Associate Supply Chain Planning Specialist

About the Role

The Associate Supply Chain Planning Specialist acts as the focal point between Global Supply Chain’s Procurement and Program, ensuring supplier On-Time-Delivery (OTD). This position supports the Common Products Delivery Management organization and is located at the Sierra Vista, AZ campus, but can be filled remotely. The role requires performing work during Eastern Standard Time hours.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate competing priorities, build strong internal and external relationships, and present timely, accurate information.
• Possess high levels of organization and self-motivation, accomplishing challenging tasks in a high-pressure and short-turnaround environment with minimal supervision.
• Prioritize competing tasks and close the loop on lagging sub-tasks.
• Use trends and historical metrics to foresee risks in procurement activities.
• Own scope and ensure repeatable success.
• Travel to regional supplier locations as needed.
• Partner with the procurement team to manage purchase orders on-time delivery.
• Work closely with suppliers to identify non-supporting deliveries and their impact to schedule.
• Facilitate development of milestone plans and return-to-green plans.
• Work through complex issues with cross-functional teams until closure.
• Utilize SDMS tool and S4/HANA to communicate with suppliers and programs on purchase order status.
• Present data to a larger team.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university, OR High School Diploma/GED and 4 years experience in Logistics, Global Supply Chain, Project Management, Product Support, Training, or Cross-departmental coordination.
• SAP (or any ordering platform) experience in procurement or inventory management.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Government Secret Clearance and maintain a Program Special Access.
• Proficient in MS Office Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Travel: 25% of the Time.

Qualifications

• Data skills: vLookup, xLookup, PivotTables, Boolean, methods of aggregating large data sets.
• Office 365 tools: Power Automate, Lists, Power Apps.
• Understanding of Federal Logistics Info System (FLIS), Mil-Specs, Standards, Drawings.
• Experience with flight worthy parts and acceptability.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills, both written and oral.