Manager Supply Chain I

Leonardo DRS Land Systems is seeking a full time Manager Supply Chain level I for our Bridgeton, MO facility. This position will be responsible for the commodity procurement team located in Bridgeton, MO. As key member of the Supply Chain Leadership team, this role will be responsible for ensuring quality product is delivered on time and in support of business unit goals. The position is responsible for developing a high performing team that will ensure compliant PO's are placed and suppliers are managed across the lifecycle.

• Responsible for quality, delivery, and cost of procured materials
• Manage a multi-discipline team
• Assist in the development of forecast/requirements for area of responsibility
• Assist in developing and implementing strategy for assigned area of responsibility
• Implement transition plans to new supplier
• Assist in creating Strategic Supplier Purchase Agreements
• Enforce company and department policies and procedures
• Monitor metrics and take action as appropriate
• Communicate and clarify departmental goals and metrics
• Responsible for ensuring monthly budgets are not exceeded; take action to realign to plan if budgets are exceeded
• Consolidate requisitions as much as possible to obtain leverage pricing
• Review open requisitions weekly and meet with appropriate buyers on the open requisitions
• Review placement to requisition need date and length of time in purchasing
• Coordinate with Engineering and Quality on a team approach to supplier assessments and approval
• Advise planning, engineering and drafting of item master errors, updates, or omissions in relation to mil-specs or new or obsolete items
• Advise planning, engineering and contracts of changes in prices or lead times that make and produce cost-prohibitive or lead times detrimental to production cycles
• Expedite critical components to ensure on-time deliveries
• Be prepared to address any current or potential parts issues
• Look for creative ways to improve purchasing ability to make contributions to the company's goals
• Improve understanding of purchasing relationship to the over-all company plans and strategy
• Research and analyze costing information for cost reduction
• Evaluate dispositioned discrepancy reports, signed off by program engineers and Q.C. engineers, and submitting information to both for re-evaluation
• Support, communicate and defend the mission, values and culture of the company

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business, engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience
• A minimum of 5 years demonstrated experience in high technology (aerospace or defense preferred)
• Demonstrated knowledge of supply chain management tools and procedures
• Demonstrated management skills, particularly "influence management" and "conflict resolution"
• Experience throughout the product lifecycle from New Product Introduction through obsolescence to include: generation of system and subsystem statements of work and subcontracts, strategic supplier selection, risk management, and continuous improvement efforts including implementation for cost reduction and performance improvement efforts
• Experience in finance, contracting, export regulations, engineering, logistics, manufacturing and DoD, ITAR, EAR, FAR, DFAR regulations
• Demonstrated negotiation skills
• Strong customer interface skills
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated success in managing manpower planning, program reviews, scheduling and budget control
• Successful track record in managing complex aerospace/defense supply chain activities preferred