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The Supply Chain Proposal Manager is responsible for delivering accurate and risk mitigated cost estimates supporting customer proposals and inquiries. This role requires extensive engagement with internal stakeholders to obtain supplier quotations and to develop detailed cost models, ensuring alignment with customer requirements and company financial objectives. This position serves as a primary interface between the proposal team and potential suppliers, coordinating supplier inputs, validating cost data, and translating supplier capabilities into compelling proposal solutions. Working closely with business development, contracts, and program management teams, this role ensures that supply chain costs are accurate, competitive, and supportable throughout the proposal lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

Proposal Development & Management

• Coordinate non-labor inputs in response to Customer RFPs, including evaluation of existing assets and supplier engagement for bottoms-up proposal costing, and/or parametric costing and estimating
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including procurement, logistics, contracts, and engineering to gather inputs that address customer requirements
• Ensure all supply chain elements of proposals are compliant, competitive, and aligned with company capabilities

Sourcing and Strategy

• Develop cost models and pricing strategies for supply chain activities required for a proposed program
• Identify and evaluate potential suppliers, subcontractors, and partners for proposed programs
• Create make-vs-buy analyses and supply chain risk assessments

Coordination & Communication

• Serve as a primary point of contact for supply chain-related proposal questions
• Facilitate proposal reviews and incorporate feedback from internal stakeholders and management
• Collaborate with business development, engineering, and program management teams throughout the proposal lifecycle
• Present supply chain strategies and approaches to leadership and proposal teams

Documentation & Process

• Maintain proposal templates, lessons learned, and best practices documentation
• Ensure adherence to proposal schedules and deliverable deadlines
• Support post-submission activities including clarification questions and negotiations

Minimum Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen and be willing and able to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance
• Bachelor's degree in business administration or related field. Four additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in supply chain, or business development/finance roles supporting the proposal costing process
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, specifically Word, Excel, OneNote, and PowerPoint

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's in business administration
• Experience with government contracting/subcontracting, including Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), and NASA FAR Supplement (NFS)
• Above average skills in Microsoft Excel, including Power Pivots and simple macros

In support of pay transparency at Lanteris Space Systems, we disclose salary ranges on all U.S. job postings. The successful candidate's starting pay will fall within the salary range provided below and is determined based on job-related factors, including, but not limited to, the experience, qualifications, knowledge, skills, geographic work location, and market conditions. Candidates with the minimum necessary experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skillsets for the position should not expect to receive the upper end of the pay range.
• The base pay for this position within Colorado is: $76,000.00 - $126,000.00 annually.
• The base pay for this position within New Jersey is: $76,000.00 - $126,000.00 annually.
• The base pay for this position within Delaware is: $76,000.00 - $126,000.00 annually.
• The base pay for this position within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is: $83,000.00 - $139,000.00 annually.
• The base pay for this position within California is: $87,000.00 - $145,000.00 annually.

For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. More information on our benefits will be shared with candidates as they move forward in the recruitment process.
Additionally, this position is incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved; the specific incentive plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions.

The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.

The date of posting can be found on the Lanteris Space Systems Career page at the top of each job posting.

To apply, submit your application via the Lanteris Space Systems Career page.