Material Program Manager

REPORTS TO: Director, Material Program Management  

SUPERVISES: Purchasing Program Material Specialist, Material Analyst, Purchasing Material Coordinator Lead, Purchasing Material Coordinators.  

DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Proactively manage all Non-Labor costs for the assigned Program.  

• Responsible for supervision, training, and development of Purchasing Program Financial Analyst, Material Analyst, and Purchasing Material Lead/Coordinators in the daily performance of their duties to ensure material, service, and budget requirements are met.  

• Responsible for development and reporting of all Program Non-Labor financial information, estimates at completion, earned value, cash flow projections, foreign currency projections, status to Key Performance Indicators, approval of service/milestone invoices, material procurement status, and proposal costs.  

• Responsible for the establishment and performance reporting to the Material Performance Measurement Baselines and Control Account Plans.  

• Responsible for continuous and process improvements to all Non-Labor budgets, including assigning and driving cost initiatives along with other departments within the organization.  

• Identify programmatic risks and develop, implement, and manage corrective actions, as appropriate.  

• Provide adequate cost and schedule variance explanations utilized in Corporate and Government reporting including root cause analyses and mitigation plans to offset cost increases.  

• Responsible for establishing company cash flow projections for Non-Labor for all Program vessels and accountable with other departments for driving performance to meet the targets. 

• Create and manage detailed financial projections for foreign exchange exposures, and provide analysis to Executive Management and the Corporate Office to include communication with Austal Limited CFO and staff.  

• Responsible for ensuring internal and external customers have current procurement information to support material needs and all Program meetings are supported. Includes status reporting of on-time deliveries and material risks throughout the length of the program.  

• Provide support for program related formal reviews or meetings with government EVMS representatives to include Integrated Baseline Last Updated 06-10-20 Reviews, Production Readiness Reviews, and other as required.  

• Identify, investigate and provide profitable/strategic solutions regarding potential risks/opportunities along with other departments within the organization.  

• Program Lead for the development and calculation of Non-Labor costs including Bill of Material analysis in support of new proposals from the US Government.  

• Responsible for developing proposal/new contract award notional procurement timelines and monitoring procurement status to support Program schedules.  

• Companywide resource for all questions involving Program Non-Labor costs, such as foreign exchange rates, billing codes, supplier invoicing, cash flow projections, and costs to be incurred through delivery of each shipset.  

• Other responsibilities include development of innovative cost models; rent vs buy analyses, support and preparation of CAPEX requests, material delivery statusing, requisition review, and financial support for Production Management as needed.  

QUALIFICATIONS / KNOWLEDGE / EXPERIENCE:  

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance or related field preferred<