Global Support and Services is seeking a Leader with a technical background to perform the critical role of Supplier Program Manager (SPM). The position is assigned to the Ground Based Mid Course Defense (GMD) Supplier Management - Senior Manger, located in Huntsville, Alabama.
As the SPM focal for the program, the SPM will develop and maintain relationships with the supply base in support of three primary locations Colorado Springs, CO, Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, and Fort Greely, AK., as well as the Boeing Integrated Product Teams located at these sites.
The SPM will manage support contracts for the maintaining of facilities at the above listed locations, engineering support functions related to engineering analysis of facilities and weapon systems, war fighter training, and daily interaction with the Weapon Systems Operations and Sustainment (WSOPS) IPT. Facilities include the Future Power Plant at Fort Greely. This Power Plant will become the primary backup system for the entire Fort Greely site and will require working with the GMD Development organization working with multiple IPTs. Approximately, 10% travel can be expected to supplier locations, Colorado Springs, CO, Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, and Fort Greely, AK. In addition, the SPM will be leading the efforts to conduct Supplier - Program Management Reviews (PMRs) which will involve not only close interaction with internal Boeing customers, but external government customers as well.
This position will also support efforts in the pursuit of an upcoming proposal, working with the proposal team as well as working closely with current and potential new suppliers to develop strategies, partnerships, and potential teaming agreements.
This position will require the selected individual in leading multi-disciplined teams, building strong relationships with both internal and external customers and supplier partners and the ability to coordinate between Boeing Business units.
Competencies
General
[ + ] Building A Successful Team
Ensures that the purpose and importance of the team are clarified (e.g., team has a clear charter or mission statement); guides the setting of specific and measurable team goals and objectives. Helps to clarify roles and responsibilities of team members; helps ensure that necessary steering, review, or support functions are in place. Makes procedural or process suggestions for achieving team goals or performing team functions; provides necessary resources or helps to remove obstacles to team accomplishments. Listens to and fully involves others in team decisions and actions; values and uses individual differences and talents. Shares important or relevant information with the team. Adheres to the team's expectations and guidelines; fulfills team responsibilities; demonstrates personal commitment to the team.
[ + ] Cross Functional Partnerships
Analyzes the organization, potential external partners, and own area to identify key relationships that should be initiated or improved to further the attainment of own area's goals. Exchanges information with project leads, internal employees, and external customers to clarify partnership benefits and potential problems; collaboratively determines the scope and expectations of the partnership so that both areas' needs can be met. Collaboratively determines courses of action to realize mutual goals; facilitates agreement on each partner's responsibilities and needed support. Places higher priority on organization's goals than on own area's goals; anticipates effects of own area's actions and decisions on partners; influences others throughout the organization and in partner organizations to support partnership objectives. Implements effective means for monitoring and evaluating the partnership process and the attainment of mutual goals.
[ + ] Decision Making
Consistently recognizes a wide range of complex, specialized issues, problems, or opportunities in own work group, across the organization and with external customers; determines whether action is needed. Steadily identifies the need for and collects information to better understand issues, problems, and opportunities. Regularly integrates complex information from a wide variety of sources; detects complex trends, associations, and cause-effect relationships. Consistently creates relevant options for addressing problems/opportunities and achieving desired outcomes. 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. Regularly includes fellow project leads, employees across the organization, 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
Extensive experience in creating comprehensive multi-tiered project schedules for significant Business Unit projects; identifies time frames for key project milestones and ensure alignment of sub tier activities for overall project visibility, tracking and completion. Directs and manages very complex project schedules requiring interfacing with multi regional or international activities. Independently identifies project resource requirements, integrate and direct multi project elements into a single collective overall project plan. Collaborates with others on the most complex projects assigned. Ability to direct, delegate and ensure performance of assigned responsibilities and tasks as a project team leader in support of the overall large scale and complex projects. Identifies and resolves any issues and provide solutions and or recommendations to ensure the successful completion of the project.
Technical
[ + ] Customer/Supplier Knowledge
Basic - Extensive knowledge of customer's/supplier's organization, processes, policies and procedures, products, requirements, capabilities, practices, support resources, preferences, constraints, etc.
Preferred -Advanced knowledge of customer's/supplier's organization, processes, policies and procedures, products, requirements, capabilities, practices, support resources, preferences, constraints, etc.
[ + ] Earned Value Management
Basic - Extensive and specialized knowledge of the Earned Value Management System (EVMS) and its application.
Preferred -Advanced/expert knowledge of the Earned Value Management System (EVMS) and its application.
[ + ] Engineering Processes
Basic - Extensive and specialized knowledge of responsibilities and tasks performed by various Engineering departments/disciplines (e.g., design, test, software, technology, avionics). Extensive and specialized 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).
Preferred -Advanced/expert knowledge of responsibilities and tasks performed by various Engineering departments/disciplines (e.g., design, test, software, technology, avionics). 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).
[ + ] Industry Awareness
Basic - Extensive and specialized understanding to build and use industry knowledge for planning and performance accomplishment. This includes knowledge of competition and strategic partners.
Preferred -Advanced/expert understanding to build and use of industry knowledge for planning and performance accomplishment. This includes broad knowledge of competition and strategic partners.
[ + ] Presentation Skills/Techniques
Basic - Extensive and specialized knowledge of and ability to employ innovative presentation techniques (e.g., posture, speaker's relationship to audience, use of intonation and props, use of visual aids and pacing). Ability to use this extensive and specialized knowledge to coach other presenters.
Preferred -Advanced/expert knowledge of and ability to employ innovative presentation techniques (e.g., posture, speaker's relationship to audience, use of intonation and props, use of visual aids and pacing) covering complex subjects to senior level audiences. Ability to use this Advanced/expert knowledge to coach other presenters.
[ + ] Schedule Management
Basic - Extensive and specialized knowledge of schedule management principles and practices.
Preferred -Advanced/expert knowledge of schedule management principles and practices.
Typical Education/Experience
Level 4 - Technical bachelor's degree and typically 9 or more years' related work experience or a Master's degree with typically 7 or more years' or a PhD degree with typically 4 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. A technical degree is defined as any four year degree, or greater, in a mathematic, scientific or information technology field of study. Level 5 - Technical bachelor's degree and typically 14 or more years' related work experience or a Master's degree with typically 12 or more years' or a PhD degree with typically 9 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. A technical degree is defined as any four year degree, or greater, in a mathematic, scientific or information technology field of study.
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