Advanced Programs Demand Senior Manager - Security Clearance
Description
Standard Job Description
We are seeking a visionary leader to work along side development engineers and production operations leaders to develop groundbreaking product designs directly supporting mission critical objectives for the next generation of defense products. You will guide projects from concept to production, ensuring every step meets the highest standards of precision and performance. You will lead an organization of manufacutring planners to drive transformational ideas into reliable, real world solutions.
Candidate must be a highly agile and adaptable professional who is comfortable operating in ambiguous, gray‑area environments, flexible, creative and a strong problem‑solver. The ideal candidate is personable, collaborative and solution‑oriented, with the resilience and diplomatic skills needed to thrive in a fast‑paced, cross‑functional setting.
What you will be doing
As the Demand Management Senior Manager for Advanced Programs, you will lead a team responsible for:
- Design and implement innovative production control strategies that keep projects on track and on budget
- Leverage advanced planning tools in order to inform product design to reduce overall product spans
- Solve complex problems and deliver practical outcomes, turning problems into opportunities
- Collaborate cross functionally with manufacturing, engineering, global supply chain, integrated planning, finance and quality counterparts to identify and react to changing needs; pivot quickly when priorities shift
- Maintain schedules and communicate potential impacts based on regular page and line meetings
- Support multiple program needs to achieve critical schedule milestones by navigating competing priorities and maintaining momentum
- Review, comment and approve Demand Requirements Load
- Ensure Windchill / MPMLink communicates accurately with SAP S4
- Travel may be required to support and communicate with other production sites
- Work outside of the normal operating hours may be required
Basic Qualifications
- Ability to obtain a security clearance
- Bachelors degree from an accredited college in Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Business Management or related discipline
- Previous Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP), demand and supply planning, experience working in a manufacturing environment, daily interfacing with other functions
- Strategic thinker with proven lean manufacturing experience and knowledge of SAP
- Must be willing to travel as required
- Must be willing to work outside of the normal operating hours as required
Desired Skills
- Green Belt trained/certified or Lean 6S Black Belt trained/certified
- Master’s Degree from an accredited college in a related discipline
- Knowledge of industry wide best practices and processes for managing material flow throughout the entire production supply chain
- Inventory control knowledge and experience
- Experience working with rapid prototyping, advanced manufacturing and production programs
- Problem solver for rapid changing development environment, capable of collaborating with multiple functions to solve complex problems and deliver creative solutions
- Ability to understand Windchill/MPMLink and the association with SAP
- Previous Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) knowledge and experience