Indirect Supply Chain Senior Manager, Operational Excellence

Indirect Supply Chain Senior Manager, Operational Excellence

Company:

The Boeing Company

Boeing’s Center of Expertise (COE) organization is seeking an Indirect Supply Chain (ISC) Operational Excellence Senior Manager (Level M) to join the team. In this role, you will collaborate closely with teams within ISC to foster a cohesive and efficient organization. As the ISC OpEx Senior Manager, you will lead the ISC OpEx team, which is tasked with all ISC reporting responsibilities. This includes collecting data and synthesizing into insightful reports for executive leadership. Additionally, you will oversee the Rotational Development program, dedicated to training new Procurement Agents who join ISC, ensuring they acquire and develop essential foundational skill sets required for all Procurement Agents across the organization.
This role represents Indirect Supply Chain in enterprise data, systems, policies, and procedure architecture discussions companywide. You will be responsible for owning and educating stakeholders on ISC sourcing policies; in addition, driving and managing training within the organization.
The ideal candidate will have effective team building skills & partnering ability with multiple departments and stakeholders, as well as experience presenting & communicating with all levels of management. Sourcing experience is a must, including best practices in policy, processes, systems, data, reporting, and project management.

Position Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute the overall business intelligence strategy, aligning with the ISC priorities, goals, and objectives

• Act as the central coordination point for organization wide activities, engaging with senior leadership and shared service organizations to represent the organization effectively

• Develop and maintain Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and dashboards, continuously reviewing existing reports for improvement & leading the design of data models and reporting systems to support business intelligence initiatives

• Analyze data and market trends to identify improvement opportunities and provide insights to senior leadership

• Develop a strategy to connect important data sets for enhanced organizational performance; partner with IT to improve data management

• Manage organizational policies, procedures, data, and reporting, while researching best practices and preparing regular performance reports and presentations for stakeholders

• Communicate effectively across all organizational levels, discussing both detailed data aspects and high level performance strategies to ensure alignment and understanding 

• Foster a team culture focused on high quality deliverables and stakeholder satisfaction; manage relationships with vendors and third party teams to enhance business intelligence initiatives

• May involve additional activities to ensure team effectiveness & growth

This position is hybrid. This means that the selected candidate will be required to perform some work onsite at one of the listed location options.  This is at the hiring team’s discretion and could potentially change in the future.

Ability to travel up to 15% is required.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• 10+ years of experience working with supplier management, supply chain, procurement and/or strategic sourcing practices and processes

• 5+ years of experience leading teams & people development

• 5+ years of experience analyzing data to extract insights for strategic decision making and planning

• Experience leading and driving organizational strategies and processes

• Experience creating executive level presentations using PowerPoint and Excel

• Ability to prioritize, manage multiple initiatives simultaneously, and implement change management

• Project management experience (creation of business cases, project charters, stakeholder mapping, milestone planning, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor’s degree or higher

• Relationship management experience with business units and stakeholders at all levels and functions

• 5+ years of consulting experience

• 5+ years of experience leading source-to-pay (S2P) processes & developing measurable strategies

• Knowledge of SAP Ariba, S/4Hana, and other SAP products

• Experience with Tableau, SQL, Power BI, and data architecture & systems

• Experience with Value Stream Mapping (VSM) and tools such as Visio

• Experience with tools such as Microsoft Project and Planner

• Experience managing offshore teams and third party partners

• Professional communication (listening, verbal and written) & presentation skills

• Ability to communicate complex concepts to technical & non-technical stakeholders at all levels

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies. 

Pay & Benefits:

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Language Requirements:

Not Applicable

Education:

Not Applicable

Relocation:

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

Export Control Requirement:

This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Safety Sensitive:

This is not a Safety Sensitive Position.

Security Clearance:

This position does not require a Security Clearance.

Visa Sponsorship:

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Contingent Upon Award Program

This position is not contingent upon program award

Shift:

Shift 1 (United States of America)

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