Job Summary:
The Supply Chain Procurement Agent will be responsible for managing subcontracts in compliance with FAR/DFARS regulations, ensuring effective supplier engagement, and leading robust supplier competitions to ensure best-value sourcing. This role requires cross-functional collaboration with internal teams such as engineering, finance, and program management to meet operational and contractual goals. Additionally, support will be provided for proposal development and estimating.
Key Responsibilities:
- Subcontract Management: Manage subcontracts in compliance with FAR/DFARS regulations, ensuring proper flow-downs and adherence to contracts throughout the supply chain.
- Supplier Engagement & Performance: Establish and maintain strong relationships with suppliers, ensuring contract compliance and high-performance delivery.
- Best-Value Source Selection: Lead and support supplier competitions, negotiate, and select suppliers based on best-value principles.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate across internal functions (engineering, finance, program management) to ensure alignment with contractual and operational goals.
- Proposal & Estimating Support: Assist in financial analysis, cost estimation, and development of compliant proposals to prime contractors.
- Supplier Categories: Support procurement efforts in advanced composites, advanced machining, and structures, leveraging expertise in these supply bases.
Required Qualifications:
- Experience: 7-10 years of experience in supply chain, subcontracting, or procurement roles within the defense industry.
- Industry Knowledge: Deep understanding of FAR/DFARS requirements, subcontract flow-downs, and compliance best practices.
- Supplier Management: Proven ability to run supplier competitions and select suppliers based on best-value selection criteria.
- Communication Skills: Strong communication and negotiation skills with the ability to resolve issues and build productive supplier relationships.
- Mentorship: Ability to mentor less experienced personnel and share industry knowledge and best practices.
- Proposal Development: Experience in estimating, financial analysis, and proposal development is a plus.
- Technical Expertise: Familiarity with advanced composites, machining, and structures supply bases is highly desirable.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with advanced composites, machining, and structures supply bases.
- Background in proposal development and cost estimation.
