Experienced / Senior AvionX Procurement Agent

Experienced / Senior AvionX Procurement Agent

Company:

The Boeing Company

Job ID:

00000418327

Date Posted:

2024-03-14

Location:

USA - Dallas, TX, USA - Everett, WA, USA - Hazelwood, MO, USA - Seattle, WA

Job Description Qualifications:

Boeing Global Services (BGS) is seeking highly motivated individuals to join the AvionX Government team as an Experienced / Senior Procurement Agent (Level 3 / Level 4) at our Hazelwood, MO; Everett, WA; Seattle, WA, Long Beach CA or Dallas, TX site.

This is a unique and exciting opportunity. The successful candidate will support all supply chain procurement activities in a fast-paced environment while learning new skills, solving challenging problems, and experiencing opportunities to grow in the Supply Chain organization.

As an integral member of a Boeing AvionX-Government project/program team you will function as a combi-procurement agent for green/blue/red label equipment (hardware and sometimes software). You will be responsible for the contracting and operations activities handling all aspects of the supply chain lifecycle, from “womb to tomb”, inclusive of the development activity at the supplier. This position requires candidates to understand processes and compliance, yet have the ability to think outside of the box to find creative solutions to contracting challenges that both protect the enterprise and enable the business. The contracting responsibilities include those in support of development, qualification and production. Position is highly integrated and has frequent coordination with the AvionX Program Engineering Teams with regard to scheduling and managing procurement schedule and cost. Responsibilities also include contract preparation, negotiation (e.g. pricing, terms and conditions), risk, issues and opportunities (ROI) assessments, as well as execution and management of the contractual and binding agreements.

This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. secret clearance Post Start is required.

Position Responsibilities

Duties will include (but are not limited to):

• Utilization of the development gated process

• Supply chain operations activities, inclusive of technical meeting coordination between AvionX and the supplier, ensuring supplier commitments are attained, coordination of supplier deliveries to the AvionX Integration Site, line of balance management, etc.

• Heavy coordination and communication with the AvionX production operations team

• Consulting with executive leadership to integrate program, customer, product and in-service strategies into source selection, negotiation and contracting strategies

• Last-time buy obsolescence management and contracting activities

• Create and maintain pro forma documents in alignment with program tenets and objectives.

• Analyzing supplier proposals

• Provide contract terms and conditions negotiation support; including internal and external executive engagements.

• Facilitating project teams through supplier identification, scoring, selection, pricing and contract terms

• Provide guidance and support on contractual enforcement.

• Develop procurement and supply chain solutions, strategies and policies to support customer requirements.

• Ensure compliance with company procedures and regulatory requirements.

• Prepare and execute negotiation strategies resulting in contractual documents and binding agreements.

• Negotiate pricing and contract terms and conditions.

• Integrate program, customer, product, and in-service strategies into negotiation and contracting strategies.

• Interpret and enforce contract terms and conditions.

• Initiate and execute supplier improvement activities, inclusive of Value Engineering, and integrate results into contracting strategies.

• Proactively communicate with the leadership team, peers, and customers. This may include the preparation and presentation of the business vision, supplier strategies, affordability targets, program/project status, etc.

• Maintain and build partnerships and relationships across various business units with internal and external customers, stakeholders, and peers.

• Ability to present to and communicate with executive leadership

• Adhere and execute to affordability and financial goals and objectives

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 poten