Description :
Location
Huntsville, AL
Virtual Office/Telecommute?
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Virtual Work Not Available
Shift
First
Business Unit
Integrated Defense Sys
Division
Network & Space Systems
Program
Space Exploration
Occupation Title
Supp Mgmt and Procurement
Skills Management Title
Supplier Program Mgmt
Job Classification
HAXAP6
Job Type
Non-Management
Experience Level
Senior Level (15+ years of experience)
Exemption Status
Exempt
Union
No
Security Clearance Required?
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No Security Clearance Required
Work Eligibility Required?
Yes
US Person Status Required?
Yes
Export Control Required?
Yes
Relocation Money Available?
Yes
Date Posted
07/17/2008
Closing Date
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08/17/2008
Position Description
This position is in support of the Ares I program. Serves as Program Manager for assigned supplier(s). Integrates overall procurement activities and manages all aspects of supplier relationship and performance throughout all contract phases (e.g., monitors performance data, provides technical and business direction). Provides technical assistance to ensure cost, delivery schedule compliance and product conformity. Identifies, establishes and maintains priorities for deliveries, necessary supplier corrective actions, and resolution of issues to ensure contractual compliance. Collects and analyzes supplier performance data to assure supplier performance meets all Boeing requirements. Develops methods to measure key supplier and internal performance indicators, analyzes performance data, and leads contract performance reviews, regular site visits, design reviews, rate readiness reviews, and lean assessments to improve performance and lower costs. Conducts on-site evaluations, root-cause analysis, and identifies solutions to establish the basis for recovery plans and corrective action and preventative actions. Leads continuous supplier assessments and mentoring of best practices. Communicates across stakeholders to report status and concerns, and to achieve compliance with Boeing procurement strategy and contractual compliance. Specific desired experience/ knowledge: Extensive understanding or background in fluid control devices (valves, pressure vessels, tubes, instrumentation, etc.). Understanding or background in rocket propulsion systems. Understanding or background in spacecraft and/ or launch vehicle components, subsystems and processes. Proven track record in project management.
Competencies
General/Leadership
[ + ] Build Positive Relationships
Acts as an enterprise wide role model in building effective working relationships with other fellow senior team leaders, executives, senior managers, internal employees and external customers. Consistently and proactively probes for and provides information to clarify situations. Seeks and expands on original ideas, enhances others' ideas, and contributes own ideas about the issues at hand pertaining to the organization and industry. Places higher priority on organization goals than on own goals. Gains agreement from fellow senior team leaders, executives, senior managers and internal employees to support ideas or take partnership-oriented action; uses sound rationale to explain value of actions. Consistently and proactively establishes good interpersonal relationships by helping people feel valued, appreciated, and included in discussions.
[ + ] Communication
Consistently and proactively clarifies purpose and importance; stresses major points; follows a logical sequence. Widely recognized as an enterprise wide expert in consistently keeping the audience thoroughly engaged through use of techniques such as analogies, illustrations, humor, an appealing style, body language, and voice inflection. Consistently frames even the most advanced and complex messages in line with audience experience, background, and expectations; uses terms, examples, and analogies that are meaningful to the audience. Consistently and proactively seeks input from audience; checks understanding; presents message in different ways to enhance understanding. Uses syntax, pace, volume, diction, and mechanics appropriate to the media being used. Proactively attends to both direct and indirect messages from others; correctly interprets messages and responds appropriately. Regularly mentors and advises fellow senior team leaders on effective communication techniques.
[ + ] Decision Making
Consistently and proactively recognizes a wide range of highly complex, advanced, and specialized issues, problems, or opportunities in own work group, across the organization and with external customers; determines whether action is needed. Consistently identifies the need for and proactively researches information to better understand advanced issues, problems, and opportunities. Is widely recognized as an enterprise wide level expert in integrating complex, advanced information from a variety of sources; detects unusually complex trends, associations, and cause-effect relationships. Proactively guides others in creating relevant options for addressing problems/opportunities and achieving desired outcomes. Consistently formulates clear decision criteria; evaluates options by considering implications and consequences; chooses an effective option. Consistently implements decisions or initiates action within a reasonable time. Consistently includes fellow senior team leaders, team leaders, senior managers, internal employees, and external customers in the decision-making process as warranted to obtain good information, make the most appropriate decisions, and ensure buy-in and understanding of the resulting decisions.
[ + ] Project Management
Recognized industry expertise in creating comprehensive multi-tiered project schedules for extremely complicated and significant projects. Directs and manages the most complex project schedules requiring interfacing with multi regional or international activities. Independently identifies project resource requirements, integrates and directs multi project elements into a single collective overall project plan. Collaborates with others on the most complex projects assigned. As an enterprise role model, demonstrates ability to direct, delegate and ensure performance of assigned responsibilities and tasks as a project team leader in support of enterprise wide or extremely complex large-scale projects. Mentors senior project leaders to help them identify and resolve issues to ensure successful completion of projects.
Technical
[ + ] Customer/Supplier Knowledge
Highly advanced, expert knowledge of customer's/supplier's organization, processes, policies and procedures, products, requirements, capabilities, practices, support resources, preferences, constraints, etc.
[ + ] Engineering Processes
Highly advanced, expert knowledge of responsibilities and tasks performed by various Engineering departments/disciplines (e.g., design, test, software, technology, avionics). Highly advanced, expert knowledge of the interaction between departments/ disciplines and how their products/processes affect one another and impact non-engineering processes (e.g., Operations, Logistics, Business).
[ + ] Project Leadership
Highly advanced, expert ability to direct, delegate, and ensure performance of assigned responsibilities and tasks as a project team leader in support of enterprise wide and/or extremely complex large-scale projects. Highly advanced, expert ability to identify and resolve any issues to ensure the successful completion of the project.
Education and/or Experience
Bachelor's degree and typically 20 or more years' related work experience or a Master's degree with typically 18 or more years' or a PhD degree with typically 15 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Other Job related information
This position requires the ability to obtain access to a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) facility. U.S. Citizenship required. Space Exploration Program positions that are designated as sensitive will require random screening for drugs and/or alcohol in accordance with NASA federal regulations.