Associate Director, Global Supply Chain, UK & Europe Solutions in Farnborough

Location: Farnborough, UK

Role Overview: This role will report directly to the Global Supply Chain Director and will be an integrated member of operations, supporting the operations leadership, and specifically supporting several maritime programs/projects. The Associate Director is accountable for all operation procurement activities to include new business capture and program execution. The Associate Director is responsible for governance, organisational development and execution of the functions associated with the proposal, administration, compliance and risk management of the operation’s Global Supply Chain. The Associate Director will manage and lead a team of 3 - 4 procurement professionals and is expected to take an active role in leading as well as performing activities to support the new business capture, delivery, as well as operation and maintenance efforts.

The duties of the Associate Director include:

• Leading full life cycle subcontract management activities for programs within the operations including but not limited to: proposal support activities, supplier due diligence, supply chain strategy, negotiations of non-disclosure agreements, teaming agreements, preparation of solicitations packages to subcontractors, evaluation of subcontractor proposals, price analysis, negotiations of terms and conditions, award of subcontracts, subcontract administration, issue resolution and closeout activities.
• Developing strategy for competitions, negotiations, and managing subcontractor/supplier performance.
• Ensuring that subcontract files are appropriately reviewed and approved in accordance with the Authority to Operate and in compliance with all contract requirements, company policies and procedures, and applicable laws and acquisition regulations, conducting regular file audits.
• Demonstrating strong interpersonal and communication skills to deal effectively with other functions and suppliers to solve issues of varying degrees of complexity.
• Ensuring that customer solicitations are reviewed for potential risks, including compliance with requirements.
• Developing prime contract flow down documents.
• Working closely with cross-functional leadership, to ensure subcontracting activities are carried out in a manner consistent with prime contract requirements, financial and operational objectives.
• Collaborating on and driving resolution of procurement issues affecting performance.
• Monitoring supplier compliance, including timely delivery of deliverables, in coordination with the operations.
• Resolving supplier performance and/or quality issues in collaboration with operational leadership.
• Advising operations leadership on procurement issues.
• Promoting a culture of long-term savings on procurement costs.
• Key supplier advocate and interface into our procurement, business development, and product organisations.
• Intimate knowledge of supplier’s capabilities, technology, programs, capacity, and trainings.
• Support strategic initiatives involving your strategic suppliers.
• Negotiate supplier agreements as necessary to support partnership.
• Participate, plan, execute events including performance reviews that showcase the supplier to the business.
• Support Program pipeline opportunities.
• Support emerging technology suppliers with key businesses.
• Managing procurement professionals in executing day-to-day activities.
• Providing training, mentorship to a team with varied levels of proficiencies.
• Conducting performance reviews, define development actions, identify and engage with top talent in the team.

Required Skills/Qualifications:

• Requires a bachelor’s degree, CIPS certification, or equivalent experience in a related field with extensive prior relevant experience in hardware and design-build or contract-manufacture supply chains.
• Experience managing and training a team of 3 – 7 people.
• Experience in subcontracting, supplier relationship management, and related functions with particular emphasis on negotiation, subcontracts administration, and contractor/subcontractor performance management.
• Strong grasp of negotiation techniques.
• Executive presence and a strong business acumen.
• Strong management and leadership skills.
• Multi-tasking and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks in a fast paced environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to develop effective relationships internally and externally.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Comfortable working with executives and representing functional plans and priorities to senior leaders.
• Drive organisational efficiencies and savings to the business.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with CostPoint ERP.
• CPSM, CPC or CFCM, ISM, APICS, PMI PMP, or other relevant professional certification(s).
• Demonstrated ability to effectively lead and/or manage change.
• Demonstrated ability to energise a geographically dispersed team of professionals at various levels.
• Experience within the security industry.

Clearance Requirements:

• BPSS Pre-screening required to Start.
• Clearance for Role SC.
• Must be UK Citizen holding or able to hold SC clearance.

What we do for you: At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance. We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes: Contributory Pension Scheme, Private Medical Insurance, 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays), Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme), Flexible Working Scheme.

Commitment to Diversity: We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are: Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science. Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different: Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change. Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours. People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future. At Leidos, we don’t want someone who "fits the mold"—we want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless, the over-caffeinated, the ones who ask, “what’s next?” before the dust settles on “what’s now.” If you’re already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2… good. You’ll fit right in.

Pay Range: £71,700.00-£94,300.00. The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.