Supplier Quality Engineering Associate Manager Security Clearance

Position: Supplier Quality Engineering Associate Manager with Security Clearance
Job Number 730786

Description:

Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more - we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future. At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve.

We're creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision. We're erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We're advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we're reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity. Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you.

The Space Quality Assurance Team has a great opportunity for a Supplier Quality Engineering (SQE) Associate Manager (Assoc Mgr) located at one of our Continental United States facilities. The SQE Assoc. Mgr role is responsible for ensuring the flow down of requirements to suppliers, supplier assessments, supplier improvement, assuring quality management systems, and coordinating supplier assignments. The SQE Assoc. Mgr will lead a team of Supplier Quality Engineers who work from main Lockheed sites or remotely.

You must be a motivated change agent, responsible for providing resource management to ensure that the right skills are being applied across the team while ensuring mission success and efficiency. The Supplier Quality Assurance (SQA) organization focuses on Standardized Process, Cross-functional Alignment and Upstream Prevention. This role will be crucial in standardizing our supplier assessments and supplier improvement and the processes the team follows.

Basic Qualifications:

• Leadership or team lead experience prioritizing and able to managing workload to meet program need dates
• Demonstrated change agent with experience implementing continuous process improvements
• Demonstrated knowledge of quality management systems (AS9100, ISO
9001, or anything else)
• Knowledge of Supplier Quality activities
• Bachelor's or Master's degree from an accredited college in technical discipline (e.g., engineering field) or equivalent discipline (e.g., math, physics, chemistry, etc.)
• US Citizenship is required
• Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance
• Ability to travel Desired

Skills:

• Prior experience in Supply Quality competencies
• Experience working on and leading diverse, geographically dispersed teams
• Inclusive and customer focused behavior and problem-solving abilities
• Experience developing employees, building constructive partnering relationships with suppliers, customers, employees, and/or other Business Areas within your company
• Proven ability to manage Quality Assurance efforts in accordance with enterprise-level command media and Program specific requirements
• Strong interpersonal skills, oral and written communication skills and organization skills
• Lean Six-Sigma Green Belt
• American Society for Quality Certifications
• Familiarity with LM Procure to Pay (P2P), SAP, and/or EPDM systems
• 5+ years of related experience Security Clearance Statement:
This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration. Clearance Level: Secret Other Important Information You Should Know Expression of Interest:
By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings. Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time:
The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. Work Schedules:
Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be…