Principal Specialist – Mfg/Ops – Program Operations Manager

Principal Specialist – Mfg/Ops – Program Operations Manager

Requirements

• Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and a minimum of 8 years of prior operations, manufacturing and/or engineering experience, or An Advanced Degree in a related field and a minimum of 6 years experience
• Experience in proposals and / or budget management
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract

Responsibilities

• Assume overall ownership of the operations process from contract award to MRP, including risk/opportunity management, MRP health, factory performance, cost account management, and contract close-out.
• Be accountable for operations cost, schedule, and quality.
• Manage and coordinate program schedules with Program Management, Supply Chain, Subcontracts, Engineering, and other functional areas to support on-time delivery (OTD).
• Develop and execute Manufacturing Plans that align business/customer needs with factory capabilities, including identifying and estimating necessary capital funds.
• Develop and implement cost reduction initiatives for recurring efforts and new business opportunities.
• Manage, develop, and lead operations proposal activities, including task descriptions and basis of estimates that align with program strategies.
• Interface with customers to understand needs and issues, ensuring satisfactory service standards.
• Coordinate and develop operations requirements for all gate reviews, executing strategies from early gate reviews for effective future production implementation.
• Implement and drive process improvements for a healthy value stream in development and production programs.
• Attain Level 6 Program Management Certification within one year of the start date.
• Support requisition release and maintenance, material transfers, and inventory analysis (excess inventory).
• Manage, track, and monitor Return to Vendor (RTV) and outside processing.
• Support planning tasks, including monitoring planned orders, production order releases, and engineering change planning and implementation.
• Familiarity with Master Scheduling, Planned Independent Demand monitoring/maintenance, long-term planning (What-If Scenarios), router/build analysis, OTD, OBEYA (Program Review), and Sales Inventory & Operations Planning.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing policies and procedures and/or experience with Experience working with Electro-Optical assemblies used in surveillance and reconnaissance systems
• Excellent conceptual problem-solving skills with demonstrated ability to bring structure to vaguely defined problems, pragmatically scope problem solving approach, and manage execution
• Earned Value Certification with Control/Cost Account Manager (CAM) experience.
• Experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) / Material Resource Planning (MRP) systems, including but not limited to SAP
• CORE/Six Sigma and continuous improvement experience
• Program Management or factory leadership skills
• Experience with transition of programs from design to manufacturing
• Experience interfacing with external customers and all levels of internal management
• Experience developing and executing competitive bids and proposals through collaboration with multiple manufacturing and functional teams
• Experienced in generating and presenting Estimate at Complete (EAC) / Latest Revised Estimates (LRE).