Supply Chain Analyst

Essential Functions

• Develop and perform specific analyses for the specific area of expertise
• Evaluate business forecasts and pinpoint any areas of vulnerability of company requirements
• Hold a procurement kick-off meeting with the Procurement team after the initial Kick-Off held by the Program Manager advising of the scope of the award and expectations on order placement.
• Ensure the appropriate contract flow-downs are identified and passed on to Purchasing
• Interact with Program Management on Program Cost issues and required details
• Monitor Target Costs against Proposal Costs
• Consolidate requisitions as much as possible to obtain leverage pricing.
• Review open requisitions weekly and meet with appropriate Commodity Manager on the open requisitions
• Review placement to requisition need date and length of time in purchasing
• Advise planning, engineering and drafting of item master errors, updates, or omissions in relation to mil-specs or new or obsolete items
• Advise planning, engineering and contracts of changes in prices or lead times that make and produce cost-prohibitive or lead times detrimental to production cycles
• Aid in communication between buyers, suppliers and Program teams
• Monitor weekly Program meetings for any “potential” issues that can be addressed early on
• Expedite critical components to ensure on-time deliveries. Be prepared to address any current or potential parts issues
• Look for creative ways to improve purchasing ability to make contributions to the company’s goals
• Improve understanding of purchasing relationship to the over-all company plans and strategy
• Represent Supply Chain during customer negotiations and customer program reviews; review and validate any bids; supply copies of POs/LOCs; prepare charts for Customer presentations
• Utilize Power Pivot, Power Query and Power BI to transform DataMart raw data into manageable information

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business, engineering or equivalent experience
• A minimum of 2 years demonstrated experience in high technology, aerospace or defense, electrical component industry, or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated knowledge of supply chain management tools and procedures
• Demonstrated capability utilizing Power Query to develop Power BI dashboards
• Demonstrated leadership and management skills, particularly “influence management” and “conflict resolution”
• Experience with earned value cost accounting and reporting; experience with metrics for assessing and reporting program and/or commodity progress, productivity and variance analysis
• Experience in finance, contracting, export regulations, engineering, logistics, manufacturing and DoD, ITAR, EAR, FAR, DFAR regulations
• Strong customer interface skills
• Demonstrated problem solving skills
• Must have a successful track record in managing complex aerospace/defense supply chain activities
• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to be within a commutable distance of Melbourne, FL is preferred