Job Description
Job Description
Aquinas Consulting is currently looking to fill an Operations Program Manager job in Wilmington, MA. This DIRECT HIRE job is available with one of our key customers in the aerospace and defense industry. In this role, you will be responsible for supply chain planning, supplier development, and program coordination for uncrewed aircraft systems built for defense and industrial customers. In order to be successful in this position, you must have hands-on experience in material planning, supplier management, and ERP-driven operations in a hardware manufacturing environment. Preference will be given to someone with defense or aerospace manufacturing experience, familiarity with DFARS, NDAA, or CMMC, and a background working with a contract manufacturer.
Operations Program Manager Job responsibilities:
- Build and maintain a rolling six-month material plan from sales order backlog and pipeline opportunities.
- Manage demand handoffs to the contract manufacturer, and maintain BOMs, part numbers, reorder triggers, and lead times in the ERP system.
- Track long-lead items and shortages, and escalate supply risk early.
- Identify, visit, and qualify suppliers, and own supplier scorecards, corrective actions, and cost reduction targets.
- Manage commodity strategy, dual sourcing, and supplier onboarding for next-generation programs.
- Lead efforts to bring manufacturing and supply chain back to the US, evaluating cost, lead time, and compliance trade-offs.
- Grow into ownership of the integrated program schedule, the weekly cross-functional tracker, and delivery status reporting.
Qualifications:
- Three to five years of experience
- Supply chain, material planning, or operations experience in a hardware manufacturing environment
- Supplier development and supplier quality experience, including scorecards and corrective actions
- Experience with ERP systems (Odoo preferred) and BOM management
- Experience working with a contract manufacturer preferred
- Familiarity with DFARS, NDAA, or CMMC preferred
- Electromechanical hardware or unmanned systems background preferred
This direct hire Operations Program Manager job is based onsite in Wilmington, MA. The annual salary for this role ranges from $130,000 - $140,000. This role offers a competitive salary, benefits including health, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k), a terrific work environment, and the opportunity to be part of one of the most exciting segments of the tech industry.
If you are interested in this Wilmington, MA based Operations Program Manager job, please apply now to be connected with a member of our team.
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Aquinas Consulting is a woman and minority owned company headquartered in Milford, CT that provides Engineering, Information Technology (IT), and Manufacturing staffing solutions throughout the US. We take pride in 26 years of service to our clients, our hiring managers, our consultants, and our local community. Aquinas is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and committed to considering all qualified applications without regard to race, genetic information, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.