Supply Chain Contracts Specialist - Military and Commercial Programs
Posted on: 1 Feb 2021
Fort Worth, TX
Job Description
We are pioneers. We were the first to break the sound barrier and design the first functional jetpack. We were aboard NASAs first lunar mission and brought advanced tiltrotor systems to market. Today, we are defining the future of on-demand mobility. At Bell, we are proud to be an iconic company with superb talent, rapidly creating novel and coveted vertical lift experiences.
Bell has an opening for an experienced Supply Chain Contracts Specialist to join the team in the Fort Worth, TX headquarters.
In this role, you are responsible for timely execution of supply chain projects, procurement actions and long-term, high-dollar/complexity contracting efforts supporting Bells Commercial and Military Programs related to customizations, kitting, and global campaigns. Such contracts represent the outgrowth of a defined commodity strategy, and the Senior SC Contracts Specialist works directly with the Strategic Sourcing Manager and Supply Chain Analyst to design and manage a contracting approach that will place a large majority of commodity spend on LTC with a rationalized supply base that delivers superior cost, quality and availability.
Primary activities of the SC Contracts Specialist include:
* Primary supply chain liaison between assigned Commercial team(s), H-1 or V-22 PMO and the SCM organization, including the tactical procurement organization in Amarillo/Mirabel and strategic procurement organization in Ft. Worth.
* Work directly with Program Management and SCM/Procurement ensuring Program contract requirements are complete, sourcing decisions are best value; long-term contracts/Global Outline Agreements (GOA)/Purchase Orders have sufficient scope; affordability initiatives are coordinated; cost out strategies/ plans are embedded in negotiation strategies; and, make/buy board decisions are balanced from an SCM/Program perspective.
* Responsible for managing overall supply chain project efforts including but not limited to sourcing strategy development, tactical procurement coordination to support program initiatives, supplier management, quality and delivery schedule, as well as cost performance of the selected supply base for assigned Commercial and/or Military programs.
* The SC Contracts Specialist prepares negotiation strategies and conducts contract negotiations, employing optimal cost scenario models, contracting strategy techniques, and negotiation support tools to advance the organizations key supply chain objectives, as well as finalizes contract awards.
* In all activities, the Contracting Specialist ensures compliance with all government contracting regulations and internal administrative requirements and policies.
Textron Inc.
Providence, RI
Textron Inc. operates in the aircraft, defense, industrial, and finance businesses worldwide. The company’s Textron Aviation segment manufactures and sells business jets, turboprop and piston engine aircraft, and military trainer and defense aircraft; and commercial parts, as well as provides maintenance, inspection, and repair services. Its Bell segment provides military and commercial helicopters, tiltrotor aircraft, and related spare parts and services. The company’s Textron Systems segment offers unmanned, marine, and land systems; simulation, training, and other defense and aviation mission support products and systems; airborne and ground-based sensors and surveillance systems, and protection systems; precision guided weapons systems; armored vehicles, turrets, and related subsystems, as well as marine craft; test equipment and electronic warfare test, and training solutions; piston aircraft engines; and intelligence software solutions.
This segment also designs, develops, manufactures, installs, and maintains full flight simulators; and offers logistics support services. Its Industrial segment offers blow-molded plastic fuel systems and fuel systems, including pressurized fuel tanks for hybrid applications, clear-vision systems, catalytic reduction systems, cast iron engine components, and other fuel system components primarily to automobile OEMs, as well as plastic bottles and containers for various uses; golf cars, off-road utility vehicles, recreational side-by-side and all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, light transportation vehicles, aviation ground support equipment, professional turf-maintenance equipment, and turf-care vehicles that are marketed to golf courses and resorts, government agencies and municipalities, consumers, and commercial and industrial users.
The company’s Finance segment provides financing to purchase new and pre-owned aircraft and helicopters. Textron Inc. was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island.
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IndustryAviation
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No. of Employees35, 000
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