Date Posted: 3/25/2026
City, State: Arlington, VT
Salary (USD): $80,000 - $100,000
Description
Provide supply chain management and data during new business development and new program launches and for existing customer programs
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:
Support New Business Development
- Provide supply chain information to sales department staff as needed
- Conduct preliminary purchase parts risk assessment
- Provide purchased parts cost and lead time estimates
- Identify and qualify outside manufacturing partners
Support Program Launch and Product Realization as functional department representative assigned to team and Program Manager
- Review program information to understand application, product intent and functionality and overall product requirements to ensure customer specifications communicated to suppliers address all needs.
- Review customer specifications and drawings and ensure sufficient to communicate required specifications for purchase parts to suppliers.
- Identify certification, traceability, environmental or other regulatory requirements for all components procured.
- Identify, source and qualify suppliers and negotiate supplier agreements.
- Secure necessary supplier Non-Disclosure Agreements
- Negotiate component costs, lead times, terms and conditions for initial purchases
- Communicate customer requirements and supplier capability
- Confirm supplier warranty terms
- Assist with preparation of Process Flow Diagrams, Failure Mode Effective Analysis and Control Plan
- Assist suppliers with validation protocol design and final approval as required
- Manage and define sample requirements and approve purchased part tooling
- Ensure tool ownership and warranty is defined
- Ensure an understanding of supplier capacity, yield and cost structure
- Complete purchased part and outside process qualifications, approval and submit customer approval forms (CAF)
Provide continuous supplier engineering support through program end of life
- Maintain and update short and long-term supply and sourcing strategies
- Negotiate annual contracts with suppliers
- Continuously pursue supply chain cost reductions to enhance profitability
- Develop Flow Charts for parts process, design and tooling
- Maintain Component Quality Requirements records
- Confirm receipt of supplier warranty agreements
- Support and/or inspect incoming products as required
Frequent domestic and occasional international travel to suppliers required
Cost Consciousness - Develops and implements cost saving measures; Contributes to profits and revenue.
Adaptability - Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
Planning/Organizing - Prioritizes and plans work activities; Uses time efficiently.
Professionalism - Reacts well under pressure.
Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality.
Experience administering or supporting U.S. Government contracts:
- Familiarity with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) as they apply to government contract program execution
- Understanding of subcontracting management principles, including the flow-down of applicable FAR/DFARS clauses to subcontractors
- Understanding of prime contractor obligations when managing subcontractors on federal programs
- Understanding of the requirements for Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) for government contracts
- Understanding of the requirements to develop, implement, and comply with a Small Business Subcontracting Plan
Revised 3/2026
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