Standard Job Description
WHAT WE'RE DOING
In this role, you'll collaborate with a team of seasoned procurement professionals while being fully integrated into the broader program team. You’ll gain firsthand experience managing subcontracts throughout their entire life cycle—starting from proposal phases, through execution, and into closeout. This is a unique opportunity to deepen your procurement expertise and take on key responsibilities in managing subcontracts.
THE WORK
•Manages subordinate teams overseeing subcontractors or critical subcontracted systems for all contract types and programs, ensuring compliance with contractual requirements and company policies.
•Directs and manages all costs, quality, schedule, financial, and technical performance requirements. Develops sourcing and subcontract program management strategic plans that address overall program capture needs, execution, and risk management.
•Acts as the main focal point to the subcontractor and program management office.
•Responsible for and directs all phases of the subcontract from initiation of the business case for make or buy decisions through requests for proposals, transition to program startup, subcontract management plans, negotiation strategy, cost accountability, program execution, and contract closeout.
• Makes informed decisions affecting the performance of the subcontractor.
• Establishes milestone objectives to manage performance to committed schedules and contractual specifications. Leads a cross-functional team, normally composed of engineers, quality, and procurement personnel, to ensure successful subcontract execution and program delivery.
• Responsible for subcontract management for Towed Array programs
• Supplier performance to meet contract deliverables and timeline requirements
• Supplier engagements
• Collaborate with other LM functional team members to meet program requirements/goals
Proficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice.
Manages subordinate teams overseeing subcontractors or critical subcontracted systems for all contract types and programs, ensuring compliance with contractual requirements and company policies. Directs and manages all costs, quality, schedule, financial, and technical performance requirements that are levied on the subcontractor or the product family and is required to ensure performance and support of the contract milestones of the system. Develops sourcing and subcontract program management strategic plans that address overall program capture needs, execution, and risk management. Acts as the main focal point to the subcontractor and program management office. Responsible for and directs all phases of the subcontract from initiation of the business case for make or buy decisions through requests for proposals, transition to program startup, subcontract management plans, negotiation strategy, cost accountability, program execution, and contract closeout. Makes informed decisions affecting the performance of the subcontractor. Establishes milestone objectives to manage performance to committed schedules and contractual specifications. Leads a cross-functional team, normally composed of engineers, quality, and procurement personnel, to ensure successful subcontract execution and program delivery.
Basic Qualifications
| • Extensive (5+ years) experience in Subcontract Management and/or Material Procurement Management and a bachelors degree in a related field (supply chain, Engineering) • Strong teamwork, leadership, and problem solving skill sets • Ability to travel up to 25% • Ability to obtain a security clearance |
Desired Skills
• Ability to work onsite at LM SEMS site (Syracuse, Moorestown, Owego, Orlando, Clearwater) 50% of the time
• Experience in material procurement intensive programs
• Excellent understanding of Government and commercial procurement/subcontracting practices
• Experience with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) and Department of Defense Contracts (DoD)
• Experience with the Truth in Negotiation Act (TINA)
• Experience in developing and executing Business/Subcontract Management strategies
• Well versed in Risk and Opportunity management
• Demonstrated ability to proactively team with all levels of the organization/program
• Possess excellent communication skills, both written, verbal, and presentation, to effectively communicate business cases to all levels of peers, suppliers, as well as program and executive management
• Have personally generated and presented Sourcing related status to executive management
• Proven skills in building relationships with programs, subcontractor and functional stakeholders. Have shown ability to be effective at maintaining these relationships with key stakeholders through challenging issues and/or complex problems.
• Demonstrated sense of urgency
• Demonstrable experience managing programs and/or subcontractor performance from red to green status
• Ability to work onsite at LM Syracuse is preferred
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $118000.00 - $219100.00
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The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
- For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.