Supply Chain and Supplier Management Lead at ACT1 Federal in Arlington, VA

Job description

• Description: ACT1 Federal is seeking an experienced Supply Chain and Supplier Management Lead to provide multi-tier supplier mapping, risk segmentation, supplier-capacity analysis, and Government-authorized recovery planning.

Responsibilities

• Map prime contractor and critical lower-tier supplier networks for assigned weapon and weapon-system portfolios, including sources, locations, dependencies, and points of failure.
• Identify sole-source and single-point dependencies, long-lead materials, obsolescence, fragile subtiers, qualification barriers, foreign dependencies, and other threats to production continuity.
• Collect and validate supplier data on demand, capacity, backlog, lead time, on-time delivery, quality, yield, workforce, tooling, material, and financial or operational stress.
• Establish supplier-risk baselines, heat maps, watch lists, leading indicators, and escalation criteria that distinguish verified constraints from unsupported assertions.
• Assess supplier capability, capacity, production readiness, quality performance, delivery reliability, management controls, and ability to meet current and forecast demand.
• Lead structured engagements, site visits, data reviews, and working sessions with program offices, prime contractors, suppliers, DCMA, and other authorized stakeholders.
• Evaluate supplier recovery plans, capacity-expansion proposals, capital requests, schedules, assumptions, dependencies, and measurable production outcomes.
• Develop and recommend corrective actions addressing material, labor, equipment, tooling, test, quality, facilities, engineering, planning, and lower-tier constraints.
• Monitor milestones and results; identify emerging variance and recommend escalation, alternate sourcing, supplier development, investment, or other intervention when warranted.
• Serve as the senior supply-chain and supplier-management advisor to the BOND team for assigned PAE and weapon-system priorities.
• Integrate supplier findings with production, schedule, cost, investment, engineering, and program data to determine mission and delivery effects.
• Coordinate actions across DASN DIB, PAEs, program offices, systems commands, contracting, engineering, logistics, financial management, and industry stakeholders.
• Prepare executive briefings, supplier assessments, alternatives analyses, issue papers, action plans, and decision memoranda with clear owners, milestones, risks, and recommendations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in supply chain management, business, engineering, operations management, logistics, acquisition, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years’ experience in supply-chain management, supplier management, manufacturing, production, acquisition, logistics, or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated experience evaluating supplier capability, capacity, delivery, quality, risk, and recovery actions within complex manufacturing or defense supply chains.
• Experience working with prime contractors and lower-tier suppliers to identify root causes, validate constraints, and develop executable corrective actions.
• Knowledge of production and supplier measures such as capacity, throughput, cycle time, lead time, yield, backlog, on-time delivery, quality, and schedule performance.
• Experience preparing executive assessments and recommendations and leading cross-functional engagements with Government and industry stakeholders.
• Active Top Secret Clearance required.

Skills

Required

• Supply chain management
• Supplier management
• Manufacturing
• Production
• Acquisition
• Logistics
• Supplier risk analysis
• Supplier recovery planning
• Root cause analysis
• Cross-functional engagement

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• ACT1 Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Company Paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• Company Paid Short-Term Disability
• Voluntary Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• 401K with employer match
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave
• Military Leave
• Education, Training & Professional Development
• Voluntary Accidental Injury/Critical Illness/Hospital Care
• Voluntary Pet Insurance, Legal Resources, and Identity Protection
• Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of flexibility and collaboration, whether that happens in person or remotely.
• If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you’ll periodically work from a ACT1 Federal or client site facility.
• If this position is listed as onsite, you’ll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role.