• Learn and practice applicable Boeing policies and procedures
• Leads efforts to establish executable plans, ensure performance to plan, mitigate risk and resolve supply chain issues (technical or non-technical) associated with work movement, partnering with key suppliers and Supply Chain partners to drive quality and on-time parts delivery.
• Engages suppliers and provides technical assistance in areas such as manufacturing, planning, and requirements interpretation to ensure delivery schedule compliance and product conformity. Monitors metrics and manages work movements through a gated process and ensures process compliance.
• Communicates with internal customers and stakeholders i.e. procurement agents, suppliers, field quality, field operations, engineering and manufacturing to report work movement status, risks and help needed.
• Contribute positively on-site supplier assessments to validate transition and delivery plans, identify supplier capacity and capability to perform current and projected work statement, and support Boeing procurement strategy associated with the work movement.
• Assists suppliers in developing plans and monitors suppliers' performance-to-plan to ensure compliance to contractual requirements related to the work movements.
• Identifies and communicates opportunities to implement new processes or improve existing processes (e.g., lean manufacturing, shop floor control, work prioritization, production and inventory control system) to enhance supplier ability to produce and deliver products and services.

Describe the project they will be working on:

• Execute work movements, Scope, Schedule & Risk, Issues and Opportunities management, regular monitoring, control and lessons learned and hand off to operations and close-out
• Overall improvement of supplier’s readiness and Operations health; Develop score card, monitor and improve performance

Main job responsibilities:

• Learn and practice applicable Boeing policies and procedures
• Leads efforts to establish executable plans, ensure performance to plan, mitigate risk and resolve supply chain issues (technical or non-technical) associated with work movement, partnering with key suppliers and Supply Chain partners to drive quality and on-time parts delivery.
• Engages suppliers and provides technical assistance in areas such as manufacturing, planning, and requirements interpretation to ensure delivery schedule compliance and product conformity. Monitors metrics and manages work movements through a gated process and ensures process compliance.
• Communicates with internal customers and stakeholders i.e. procurement agents, suppliers, field quality, field operations, engineering and manufacturing to report work movement status, risks and help needed.
• Contribute positively on-site supplier assessments to validate transition and delivery plans, identify supplier capacity and capability to perform current and projected work statement, and support Boeing procurement strategy associated with the work movement.
• Assists suppliers in developing plans and monitors suppliers' performance-to-plan to ensure compliance to contractual requirements related to the work movements.
• Identifies and communicates opportunities to implement new processes or improve existing processes (e.g., lean manufacturing, shop floor control, work prioritization, production and inventory control system) to enhance supplier ability to produce and deliver products and services.

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  Size of the Team: ~30

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

Top 3-5 Skills needed to perform this role/job:

Type of background you are looking for (education, # years’ experience, etc.):

• Bachelor’s degree or higher.
• More than 7 years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• More than 3 years of experience managing suppliers/vendors or managing a factory to deliver products and services
• More than 3 years of experience in root cause analysis and Corrective action
• More than 3 years of experience in a role that required Scheduling, Project / Factory Management skills
• More than 5 years of experience working with Supplier Management, Supply Chain, and/or Procurement practices and processes

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  This position should have ability to obtain U.S. Security Clearance (if needed), for which the US Government requires US Citizenship
• Advanced degree (e.g. Bachelor, Master, etc.) preferred
• Software skills required: General Microsoft office
• Any certifications required: Project Management preferred

INTERVIEW/ HIRING PROCESS

• Manager who will be interviewing candidates:
• 2 Managers and 1 HR Specialist / other

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  Interviewing manager’s timeline to Interview: As soon as possible

What will the interview process look like:

• Phone / in-person interview, one on one, back ground

What types of questions will be asked in the interview:

• Verifying experience, training and education
• Team work & communication
• Scope, Schedule and Project management and project coordination
• Risk, Issues and Opportunities management
• Process improvements at a supplier
• Root cause corrective actions
• Quality improvement

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  Monitors emergent offload/overload suppliers including processors, philanthropic, machine shop
• and sheet metal shop to ensure schedule compliance and product conformity. Identifies, establishes
• and maintains priorities for deliveries of products, services and data that support necessary supplier
• contractual corrective actions and resolution of issues (e.g., poor schedule performance, product and
• producibility issues) to ensure contractual compliance. Communicates across functions (e.g.,
• procurement agents, suppliers, internal customers, field quality, engineering, manufacturing) to
• report status and concerns. Co-facilitates with the supplier the development of a recovery plan and
• unplanned demand requirements. Identifies needs for training on business and manufacturing
• practices (e.g., requirements interpretation and clarification, contractual compliance, scheduling
• tools, technical skills, self assessment) to supplier personnel for improvement or enhancement
• delivery performance. Participates with the procurement agent in on-site supplier assessments (e.g.,
• Preferred Supplier Certification, Proof of Process and Rate Readiness) to identify supplier capacity
• and capability to perform current and projected work statement and support Boeing procurement
• strategy. Monitors suppliers' performance-to-plan to ensure compliance to contractual requirements
• and provides status back to supervisor and procurement agent. Identifies and communicates
• opportunities to implement new processes or improves existing processes and reports back to
• management and make recommendation to procurement agent. Assesses supplier resource plan and
• reports results to supervisor/procurement agent. Supports work movement as requested by
• supervision.

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  Functional Excellence Competencies
• Analytical Skills
• Skill and ability to: collect, organize, synthesize, and analyze data; summarize findings;
• develop conclusions and recommendations from appropriate data sources.
• Builds Positive Relationships
• Develops and uses collaborative relationships within and outside the organization to facilitate
• the accomplishment of work goals. Builds rapport and trust among stakeholders and
• leverages the organization's dynamics to promote program goals by focusing on a shared vision.
• Business Acumen
• Knowledgeable of how the business and organization operates; knowledgeable of policies,
• practices, trends, and information affecting the business and organization; understands the
• competition and the marketplace. Understands how to accomplish tasks through formal
• channels and informal network; understands the cultures of organizations. Applies this
• information in a way that contributes to the organizations strategic plan and bottom line.
• Negotiation
• Effectively explores alternatives and positions to reach outcomes that gain the support and
• acceptance of all parties.
• Problem solving and strategic decision making
• Practice goal-directed thinking and action in situations for which no routine solutions exist.
• Understand a problem situation and its step-by-step transformation based on planning and
• reasoning. Demonstrate ability to choose between alternative courses of action using
• cognitive processes such as memory and evaluation. Demonstrate ability to map processes of
• possible consequences of decisions, to work out the importance of individual factors and to
• choose the best course of action.
• Technical Competencies
• Detailed Supplier Knowledge
• Knowledge of suppliers' capabilities to support Boeing production includes, but are not
• limited to production, technical, service and design management. Also included are
• knowledge of business systems, organizational structure, manufacturing processes, risk
• mitigation, capacity planning, past/present delivery performance, design definition, program
• directives, engineering drawings, change memos, wiring diagrams and schematics, functional
• tests, and supplier data.
• Effective Written Comm
• Skill in utilizing different communication materials (e.g., proposals, papers, user guides,
• reports, articles, promotional materials, brochures, web sites, presentations, speeches) to
• satisfy a variety of customer requirements and environments.
• Procurement Processes
• Knowledge of responsibilities and tasks performed by various procurement
• departments/disciplines. Knowledge of the interactions between departments/disciplines and
• how their products/processes affect one another and impact non-Procurement processes (e.g.,
• Engineering, Business, Operations, Logistics).

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  Scheduling Requirements
• Knowledge of customer and supplier requirements to support program deliveries for example
• planned versus unplanned demand, economic order quantity, resource planning, material
• type, manufacture or purchase, lead times.
• Supplier Management
• Knowledge of supplier assessment processes including Preferred Supplier Certification and
• Work Transfer Process. Elements of assessment to include supplier's past performance,
• business processes, capacity plan, statement of work evaluation, risk mitigation plan,
• capabilities and lean practices in order to rate supplier viability to support the Boeing
• companies goals and objectives. Ability to control and deliver project deliverables, project
• accounting and appraisal, and optimize the contribution of the people involved using project
• management tools.