management is vital is desired
• 3+ years of presenting directly to senior leadership.
• Experience in/Advanced technical skills of Supply Chain Management including planning, inventory, scorecarding.
• Experience with Government Subcontracting and FAR/DFARS compliance.
• Experience in leading teams.
• Experience in negotiation of subcontracts and long term agreements.
• Strong experience implementing a metric driven approach across all Operations functions
• Strong record keeping skills
• Proficient in MS Office,Excel and Microsoft word.
• Understanding of lean principals around pull systems, mix/max controls, etc.
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• 5S+1 Visual Factory
• Familiarity with welding, machining, metal part chemical cleaning, clean room and pressure testing is a plus
• Knowledge/Experience with Manual and CNC Machining, Welding, Assembly, Metal Chemical Cleaning, Familiar with NDT and dimensional measurement techniques, Creation of Process drawings.
• Knowledge/Experience with Microsoft Office, with high competence with Excel desirable.
• Knowledge of AS9100D
• Experience with GD&T and engineering drawing review.
• Precision assembly of aerospace hardware.
• Experience with lean manufacturing and six sigma principles.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in the state of New Jersey is $100,500 - $186,500. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.

Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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