
Lead Supply Base Management Specialist
El Segundo, CAFull-time$156–193K/yrPosted 1w agoStill listed 1w ago
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Boeing Defense, Space & Security seeks a Lead Supply Base Management Specialist to manage supplier performance and relationships, guide critical suppliers and programs, and lead strategic supply chain work. The role is 100% onsite in El Segundo, California, with first-shift hours and travel of up to 10%. It requires more than five years of experience in supplier management, multifunctional teams, and technical supplier work; U.S. citizenship is required for security clearance eligibility.
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Lead Supply Base Management Specialist
Company: The Boeing Company
Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) has an exciting opportunity for a Lead Supply Base Management Specialist (Level 5) to join our dynamic team in El Segundo, California.
Position Responsibilities:
- Manages supplier/subcontractor performance and relationships
- Provides business and strategic guidance for critical suppliers, commodities and programs
- Leads the resolution of complex or strategic supply chain issues
- Consults with management and customers to lead the development of future supply base requirements
- Integrates supplier strategies with program needs and supply base capabilities
- Drives the company's cross-functional supply base strategy process
- Evaluates potential proposals and coordinates sourcing proposals
- Ensures external partners are meeting business expectations
- Acts as primary point of contact for suppliers, customers and programs
This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options.
This position is for 1st shift.
Security Clearance: 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. Top Secret Clearance Post Start is required.)
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):
- More than 5 years of experience working directly with suppliers or supplier management
- More than 5 years of experience working in a multi-functional team environment
- More than 5 years of experience working with suppliers in a technical capacity
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- More than 10 years of experience in supplier management or supply chain management
- More than 10 years of experience managing suppliers/vendors to deliver products and services
- More than 10 years of experience creating, interpreting and/or enforcing technical requirements
- More than 10 years of experience with MRP (Material Requirements Planning)
- More than 10 years of experience with proposal development and contract negotiations
- More than 10 years of experience or relevant course work in any of the following: Six Sigma, Lean+, Manufacturing and/or Process Improvement
Typical Education/Experience: Typically 15 or more years’ related work experience or relevant military experience. Advanced degree (e.g. Bachelor, Master, etc.) preferred, but not required.
Relocation: Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position. Candidates must live in the immediate area or relocate at their own expense.
Travel: Position may require travel up to 10% of the time.
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.
Summary pay range: $156,400 - $193,200
Applications for this position will be accepted through November 5, 2026.
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 U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
Safety Sensitive: This is not a Safety Sensitive Position.
Security Clearance: 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. Top Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.
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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How this job compares
Set against the 526 open Supplier Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$156–193K/yr
- California median$142–199K/yr67 salary ranges
- US median$102–166K/yr393 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $175K, is 3% above the California median midpoint ($170K) — in the middle half of Supplier Management salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 71 open Supplier Management jobs in California and 526 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Gilead Sciences, Inc.7 open
- Cisco5 open
- The Boeing Company (this employer)4 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Supplier Management postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (427 postings).
- Education
- 184 of the 526 open Supplier Management jobs (35%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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