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Blue Origin Supply Chain Manager

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We're working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

This role is part of Blue Origin Operations, which is comprised of Integrated Supply Chain, Test Operations, Safety, Quality, and Mission Assurance. This includes Manufacturing and Supply Chain support across all Blue Origin facilities.

This role will lead a team of Supply Chain professionals including Supply Chain Program Managers, Buyers, and others. They will collaborate with other supply chain and logistics functions to ensure the success of their programs. Frequent reporting to Business Unit and Senior Management is required.

The individual in this role will own supply chain performance within a Blue Origin Business Unit. She or he is customer-focused and relentless in the pursuit of continual improvement. This role will be responsible for developing and executing supply chain strategies, processes, and materials program plans to ensure performance, budget, and on-time delivery of Blue Origin products.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Understanding the product structure, key objectives, budgets, and schedules of the programs they support
• Ensure all Supply Chain functions are executing plans to achieve those targets, track progress, and develop mitigations where performance is not aligned with expectations.
• Supporting the policies, procedures, templates, and tools to drive consistency, accuracy, and compliance across Blue Origin Business Units
• Support financial management (i.e., EVMS, budgets, targets, working capital, material sales, etc.) supply chain metrics, make buy/make/where strategies, strategic sourcing, and requirements management (i.e. FAR/DFARS, ITAR, OPSEC, security classification guides, public law, quality, warranty, etc.).
• Ensure the placement and receipt of all material requirements to meet those strategies and plans in support of program requirements including complete material management and ownership (schedule, cost and Material EAC).
• Analyzing data to determine the cause of deviations from performance expectations and developing improvement plans alongside Supply Chain Functional leadership.
• Provide detailed communications, reports, and presentations to Program and Supply Chain at all levels to ensure alignment and a clear understanding of progress, risks, and mitigations, as well as general updates from Supply Chain Functions.

Key candidate attributes to facilitate success in this role include influencing, facilitation, presentation, communication, process development, analysis, and problem solving. Key candidates for this role will be comfortable working and directing small teams in ambiguous, dynamic environments as well as in cross-functional teams. We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with 10 years of experience, Master's degree with 7 years of experience in Engineering, related technical fields, Supply Chain Management, or related industry experience.
• Proven ability to lead and manage high performance team, including hiring and performance management responsibilities.
• Superior communication skills (written and verbal), leadership abilities, negotiation skills and the ability to collaborate in a cross functional environment are required to perform in this position.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to communicate complex ideas simply, anticipate potential objections and persuade others, often at senior levels, to adopt a different point of view.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and discuss technical concepts, manage trade-offs and evaluate new ideas with internal and external partners.
• Demonstrated ability to work across disciplines with engineering, design, and project management counterparts to deliver on-time products/services
• Excellent analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations, and drive actions
• Demonstrated experience creating and maintaining systems and processes to streamline operations.
• Demonstrated negotiation skills developed from contracts, proposal management, supplier management, capture management or similar negotiating activities.
• Ability to develop and execute project plans within budget and schedule constraints, ability to simultaneously manage multiple programs and priorities.
• Track record of working in an ambiguous environment and ability to define processes that can scale
• Occasional travel required (up to 50%)
• Strong ability to review product structure (Bill of Materials), identify long lead and high risk items/systems, and craft Supply Chain strategies to meet program objectives.
• Experience with most Contract Types (Firm-Fixed Price, Time & Material, Cost Plus)
• Maintain compliant and accurate files and data records.
• Strong analytical skills, data driven with experience in establishing and tracking program metrics
• Experience in procurement and planning, MRP/ERP planning and transactions, BOM structures, and material estimating and Basis of Estimate creation.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in Supply Chain Management and Program Management

Preferred Qualifications:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification or equivalent project management experience
• Experience with spacecraft systems
• Demonstrated knowledge / compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR/DFARS)
• Experience in assessing proposal compliance (FAR 15.4)
• Experienced supporting DCMA Contractor Purchasing System Review (CPSR) events.