Supply Chain Manager III

About the role

This role is part of Blue Origin Operations, which is comprised of Integrated Supply Chain, Test Operations, Safety, Quality, and Mission Assurance. This includes Manufacturing and Supply Chain support across all Blue Origin facilities.

Responsibilities

• Own supply chain performance within a Blue Origin Program.
• Develop and execute supply chain strategies, processes, and materials program plans to ensure performance, budget, and on-time delivery of Blue Origin products.
• Be the single-threaded interface with the Program Management Office to define program goals, manage risk, manage schedule and support escalations and problem solving.
• Understand the product structure, key objectives, budgets, and schedules of the programs they support.
• Ensure all Supply Chain functions are executing plans to achieve those targets, track progress, and develop mitigations where performance is not aligned with expectations.
• Support the policies, procedures, templates, and tools to drive consistency, accuracy, and compliance across Blue Origin Business Units.
• Support financial management (i.e., EVMS, budgets, targets, working capital, material sales, etc.), supply chain metrics, make buy/make where strategies, strategic sourcing, etc.), and requirements management (i.e. FAR/DFARS, ITAR, OPSEC, security classification guides, public law, quality, warranty, etc.).
• Ensure the placement and receipt of all material requirements to meet those strategies and plans in support of program requirements including complete material management and ownership (schedule, cost and Material EAC).
• Analyze data to determine the cause of deviations from performance expectations and develop improvement plans alongside Supply Chain Function leadership.
• Provide detailed communications, reports, and presentations to Program and Supply Chain at all levels to ensure alignment and a clear understanding of progress, risks, and mitigations, as well as general updates from Supply Chain Functions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 7 years of experience, Master's degree with 5 years of experience in Program Management/Supply Chain Program Management with a focus of production operations.
• Experience in test systems Engineering or related technical fields, Engineering Supply Chain Management, or related industry experience.
• Superior communication skills (written and verbal), leadership abilities, negotiation skills and the ability to collaborate in a cross functional environment are required to perform in this position.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to communicate complex ideas simply, anticipate potential objections and persuade others, often at senior levels, to adopt a different point of view.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and discuss technical concepts, manage trade-offs and evaluate new ideas with internal and external partners.
• Demonstrated ability to work across disciplines with engineering, design, and project management counterparts to deliver on-time products/services.
• Excellent analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations, and drive actions.
• Demonstrated experience creating and maintaining systems and processes to streamline operations.
• Demonstrated negotiation skills developed from contracts, proposal management, supplier management, capture management or similar negotiating activities.
• Ability to develop and execute project plans within budget and schedule constraints, ability to simultaneously manage multiple programs and priorities.
• Track record of working in an ambiguous environment and ability to define processes that can scale.
• Strong ability to review product structure (Bill of Materials), identify long lead and high risk items/systems, and craft Supply Chain strategies to meet program objectives.
• Desired Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification or equivalent project management experience.
• Experience with spacecraft systems.
• Experience in procurement and planning, MRP/ERP planning and transactions, BOM structures, and material estimating and Basis of Estimate creation.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in Supply Chain Management and Program Management.
• Experience effectively negotiating contracts.
• Leading cross-functional projects.