General Dynamics

SCM Abrams Modernization, Senior Project Management Professional

General Dynamics • $110K — $130K *
Sterling Heights, MI 48310In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of professional experience, including 7-10 years in specific fields.
  • Experience in Supply Chain Management, Product Development, or Manufacturing is required.
  • Strong MRP/ERP planning skills preferred, along with Cognos Enterprise Reporting familiarity.
  • Excellent communication skills for all organizational levels (oral and written).
  • Previous leadership experience in projects or teams is beneficial.

Responsibilities

  • Support Integrated Product Development and production engineering teams.
  • Conduct Oracle MRP planning and analysis for master scheduling.
  • Act as the liaison between Supply Chain Management and project management for material activities.
  • Engage with internal teams and external customers, attending off-site meetings as required.
  • Drive BOM decisions and production priorities to ensure timely procurement.
  • Develop status reports to track material release and procurement effectiveness.
  • Chair program meetings to communicate schedules, requirements, and SCM priorities.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to lead a significant role within the Abrams Modernization Program.
  • Engagement with cross-functional teams and customers for diverse collaboration.
  • A chance to contribute to program financial objectives and cost reduction initiatives.
  • Professional development through exposure to project management and engineering.
  • Involvement in high-level strategic meetings with leadership and external stakeholders.
Full Job Description
Job Description

About the Role
Serve as Supply Chain Management department lead with the Abrams Modernization Program Management Office and all functional support groups relative to identification and release of material requirements and program/contract support for engineering, low rate production and production.

Major Activities Include:
Ensuring that program and contract milestones are met relative to material support tasks and Master Scheduling of end-item deliverables to ensure financial performance objectives and program/contract schedule and commitments are met.

Responsibilities to Anticipate for This Role
  • Support Integrated Product Development teams.
  • Support production program and engineering teams.
  • Oracle MRP independent demand and dependent demand planning and analysis (Master Scheduling).
  • Support proposal development teams, build teams, Process Action Teams representing Supply Chain Management (SCM).
  • Serve as SCM liaison and Project Management representative for all material related activities.
  • Interface with GDLS (internal) teams and with external (customer) teams. Includes off-site meetings with both the customer and supply base.
  • Drive early identification of BOM and make/buy decisions to support development of purchase order placement schedules. Perform lead-time setback analysis to guide production prioritization and engineering release of product definition to support timely procurement.
  • Develop, maintain, and publish status reports to monitor material releases, purchase order placement and hardware delivery status. Identify necessary corrective actions in concert with Program Office, Finance, product teams and various SCM departments to ensure timely implementation. Assess effectiveness of corrective action efforts and communicate exceptions / issues to leadership team and upper management for timely resolution to ensure program schedules and requirements are met.
  • Support and drive program financial objectives to include: Cost reduction initiatives, Estimate at Completion (EAC) and Current Estimate (CE).
  • Attend program meetings and serve as SCM representative. Types of meetings include: Design Reviews (internal and external), Program Management and status meetings, build meetings for shortage identification and resolution, proposal development and strategy meetings. Daily program support meetings expected to be largely in person.
  • Chair program briefings with Supply Chain Management to communicate program requirements, schedules, and priorities and to identify impact to SCM organization.
  • Responsible to develop meeting agendas and prepare presentations to brief peers, supervision and executive leadership.
  • Represent SCM in proposal development. Support pricing exercises; engage in division Operating Plan development regarding SCM material support throughout forecasting period; develop and present SCM metrics. Requires strong communication skills and interface with program office and other teams. This includes working on cross-functional teams, LSS, WSA and Continuous Improvement teams.
  • Program may require support outside normal GDLS business hours as needed.
  • Conduct working level hardware status reviews with Procurement personnel and management to ensure program requirements and priorities are understood.
  • Conduct / chair meetings as required for Supply Chain Management personnel to expedite necessary actions.


Qualifications Sought
Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of overall professional experience with a minimum of 7 - 10 years of experience in one of the following areas:
  • Supply Chain Management (all areas)
  • Product Development
  • Manufacturing (all areas)
  • Project Engineering
  • Program Management
  • Program Finance
  • Aftermarket and sustainment of fielded products
  • Compliance to DoD certified business systems.
  • Strong MRP/ERP planning skills and experience is a plus.
  • Cognos Enterprise Reporting (data warehouse) is a plus.
  • Ability to communicate to all levels of the organization (oral and written).
  • Previous project / team leadership experience.
  • Project Management experience is a plus.
  • Demonstrated GDLS product knowledge is a plus.
  • Ability to prioritize engineering releases based on lead-time setbacks for products.
  • Strong interpersonal skills.


About General Dynamics

General Dynamics is involved in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat vehicles and systems, armaments, and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and mission-critical information systems and technologies. General Dynamics has four main business segments. Aerospace designs, develops, manufacturers and services a comprehensive offering of advanced business-jet aircraft. Combat Systems specializes in producing, supporting and sustaining land and expeditionary combat systems for the U.S. military and its allies. Marine Systems designs, builds and supports submarines and a variety of surface ships for the U.S. Navy and commercial customers. The Information Systems and Technology group offers a breadth and depth of technology and service capabilities that support a wide range of government and commercial needs, including systems integration expertise; hardware and software products; and engineering, management and support services.

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Learn more about General Dynamics
Size
103,100 employees
Market Cap
$67.9 billion
Industry
Aerospace & Defense
Net Income
$3.1 billion
Founded
1952
5 Year Trend
+4.7%
Revenue
$37.9 billion
NASDAQ
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