Introduction to AM General

AM General develops and builds specialized ground vehicle systems that get the US Armed Services and our allies to and from their mission safely. Our innovative spirit delivers advanced, rugged, resilient, and dependable mobility solutions.

Site Location – Technology & Engineering Center (TEC).

TEC provides a full range of engineering and support services for vehicle and platform development and sustainment. The state-of-the-art facility also houses a showroom, allowing partners to experience our products. TEC also has a full service workshop for prototyping and production testing.

KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or equivalent required (with CPSM/CPM, and/or MBA preferred).
• 5+ years of professional military purchasing, quality, and program management experience / automotive new-product development through full-rate production.
• 5+ years managerial and employee development experience, as well as Commodity Management experience and manufacturing operations experience required
• SAP experience
• Development, management and tracking of suppliers, including small businesses
• Demonstrated performance in working with and leading cross functional teams
• Demonstrated performance in system integration and software implementation
• Professional Certification (CPSM and/or CPSD) by the Institute of Supply Management is preferred
• Excellent interpersonal and communications (written and oral) skills and the ability to lead groups
• Analytical thinking, negotiating, and problem-solving skills required
• Strong skills required in communication, presentation, analysis, team rapport with the ability to be flexible and adapt to change.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office 365, and video conferencing programs.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversees the sourcing, delivery, and quality of approximately $300M in yearly material spend, in support of Military facilities sales.
• Leads day-to-day activities for the Defense and Aftermarket groups and acts as the interface between the SCM team and senior management.
• Performs and documents complex cost and price analyses to ensure fair and reasonable price determination utilizing robust purchasing process; works with team members to ensure contract files are complete and satisfy Government/Customer requirements to maintain SCM's approved Cost Estimating and Purchasing Systems.
• Understands, analyzes and communicates cost and supplier data in a Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)/Government environment.
• Leads SCM system integration efforts as point of contact for the organization and drives continuous improvement/efficiency of system usage to ensure compliance with AM General's approved purchasing system.
• Implements new software/system requirements and provide systems integration support for ERP upgrades.
• Motivate and coach the team by communicating goals, objectives, and KPIs from the AM General strategic annual plan so that each team member is an active participant in the success of AM General.
• Drives achievement of deliverables through execution of a team-oriented approach, targeting effective resource management and leveraging team member strengths and weaknesses to achieve optimal team performance.
• Consistently promote high standards through personal example and roll out through the team so that each member the expectations
• Ability to understand and always ensure full compliance with applicable Company policy and guidelines

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)