Hardware Delivery Manager - Aerospace/Automation

Job Title: Aerospace Hardware Delivery Manager

Job Location: Redmond, WA 98052

Job Duration: 7 Months (Contract to hire)

Pay Rate: $67/hr to $68/hr

Description:

• Our client Aerospace Project is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.
• The Aerospace team is looking for a Hardware Delivery leader to support business and engineering stakeholders in driving performance and delivery assurance with critical technology and service suppliers, and others as needed to execute on project objectives.
• The ideal candidate will have a successful track record managing tight dead-lines, finding ways to expedite material, reporting delivery KPIs, ensuring vendor performance, influencing new systems adoption (e.g. E2Open) and driving root-cause analysis.
• Experience working in new and ambiguous environments while knowing how to prioritize a broad range of cross-functional stakeholders needs will be an advantage.

Why is this open:

• One of the blue badges moved to a different team.
• Currently the workload is split between other employees on the team, so this person will come in to take back over the work.

Mission:

• To support business and engineering stakeholders by driving performance and delivery assurance with critical technology and service suppliers

Travel:

• Up to 50% travel required.(this job will require travel across the US. It likely will not be 50%, but it’s a possibility.)

Key job responsibilities:

• Work with a range of stakeholders including business leaders, engineering leaders, program management, and supply chain to ensure material arrives on-time for program builds.
• Ensure vendor delivery performance on committed deliveries and agreed lead-times.
• Expedite material as needed by the business.
• Communicate delivery KPI’s to drive supplier business reviews and enforce contractual obligations.
• Develop root-cause analysis and corrective actions when delivery performance is not meeting expectation.
• Support root-cause analysis, corrective actions and development of processes to resolve internal challenges causing needs to expedite or vendors to push-out commit dates.
• Support identification of supply risks and bottlenecks impacting deliveries at vendors, and communicate them to Global Category Managers.

A day in the life:

• This is a fast-paced, intellectually challenging position, and will work with leaders and suppliers in multiple technology areas.
• Have relentlessly high standards for yourself and everyone you work with, and be constantly looking for ways to improve your supply chain performance, quality and information flow.
• We want individuals who are ready for this challenge and want to reach beyond what is possible today.

Day to Day:

• Work with engineering leaders, business leaders, Pms and supply chain to ensure material arrives on-time
• Work with vendors to ensure vendor delivery
• Expedite materials
• Communicate delivery KPIs
• Develop root-cause analysis and corrective actions
• Support delivery teams
• Support identification of supply risk and bottleneck impacting deliveries, and communicate the global category managers

Basic Qualifications:

• 7+ years of cumulative experience in manufacturing, operations or supply chain environment.
• 5+ years of experience in supply chain management, planning, strategic sourcing, commodity management or program management.
• 5+ years of experience driving vendor performance and improvements, developing and reporting delivery scorecards/KPIs, and driving root-cause analysis.
• Knowledge of ERP and Supply Chain platforms (e.g. SAP and E2Open).

Must Haves:

• Lots of experience in manufacturing, operations or supply chain environment (7+ years – This is an client L6 Position, so someone more senior is needed)
• If their primary experience is in manufacturing or operations, then a big chunk of experience must be involving supply chain
• Experience with supply chain management, planning, strategic sourcing (rather than tactical), or commodity management (5+ year)
• They don’t have to have a ton of experience with contract and negotiation – more experience with overall supply chain management in a technical/mechanical realm
• Lots of Knowledge of processes within supply chain
• Automating tools, lean methologies, root cause analysis, delivery KPIs, understanding vendor Pos,
• ERPs and supply chain platforms (ex. SAP or E2Open)

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years of driving process improvements experience.
• Masters degree (e.g. Supply Chain, Operations, MBA or similar).
• Experience with six sigma and lean methodologies.

Plusses:

• Engineering background
• Aerospace companies preferred (open to people from industrial or automation companies)

Leadership principles for this team:

• Bias for action
• Insist on the highest standards
• Strive to be Earth’s best employer