Operations Engineering Mgr - L5

Lockheed Martin; Stratford (CT); On-site; USD 145,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Flexible work arrangements

401(k) match

Paid time off

Parental Leave

Education Assistance

Job summary

Lockheed Martin is seeking a Senior Supply Chain professional to oversee complex programs, manage budgets and schedules, and drive lead time reduction initiatives. The role requires deep analysis of supply chain data and cross-functional collaboration with program teams and leadership.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience in aerospace/defense manufacturing, SAP, Kinaxis, and advanced data storytelling to influence decisions.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in Supply Chain, Business Administration, Manufacturing Operations or similar field; 12+ years experience or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of Aerospace and Defense manufacturing processes and business models.
• Experience with lead time management, span compression, and analytics.
• Experience with SAP and supply chain concepts.

Responsibilities

• Oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management.
• Reviews status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports.
• Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients.
• Proposes lead time compression strategies and presents data to leadership to communicate actions and goals.
• Manages the aggregation of demand and supply constraints in planning systems (e.g., Kinaxis) and maintains dashboards for simulation results.

Skills

Excel

PowerPoint

SAP

Data visualization

Project management

Communication

Leadership

Education

BA/BS in Supply Chain

Tools

Kinaxis Maestro

Kinaxis RapidResponse

Job description

Standard Job Description

• Oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management.
• Reviews status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports.
• Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients.
• This role develops and executes strategies to improve master data accuracy and material availability and decrease production span while reducing total costs.
• Duties include identifying critical parts for lead time performance analysis and conducting string lead time analysis; evaluating and prioritizing process improvement issues; analyzing supply chain data to draw meaningful conclusions and drive appropriate actions to reduce costs and maintain schedule.
• Additionally, the individual in this role will recommend lead time compression strategies; creating and presenting data and metrics in a meaningful fashion to all levels of leadership to communicate actions, goals and strategies.
• This individual will also manage the aggregation of demand and supply constraints in a planning system, such as Kinaxis, and maintaining dashboards to visualize simulation results
• The individual in this role will summarize simulation results and lead time accuracy, and track and own span compression activities, as well as manage demand irregularity criteria, supply flag logic, and shortage reports.
• This individual will also be responsible for reporting lead time accuracy and maintaining current lead time, internal and external capacity, and BOM data.

• Oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management.
• Reviews status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports.
• Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients.
• This role develops and executes strategies to improve master data accuracy and material availability and decrease production span while reducing total costs.
• Duties include identifying critical parts for lead time performance analysis and conducting string lead time analysis; evaluating and prioritizing process improvement issues; analyzing supply chain data to draw meaningful conclusions and drive appropriate actions to reduce costs and maintain schedule.
• Additionally, the individual in this role will recommend lead time compression strategies; creating and presenting data and metrics in a meaningful fashion to all levels of leadership to communicate actions, goals and strategies.
• This individual will also manage the aggregation of demand and supply constraints in a planning system, such as Kinaxis, and maintaining dashboards to visualize simulation results
• The individual in this role will summarize simulation results and lead time accuracy, and track and own span compression activities, as well as manage demand irregularity criteria, supply flag logic, and shortage reports.
• This individual will also be responsible for reporting lead time accuracy and maintaining current lead time, internal and external capacity, and BOM data.

Basic Qualifications

• BA/BS in Supply Chain, Business Administration, Manufacturing Operations and/or similar field with 12+ years of related experience. Additional experience and a significant demonstrated track record of success with complex business models and data may substitute the degree requirement.
• Strong understanding of Aerospace and Defense manufacturing processes, business strategy and business models
• Strong understanding of span compression and lead time management efficiency opportunities; performing lead time segmentation and using span analytics
• Experience with continuous improvement of lead time review and capacity data maintenance processes
• Experience developing and implementing actions to reduce span time and improve overall efficiency
• Flexibility and ability to balance priorities to support goals and targets while providing the customer answers and data in support of business decisions
• Quick learner and systems thinker; Ability to consider a broad range of issues or factors; grasp complexities and perceive relationships among issues or problems
• Ability to create powerful visualizations and data stories that lead to effective influencing without direct authority; strong communications skills
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint experience
• Experience with SAP as it applies to Supply Chain Management, experience in Supply Chain Management concepts and processes
• Experience synthesizing broad and complex datasets
• Project management experience
• Kinaxis Maestro (RapidResponse) preferred

Desired Skills

• Strong systems thinking: Perceives relationships among issues or problems.
• Strong business acumen:
• Robust understanding of Aerospace and Defense manufacturing processes, business models, strategy and financials.
• Experience supporting the coordination and integration of company-planned IT system changes with minimum support disruption to customers.

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $145100.00 - $269500.00

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The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits offered:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.

• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
• For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.