Category Manager, Staff

Job Description

At the dawn of a new space age, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator, and builder. Our amazing people are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every day we use our unique skills and experiences to create, design, and build solutions to some of the worlds’ hardest engineering problems.

Our culture encourages employees to dream big, perform with excellence, and create incredible products. We provide the resources, inspiration, and focus and if you have the passion and courage to dream big, we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

Lockheed Martin. Your Mission is Ours.

If you have an interest in all things space and an interest in working for a company that will put astronauts on Mars, create 3D printed satellites, launch payloads that learn in orbit, or that develop national defense systems, come and be a part of our Supply Chain organization.

At Lockheed Martin Space, we are driven by innovation and integrity. We believe that by applying the highest standards of business ethics and visionary thinking, everything is within our reach and yours as a Lockheed Martin employee.

Lockheed Martin values your subcontract / supply chain knowledge, skills, training, and education.

As we look to the future, we’re driving innovations to help our customers do even more in orbit. That’s why we’re crafting smarter satellites that operate like smartphones in the sky, with apps that can be updated in orbit so they can adapt as mission needs on the ground change.

Your mission is ours. And as that mission evolves, we’ll be ready. Will you?

Supply Chain’s vision is to enable customer and mission success through supply chain strategies and execution that deliver superior operational program performance and create competitive advantage through continuous improvement.

It is our mission to deliver affordable supply chain solutions that meet all program requirements and manage supply chain risks to ensure positive supplier performance through all phases of the program life-cycle from capture to sustainment.

This role will offer you the following daily challenges :

• Sources and purchases various Procurements, including but not limited to, machinery, equipment, tools, raw materials, packaging materials, parts, services, and / or supplies necessary to support the operation of an organization.
• Reviews proposals, negotiates prices, selects or recommends suppliers, analyzes trends, follows up orders placed, verifies delivery, approves payment, and maintains necessary records.
• Ability to determine pricing to be fair and reasonable based on technical evaluation, history, market data, or cost element evaluation.
• Work closely with suppliers to execute contracts and provide contract management support with complex contracts.
• Work all aspects of the Procurement interface including competition, Supplier performance indicators, invoices / billings, changes, schedules, budgets, funding.
• Reviews proposals, negotiates prices, selects or recommends suppliers, analyzes trends, follows up orders placed, verifies delivery, approves payment, and maintains necessary records.
• Procurement Support working competitions and single-source hardware and services.
• Contract Management for Complex Contracts
• Complex Competitions
• Price Analysis
• Negotiations

Although this position does support teleworking; the preferred candidate will be located near one of our Lockheed Martin Space facilities.

Desired skills

To be successful, ideally, you should also have :

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience / combined education, with 10 years of professional experience;

or 8 years of professional experience with a related Masters degree.

• Multi-task in a fast-paced team environment and work well under pressure.
• Previous professional experience in Project Management.
• Possess effective relationship-building skills with peers, leadership, and suppliers
• You bring positivity and enthusiasm to every project you touch. In addition to the work, you love being part of a team and working collaboratively through the process.
• Proven exceptional strategic communication skills, both written, verbal, and presentation, to effectively communicate business cases to all levels of peers, suppliers, as well as program and executive management, with an ability to persuade and motivate action.

PLEASE NOTE-Other important information :

• By applying to this role, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities, within Lockheed Martin, where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match.
• Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
• Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Benefits of Employment :

Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually.

To promote the sharing of ideas, Lockheed Martin champions an inclusive work environment that urges differences and big-picture thinking.

We are creating a better today and tomorrow by seamlessly aligning diversity and inclusion efforts with Lockheed Martin’s values and business strategy.

We offer business resource groups such as Black Excellence Council for (BEC), The Women’s Impact Network (WIN), Professional Asian American Network (PAAN), Hispanic Organization for Leadership & Awareness (HOLA), Military / Veterans Network, PRIDE LGBT Professional Network, and more.

We are also committed to enabling transitioning veterans to connect with their communities and find new purpose as they reintegrate into civilian life.

By clicking on the links, you can find out more on how we proudly support and

At Space we value your skills, training, and education. We believe that by applying the highest standards of business ethics and visionary thinking, everything is within our reach and yours as a Lockheed Martin Space employee join us to experience your future!