Spirit Defense - Associate Supply Chain Procurement Agent

Responsibilities

• Acts as an authorized agent of the company with responsibility for managing all supplier-related activities and authority to commit company resources through contracts and agreements
• Researches, evaluates, and sets expectations for prospective suppliers for new business
• Builds and maintains good relations with suppliers
• Handles and manages negotiating contracts with suppliers
• Develops requests for quotations and proposals, analyzes supplier responses, negotiates and awards contracts, and manages post-award supplier activities
• Interfaces with internal and external customers and suppliers
• Manages post-award supplier activities including updating suppliers' profile and required documentation
• Manages inventory levels, simulation, modeling, forecasting data, and supplier performance
• Maintains inventory levels, simulation, modeling, forecasting data, and supplier performance
• Maintains inventory levels, simulation, modeling, forecasting data, and supplier performance
• Maintains inventory levels, simulation, modeling, forecasting data, and supplier performance
• Monitors customer inventory demand and material assets to optimize total supply chain planning
• Incorporates planning decisions from customers and suppliers to reduce material and product variability, and arrive at optimal solutions
• Able to communicate and track program change as flowed down by Prime/Company
• Integrated Product Team representation and support
• Change Management
• Tracking affordability/trade studies
• Performing BOE (Bases of estimate) / Estimating tasks
• Knowledge and support of P&L activities
• Able to be decisive in complex problem solving

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience): 2+ years of related experience in a supply chain role, preferably within the aerospace or manufacturing industry
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Secret Security Clearance and Special Program Access (for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship)
• Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience): Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Business, Supply Chain, or other relevant course of study
• Active U.S. Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)
• Excellent Data analysis skills
• Knowledge/experience with/in manufacturing and manufacturing process
• Knowledge of MRP Systems and SAP
• Ability to effect change
• Driven to learn new skills in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Word, Excel, PowerPoint