10+ years in IT or logistics project/program management, including EDI/XML and supervisory experience.
Familiarity with DoD logistics functions like finance, supply, and transportation.
Proficient in Microsoft Project.
Experience with JDA software.
Active IT-II clearance or favorable NACLC at proposal submission.
Ability to obtain a Common Access Card and meet DLA IT-II access requirements.
Responsibilities
Oversee contractor support across all project workstreams to meet performance expectations.
Manage daily operations, including risks, staffing issues, and conflicts.
Lead decision-making processes for successful project delivery.
Coordinate strategic recommendations and briefings for senior leadership.
Guide initiatives in demand planning, customer relationship management, and performance tracking.
Support inventory management and supply planning alignment.
Maintain project schedules in Microsoft Project and report on progress and risks.
Direct work involving JDA and DLA data analytics.
Benefits
Opportunity to work on high-priority projects impacting Warfighter readiness.
Engagement with a diverse portfolio of over 50,000 items for service members and federal agencies.
Collaboration with senior leadership and key stakeholders in the logistics field.
Potential for professional growth in a critical defense sector role.
Full Job Description
Subject Matter Expert Project Manager to lead support for the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Clothing and Textiles supply chain. This high-priority Key Personnel role oversees strategic planning, process improvement, analytics, JDA-enabled planning, and program execution supporting Warfighter readiness.
Why this role matters DLA Clothing and Textiles manages a portfolio of more than 50,000 items used to outfit service members, federal agencies, and partner nations. The organization must balance customer demand, industrial-base capacity, inventory, budgets, product transitions, system modernization, and service objectives. This role keeps the contractor team aligned and converts those priorities into well-managed initiatives and measurable results.
What you will do
Oversee all contractor support across the PWS, including planning, organizing, staffing, directing, integrating, and controlling activities required to meet schedule and performance expectations.
Lead the management decision-making process and remain accountable for the duties and activities required for successful program and project delivery.
Coordinate strategic recommendations, senior-leadership briefings, special analyses, and supply-chain collaboration with DLA Clothing and Textiles stakeholders.
Support strategic inventory management, supply-planning alignment, sales and operations planning, cross-process optimization, systemic improvements, and user enablement.
Maintain project schedules in Microsoft Project and provide clear monthly reporting on work performed, milestones, significant actions, risks, and status.
Direct work involving JDA, EBS, DLA data and analytics environments, and related logistics processes.
Required qualifications
At least ten (10) years of IT or logistics project/program management experience, including EDI/XML experience and supervisory experience.
Experience with DoD logistics functions such as finance, supply, contract administration, transportation, or project management.
Experience using Microsoft Project.
JDA experience.
An active IT-II clearance or a favorably adjudicated National Agency Check with Local Agency Check, Credit Check, and Written Inquiries (NACLC) at proposal submission.
Ability to obtain and maintain a Common Access Card and satisfy applicable DLA IT-II privileged-access requirements.
Preferred qualifications
Eight or more years leading supply-chain, analytics, and process-transformation projects across multiple DLA Major Subordinate Commands or DLA Headquarters.
Eight or more years of leadership experience with DLA EBS, JDA, and DLA data and analytic systems.
Five or more years leading DLA Clothing and Textiles strategic initiatives relevant to the PWS.
Five or more years implementing and configuring JDA for DLA organizational clothing, individual equipment, and recruit-planning strategies.
Experience providing senior-leadership oversight of multiple DLA projects of similar scale and complexity.
