Senior Specialist, Category Management (Rare Earth Material)

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Job Title: Senior Specialist, Category Management (Rare Earth Material)

Job Code: 41804

Job Location: Field

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days- totaling 80 hours worked- and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

L3Harris Missile Solutions is seeking a Senior Specialist, Category Management (Rare Earth Material) professional within metal products, precision machining and raw materials. The Senior Specialist will develop strategies to identify new sources of supply and form strategic partnerships. The candidate will need to have supply chain knowledge with strong skills in project management. Role requires excellent organizational skills to manage multiple projects. The candidate will collaborate with cross-functional personnel, customers, and suppliers to ensure successful development of new sources. Previous experience in metal, machining or raw/rare earths is a plus. Candidate is expected to quickly become an expert in the metal products supply chain and raw/rare earths market.

Essential Functions:

• Assess metal products, precision machining, and raw material supply base to create strategies that support DoD programs.
• Responsible for identifying new suppliers, and leading capability assessments. Candidate will coordinate cross-functional teams (procurement, engineering, quality, operations) to perform risk assessments and make recommendations to Supply Chain leadership.
• Create reports to out brief senior leadership on supplier capability.
• Develop and negotiate long-term agreements with suppliers regarding capacity, investment and unit price.
• Support the development and execution of critical material projects across multiple Munition Acceleration Committee (MAC) focused programs and other programs identified for growth by the business.
• Where applicable, manage IFRs or budgets associated with capacity projects.
• Travel 20% to supplier locations (could be some international travel as needed).

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant rare earth material experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related rare earth material experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related rare earth material experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Supply Chain experience in precision machining, refractory powder materials, rare earth minerals, HIP processing, castings & forgings.
• Computer skills, especially Microsoft Office products, as well as MRP/ERP system knowledge.
• Organizational skills and ability to multi-task project actions.
• The ability to lead meetings and develop presentation packages and business case analysis for review with business leaders.
• Graduate degree or focus on supply chain.

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