Logistics Specialist, Sr

About the role

The Senior Logistics Specialist serves as the principal strategic advisor to the Navy Supply Officer within the designated NAVAIR Program Manager, Air (PMA) office. They are responsible to APMLs, Deputy APMLs, PSMs and LEMs in the performance of daily tasking. This role bridges the gap between commercial defense industry operations and Naval aviation readiness requirements.

Responsibilities

• Leverages extensive, hands-on OEM experience—spanning from ground-level manufacturing to executive logistics management—to optimize supply chain operations, improve material availability, and guide the PMA through complex industry negotiations and sustainment strategies.
• Works on logistics and maintainability programs and with logistics and maintenance control organizations on issues such as: technical evaluation and identification of aircraft/supply systems logistics requirements and resources; development of logistics support and maintainability programs or plans; systems acquisition requirements analysis; budgetary or financial analysis and control; life cycle cost analysis and control; aircrafts systems hardware and software standardization and compatibility; ILS/ R&M program test and evaluation planning and execution; and, ILS/R&M program management analysis.
• Collates, compiles, analyzes, investigates, researches, or applies logistics, maintenance, acquisition, or financial data and information.
• Develops, modifies, prepares, or validates documentation in relation to automated logistics or maintenance data reporting systems, and management information systems.

Requirements

Education: BS or BA Degree in Acquisition, Logistics Management, Management, Business or Engineering. Experience: At least 10 years’ FTE experience in acquisition logistics support or maintenance engineering or a Society of Logistics Engineers (SOLE) Logistician certification program as a Demonstrated Master Logistician (DML) plus three (3) years of recent experience.

Qualifications

Must be a U.S. Citizen. Clearance Required: Active Top Secret.

Skills

Extensive hands-on OEM experience, strategic advisory, logistics support, maintainability programs, systems acquisition requirements analysis, budgetary or financial analysis, life cycle cost analysis, aircrafts systems hardware and software standardization, ILS/ R&M program test and evaluation planning and execution, ILS/R&M program management analysis.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Plan
• Short- and long-term disability
• Accidental death & dismemberment
• 401K retirement & matching
• Tuition assistance program
• Direct deposit
• Leave package
• 11 paid federal holidays

Pay

The projected salary range for this position is $120,000-$140,000; however, this is not a guarantee of salary. Salary will be set based on experience and contractual requirements.