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Supply Chain Program Manager

BAE Systems

Manchester, NHFull-time$133–226K/yrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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Compensation
$133–226K/yr
Location
Manchester, NH
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Secret clearance

Job overview

The Supply Chain Program Manager supports Advanced Optical Systems programs in early development and engineering and manufacturing development. The role owns material execution across assigned programs, including strategy, cost, schedule, technical, and quality outcomes, and works with cross-functional teams. Responsibilities span supplier selection, startup planning, forecasting, budget management, and subcontract and purchase order execution throughout the program lifecycle.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Material ManagementProject ManagementProgram ManagementNegotiationNew Business CaptureProposal DevelopmentStrategic PlanningTactical PlanningTeam LeadershipInterpersonal SkillsRelationship BuildingInfluenceCommunicationRisk PlanningResource AllocationScope ManagementCost EstimatingETC/EAC ProcessesSubcontract PerformanceExternal CommunicationTechnical AcumenBusiness AcumenCross-Functional Team LeadershipRisk ManagementOracleFederal Acquisition RegulationsDefense Federal Acquisition RegulationsRequirements ManagementOrganizational Skills

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree and 8 Years or Equivalent ExperienceMaterial Management ExperienceProject Management ExperienceProgram Management ExperienceSecret Clearance EligibilityBachelor's in Supply Chain, Engineering or OperationsMaster's in Engineering or Business AdministrationPMP CertificationActive Secret or TS ClearanceTravel 10%

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Job Description

See what you re missing. Our employees work on the world s most advanced electronics from detecting threats for F-35 pilots to illuminating the night for soldiers. Spanning air, land, sea, and space, we are developing the technology of tomorrow, delivered today. Drawing strength from our differences, we re innovating for the future. And you can, too. Our flexible work environment provides you a chance to change the world without giving up your personal life. We put our customers first exemplified by our mission: We Protect Those Who Protect Us. Sound like a team you want to be a part of? Come build your career with BAE Systems.

In the Countermeasure & Electromagnetic Attack Solutions (CEMA) business area we develop next-generation threat detection, countermeasure, and attack solutions to provide customers with full-spectrum electronic warfare capabilities to enhance mission survivability. Within this setting, our Operations employees turn innovative engineering designs into real solutions to meet our customers needs. From Supply Chain, to manufacturing, and to test, Electronic Systems offers opportunities to work with technology rarely accessible in other manufacturing firms. Our training and development programs provide employees with career advancement in a diverse work environment.

The selected candidate will join the Advanced Optical Systems (AOS) product line and perform a critical role of Supply Chain Program Manager (SCPM) in support of programs in early development and engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phases. The SCPM operates as a critical extension of the program manager by assuming full ownership and accountability for material execution on their assigned program(s), inclusive of strategy, cost, schedule, technical, and quality with support from a cross-functional integrated product team (IPT). Expect quick immersion into a fast-paced and highly visible environment in a rapidly growing business area.

In this role you will:

  • Serve as the single point of contact and supply chain lead for assigned programs and portfolios, accountable for all supply chain outcomes and responsible for conveying material plans, strategies, financial performance, and status updates to program teams and business leaders.

  • Engage closely with engineering and operations teams during early design and development phases to guide and influence supply base selection, ensuring a scalable supplier network with the right parts at the right suppliers while maintaining long-term vision and strategy to support engineering materials, qualification materials, deliverable hardware, test equipment, and operations and facilities support equipment and services.

  • Lead and execute new program startup supply chain activities by developing and maturing supply chain and material risk management plans, while building the infrastructure needed to implement a comprehensive supply chain strategy including a planforeverypart, supplier risk assessments, and associated mitigation plans.

  • Prepare material and labor sales forecasts, in alignment with functional and program goals. Manage both material and labor budgets, perform required variance analysis, implement root cause and corrective actions.

  • Manage the execution of subcontracts and purchase orders for materials, equipment, supplies, and services of a highly specialized and complex nature through all phases of the program lifecycle.

  • Deliver quality customer service to both internal and external customers and foster and maintain good supplier relationships, while driving a Zero-Defect mindset with suppliers.

Who you are:

  • Consistently demonstrate strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

  • A self-starter, capable of implementing functional and program objectives, and able to interface with all levels of internal management and as required supplier management.

  • Deliver independent work product while also managing dynamic cross-functional program teams on all supply chain related issues.

  • Able to succeed in the high stress, face paced development environment and have excellent time management skills with ability to assign the appropriate priorities to often conflicting tasks.

  • Exercise discretion and independent judgment in the performance of duties.

  • Exhibit best practice work habits and collaborate with other subcontract team members to promote operational excellence and completeness.

  • Model and demonstrate strong leadership in ethics, safety, corporate responsibility, and security.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

  • Typically a Bachelor's Degree and 8 years work experience or equivalent experience

  • Experience in Material Management, Project Management or Program Management

  • Strong demonstrated negotiation skills and strategies

  • Experience in new business capture to include proposals

  • Experience developing long-term strategies and tactical plans to achieve enterprise objectives.

  • Successful, proven record of leading and managing multi-discipline project teams

  • Strong interpersonal skills with a focus on relationship building, leading through influence, and the ability to effectively communicate (verbally and in writing) at all levels

  • Ability to develop plans specifying goals, scheduling, identification of risks, contingency plans, and allocation of available resources

  • Experience with scope management and cost estimating, including estimate to complete/estimate at completion (ETC/EAC) processes.

  • Ability to communicate with senior management regarding subcontract performance status (cost / schedule / resources / risk) as well as performance to financial objectivesExperience communicating externally either with customers or suppliers

  • Strong technical and business acumen

  • Ability to travel ~10% of the time

  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

  • Bachelor s degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering or Operations

  • Master s Degree in Engineering and/or Business Administration

  • Prior experience as a project / program manager

  • Experience leading cross-functional teams Integrated Product Teams (IPTs)

  • Program Management Institute s (PMI) Program Management Professional (PMP) certification

  • Demonstrated Risk Management experience

  • Experience with information systems such as Oracle

  • Knowledge of acquisition policies and procedures with associated knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFAR)

  • Significant experience managing the development and compliance of requirements (SOWs, specifications, contractual terms, etc.)

  • Strong organizational skills to handle many overlapping projects simultaneously

  • Active Secret or TS clearance

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $132962 - $226035

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

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How this job compares

Set against the 1,094 open Supply Chain Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$133–226K/yr
  • US median$124–192K/yr780 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $179K, is 13% above the US median midpoint ($158K) — in the middle half of Supply Chain Management salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,094 open Supply Chain Management jobs across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
Supply Chain Management postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 8 years (964 postings).
Education
586 of the 1,094 open Supply Chain Management jobs (54%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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