Job Title: Hardware Delivery Manager

Job Location: Redmond, WA  98052

Job Duration: 9 Months (Contract to hire)

Pay Rate: $55/hr to $60/hr

Travel: Up to 50%!!! Might be relatively short notice to go visit a supplier.

Overtime: Some, maybe 10%

Start Date:  11/11/24

Description:

Why is this open:  

• Our consultant is being converted to full-time.

 Mission: 

• Our Aerospace client project is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO).
• Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world.
• Our Aerospace client project will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.
• Our Aerospace client project team is looking for a Hardware Delivery leader to support business and engineering stakeholders in driving performance and delivery assurance with critical technology and service suppliers, and others as needed to execute on project objectives.
• The ideal candidate will have a successful track record managing tight deadlines, finding ways to expedite material, reporting delivery KPIs, ensuring vendor performance, influencing new systems adoption (e.g. E2Open), and driving root-cause analysis.
• Experience working in new and ambiguous environments while knowing how to prioritize a broad range of cross-functional stakeholders needs will be an advantage.

Day to Day:

• Work with a range of stakeholders including business leaders, engineering leaders, program management, and supply chain to ensure material arrives on-time for program builds.
• Ensure vendor delivery performance on committed deliveries and agreed lead-times.
• Vendor management and Negotiation
• Expedite material as needed by the business.
• Communicate delivery KPI’s to drive supplier business reviews and enforce contractual obligations.
• Develop root-cause analysis and corrective actions when delivery performance is not meeting expectations.
• Support root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and development of processes to resolve internal challenges causing needs to expedite or vendors to push-out commit dates.
• Support identification of supply risks and bottlenecks impacting deliveries at vendors, and communicate them to Global Category Managers.
• Work with reports (Excel and Smartsheet)

Must-Have:

• 5+ years of cumulative experience in manufacturing, operations or supply chain environment
• 3+ years of experience in supply chain management, planning, strategic sourcing, commodity management or program management.
• Ø Dealing with sourcing AND production planning/scheduling
• 5+ years of experience driving vendor performance and improvements, developing and reporting delivery scorecards/KPIs, and driving root-cause analysis.
• Ø Good vendor management skills
• Knowledge of ERP and Supply Chain platforms (ability to do data integration, download reports, and cross-referencing)
• Dealing with Ambiguity

Plusses:

• Knowledge of SAP
• Engineering background!!
• Python/SQL/Programming language or coding
• Understanding Production & Planning
• Master's degree (supply chain, operations, MBA or similar)
• Experience with six sigma and Lean methodologies

Leadership principles:

• Bias for action
• Dive deep
• Insist on the Highest standards

The Ideal Candidate (Unicorn)

• Sourcing experience
• Engineering background
• Data Analytics
• Soft skills: can deal with ambiguity, different communication styles, driven