Supplier Liaison

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Develops and enhances relationships with suppliers
• Serves as the primary contact for internal and external communications related to major subcontracts
• Fosters a positive and mutually beneficial relationship with suppliers and their management
• Drafts and negotiates subcontracts, including engineering design and development subcontracts, material or production subcontracts, Intellectual Property purchase agreements, Intellectual Property License agreements, Proprietary Information Agreements, Teaming Agreements, etc.
• Enforces performance guarantees and remedies to maintain a high level of performance
• Addresses quality and design concerns in collaboration with Quality Assurance and Program Engineering
• Interfaces, stimulates, coordinates, supports, and assesses the contribution from the other company functions in terms of information necessary to finalize and manage subcontracts (i.e. SOW’s, Program Schedules, Business Strategy Plans, other)
• Manages subcontracts by ensuring an adequate flow of information among the several company functions and the Subcontractors, promoting, monitoring, and coordinating the resolution of action items necessary to the successful execution of subcontracts
• Maintains and assesses the health of the subcontracts throughout their life cycle, taking necessary measures to make subcontracts successful and identifying and managing necessary corrective actions to resolve critical issues
• Drives cost savings and quality improvement projects
• Reviews open invoices and ensures timely two-way or three-way match requirements to keep all suppliers current
• Reduces procurement cost and improves responsiveness by analyzing supply chain and commodity trends, measuring and reporting results as well as enhancing established procedures
• Supports program and company objectives/needs

Desired Skills

• Experience interacting with DCMA, DCAA, and other federal agencies
• Experience negotiating and managing major subcontracts (≥ $2M) for cost, schedule, and quality
• Direct experience and compliance with Truth in Negotiation Act (PL-87-653)
• Strong understanding of Terms & Conditions, financial analysis, and supplier risk mitigation
• Strong understanding of FAR/DFARS
• Firm understanding of procurement practices
• Experience working and interfacing with Suppliers, Manufacturing, Inventory Management, Quality, and Engineering
• Proficient with Microsoft Office products, particularly Excel

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's level degree in Business Administration or equivalent preferred
• Experience: Minimum of 6 years professional experience in any combination of subcontract management, purchasing, supply chain management, material management, project management, legal, or engineering; with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in subcontract management