S&OP Program Manager

Strategic Sales And Operations Planning 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.

In this strategic and impactful role, you will help lead Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) initiatives and will be responsible for developing S&OP methodologies, processes, training, tools, and governance, required to operate and execute company wide Sales and Operations Planning successfully, on schedule and on budget. You will have the opportunity to create, design, develop and support the execution of an Enterprise Program Management Operating System across Blue Origin programs. This is an opportunity to share your experience of leading large scale development programs, looking for individuals who have seen it, been there, done that, and are ready to share their experience and knowledge to develop our Program Management Operating System, using Blue Origin and industry best practices.

As a part of the S&OP team, you will be directly involved in building foundational program management and business optimization tools into our scaling organization. This includes liaising between our Business Unit program management offices, program managers, Integrated Product Team (IPT) leads, finance business partners and data analytics team, leveraging data from multiple sources to create analysis and insights for improvement. You will collaborate, design, train, and communicate S&OP processes, tools, and best practices, while serving as change agent with strong credibility and influence in the organization. Must have the ability to work in a fast-pace, and at time ambiguous environment, while establishing framework and setting up processes and training to improve team efficiency.

This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight.

We are looking for someone to apply their program management technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Qualifications :

• Minimum of a B.S. / B.A. degree in engineering, program management or other technical field
• Demonstrated ability building trust and effective working relationships at all levels that improve team performance and deliver results
• Minimum 8 years of related program management experience on large scale human spaceflight or aerospace development programs (strongly desired) Project Management Professional (PMP) accreditation (Required)
• SIOP Experience
• Previous proven experience in Operations, Manufacturing and Master Scheduling
• Experience with demand planning, logic-linked scheduling, change control management, cost-account management, risk management, and performance management.
• Exceptional organizational and project management skills with an overall execution orientation and high attention to detail
• The role requires extensive working knowledge on the fundamentals of program management principals and disciplines, sales, operations and supply chain, along with industry best practices.
• Naturally connects and builds strong relationships with others, demonstrating strong emotional intelligence and an ability to communicate clearly and persuasively to get things done
• Proven history of collaborating with Business Unit PMO's to create, document and implement common procedures and practices that can be applied at an enterprise level, ensuring adherence to corporate and business unit standards
• Ensure stakeholders find value
• Promotes collaboration with stakeholders and influences development and incorporation of value-added processes and best practices.
• Prior track record as a successful change agent
• Strong computer skills (Tableau, Automation, Scheduling tools)

Desired :

Compensation Range for : WA applicants is $117,498.00-$164,497.20 Other site ranges may differ

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Benefits : Benefits include : Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program. Paid Time Off : Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays. Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.

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