Manager, Supply Chain Management

L3

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L3

Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission‑critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end‑to‑end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Dynamic and high energy leader providing strategic and tactical leadership for the operational execution of procurement and materials management supply chain sub‑functions and planning. This position will play a critical role as an enabler of growth and profitability while engaging programs with design for supply chain (DfSC) tools and metrics, negotiating strategic supplier agreements, developing strategic sources for emerging technologies and capacity expansion, and expanding dual‑sourcing to increased supply chain resiliency.

This position reports functionally to the Director of Operations and will be responsible for a 3+ person team. The position will possess a solid understanding of the manufacturing of highly‑engineered products and be knowledgeable in government contracting / flow‑downs / compliance, and will be responsible for developing a world‑class supply chain team through training, and engagement initiatives while serving as a role model for integrity and logical thinking.

• Manage experienced professionals and teams.
• Responsible for succession planning and talent development.
• Communicate within the organization and suppliers. Single point of accountability for supply chain.
• Collaborate with Contracts, program management, engineering and operations to ensure early supply chain involvement in proposals and new program design efforts.
• Work cooperatively with functional organizations across the division to identify strategic suppliers and proactively meet or exceed performance (cost/schedule/technical) needs.
• Provide leadership and direction in the development of the division’s supply base from both a strategic and tactical perspective as we look to develop partners not just suppliers.
• Develop and execute transformation plans focused on Design for Supply Chain (DfSC), supply chain resiliency, lead time reduction, quality improvements, as well as implementing new tools, systems and processes.
• Support make/buy efforts to develop an effective outsource program as needed.
• Ensuring risk management strategies and processes are deployed on critical supply chain efforts.
• Deliver uninterrupted flow of materials to support manufacturing and customer on‑time delivery.
• Lead the supply chain team to achieve and maintain working capital targets through initiatives in payment terms negotiations, outsourcing, and inventory reductions.
• Ensure compliance to all government regulations including EAR, ITAR, UCC, FAR, DFARS and flow‑down of customer contractual requirements to contract terms and conditions.
• Develop Process metrics, monitor trends, and report monthly on KPI continuous improvement.
• Lead implementation of new tools to leverage the skills of our professionals and improve efficiency.
• Seek ways to improve performance through implementation of process improvement initiatives based on industry best practices.
• Travel requirements approximately 20%.

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, business management or technical field…