E&T Affordability Lead - Orlando Security Clearance

Position: E&T Affordability Lead - Orlando with Security Clearance
Job Number 728515

Description:

Are you an accomplished Engineering Affordability Leader? Do you have a passion for working across Engineering & Technology, Finance and Business Operations, Strategy and Business Development, Program/Proposal Management, and with the external customer? Do you have valuable Affordability experience and are looking for the next challenge? Are you ready to leverage your financial, technical, & people knowledge to drive programs towards winning bids, and keeping sold?

If so, an Engineering Affordability Program Leadership role may be the right fit for you. What You Will Be Doing You will be an ambassador in our organization and lead initiatives to increase the value of our products in the most cost-effective way. You will leverage the most up to date tools & data to drive Affordability on program, creating value for our customer.

This position is responsible for performing Affordability Analysis to support Life Cycle Cost (LCC), Design- to-Cost (DTC), Cost as an Independent Variable (CAIV) and Cost Reduction Initiatives (CRI). Analytical tools/approaches which will leverage Commercial/Gov't parametric models, such as True Planning and SEER, as well as custom developed para metrics models used to determine correlation between operational or technical requirements and cost.

The person filling this position will be adept at consolidating and presenting financial key performance indicators; earned value management; summary technical and financial progress/projections toward performance goals; and project schedule development and maintenance. You will proactively identify issues, concerns, or challenges. Facilitate tradeoff decisions and remove obstacles, bringing issues up to key leadership when necessary. Why Join Us We are committed to supporting your work-life balance and overall well-being, offering flexible scheduling options Learn more about Lockheed Martin's comprehensive benefits package here.

Further Information About This Opportunity:
This position is in Orlando. Discover more about our Orlando, Florida location.

Basic Qualifications:

-Active Secret Clearance required
-Experienced working with teams of diverse backgrounds including Program Management, Engineering and Technology, Finance, Global Supply Chain, Production Operations, and Quality.

-Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Finance or an analytical field.

-Must be an excellent communicator, skilled in data visualization, with experience presenting to executive leadership and external customers.

- Experience with multiyear and multiple year procurements.

-Working in environments that have multiple, high priorities, and advocating effectively for your area of responsibility.

-Experience developing and analyzing large bills of material.

-Organized & detail-oriented with ability to multitask.

-Proficiency with Microsoft Excel & Data Analytics.

-Strong fundamental engineering knowledge and/or financial acumen.

-Experience leading Affordability/Design-to-Cost efforts to enable the plan to meet program cost targets.

-Experience leading the development of CRIs to build step down plans to achieve target costs. Desired

Skills:

-Previous experience as an Affordability Program Lead, Cost Engineer, Design-to-Cost Specialist.

-Experienced coaching, mentoring, and growing Affordability Staff.

-Experience developing & advocating for Design-to-Cost Policy.

- Experience with Capture, Position to Win, Affordability Planning, Government Contracting, Team Facilitation, Training, Coaching, Group Prioritization Techniques, Cost Target Allocation, and engaging with suppliers.

-Experience in developing Step-Down plans, utilizing Design for Manufacturing tools (e.g. DFMA, DFMPro, SEER, etc.), Value Engineering / Producibility Analysis, Quality Function Deployment, CAIV Analysis, and Plan tailoring,
-Capable of performing O&S Cost, Similar-to, Pre-Design Performance, Sensitivity, Cost Capability, Producibility, Pareto, Architecture cost-driver, cost benefit, and / or Learning Curve Analyses.

-Manufacturing materials & processes familiarity.

-Familiarity with Cost modeling & Design-to-Cost tools, Value Engineering / Producibility Analysis, and…