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Supply Chain Specialist 4

This position is contingent upon The Boeing Company receiving program award. Performs Asset Management activities for Supply Chain Management support of F-15 Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contracts. Responsible for full range of supply chain management tasks for assigned systems, including tactical forecasting, maintaining required stocking levels, and coordinating with Supplier Management for replenishment material. Actively seeks solutions to reduce total system support costs. Represents the company with military customers to plan, budget, and schedule support programs. Analyzes future supply chain requirements for impact to both retail and wholesale stocking policies. Investigates schedule discrepancies and develops resolution plans. Interfaces with military supply customers, industry partners, equipment suppliers, transportation providers, and company engineering and manufacturing organizations to ensure delivery of support products and services. Monitors and guides compliance with program requirements across organizations and the development of solutions to emerging support and program issues. Works under minimal direction

Competencies



General


Communication
Consistently clarifies purpose and importance; stresses major points; follows a logical sequence. Consistently keeps the audience thoroughly engaged through use of techniques such as analogies, illustrations, humor, an appealing style, body language, and voice inflection. Consistently frames even complex messages in line with audience experience, background, and expectations; uses terms, examples, and analogies that are meaningful to the audience. Consistently 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; attends to both direct and indirect messages from others; correctly interprets messages and responds appropriately. Advises fellow project leads and other internal employees in effective communication techniques.

Customer Focus
Makes customers and their needs a primary focus of one's actions as a project team leader; develops and sustains productive customer relationships as they relate to project team leadership responsibilities; actively seeks information to understand customers' circumstances, problems, expectations, and needs; presents project level information to customers to build their understanding of issues and capabilities; considers how project level actions or plans will affect customers; responds quickly to meet customer needs and resolve problems; assists other project team leaders in implementing ways to monitor and evaluate customer concerns, issues, and satisfaction and to anticipate customer needs.

Initiating Action
Consistently takes immediate action when confronted with a problem or when made aware of a situation in own or other work area. Consistently implements new ideas or potential solutions without prompting; does not wait for others to take action or to request action. Consistently takes action that goes well beyond job requirements in order to achieve the objectives of the organization.

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
Extensive knowledge of customer's/supplier's organization, processes, policies and procedures, products, requirements, capabilities, practices, support resources, preferences, constraints, etc.

Product Support Supply Chain
Extensive knowledge of the unique aspects of inventory planning and control processes (e.g., Lot sizes, Work in Process [WIP], Inventory Burndown, modifications, out of production, Kanban, Just In Time [JIT], Kitting, Point of Use [POU], inventory turn rate) utilizing inventory systems, and data flows to support planned and unplanned requirement decisions.

Supply Chain Strategy
Expert knowledge of supply chain strategies (e.g., inventory reduction, parts kitting, supplier consolidation, optimum flow, lead-time reduction).

Typical Education/Experience



Bachelor's degree and related work experience, a Master's degree and related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.


Other Job related information



Ability to Obtain Interim and/or Final Clearances (Post Start) - Candidate must be eligible to live and work in the U.S. Experience with Boeing Supply Chain Management tools (GOLD, TAV, COPPR) highly desirable. Previous experience with the USAF supply system and / or FMS programs is highly desirable. Periodic travel to customer / supplier sites is required, including international travel.


*** Please note that depending on the specific position, you may be required to pass additional medical tests, credit checks, and/or other requirements. These additional items are required for the Company to comply with various laws and regulatory rules.***

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