Supply Chain Director II - Maritime Solutions

Job Description Are you a strategic leader with a passion for operational excellence? BAE Systems is seeking a dynamic Supply Chain Director II to lead procurement, warehousing, and subcontracting activities across our Maritime Solutions business.

In this high‑impact role, you will shape the strategic vision for a world‑class, integrated supply chain ecosystem spanning three shipyards. You will direct a team of approximately 100 professionals and oversee an annual spend of $450M, driving efficiencies, cost reductions, and competitive advantage in a demanding fixed‑price environment.

This position reports directly to the VP of Maritime Solutions Operations.

Key Areas of Impact:
- Develop and implement an integrated supply chain strategy that enhances organizational effectiveness across procurement, subcontracting, warehousing, production support, and supplier partnerships.
- Strengthen supply chain performance through strategic sourcing, supplier consolidation opportunities, continuous improvement initiatives, and alignment across shipyards.
- Build and strengthen strategic partnerships across shipyards and with key suppliers.
- Define procurement, subcontracting, and warehousing competencies and deploy training programs to support employee development.
- Ensure all internal and external supply chain activities meet the highest ethical standards and reinforce strong supplier and customer relationships.
- Establish, measure, and monitor key performance metrics to drive operational performance, including on‑time delivery, schedule, and quality.
- Evaluate and improve current systems, procedures, and practices to enhance efficiency.
- Lead strategic sourcing efforts across commodities to maximize cost savings while maintaining high‑quality materials.
- Oversee collaborative business arrangements such as teaming agreements, joint ventures, and long‑term purchasing agreements.
- Identify and assess suppliers to ensure continuity of high‑quality goods and services.
- Analyze economic and market conditions and advise leadership on impacts to supply continuity and cost.
- Prepare and manage departmental expense budgets and direct‑material budgets supporting contract awards.
- Direct the development and execution of production control systems to support material availability and production schedules.
- Ensure timely, accurate, and competitive quote development during the bid phase.
- Foster a strong, collaborative relationship with shipyard General Managers.
- Ensure consistent review, escalation, and resolution of systemic supplier issues such as non‑conforming material, recurring NCRs, late deliveries, supplier‑caused schedule delays, and safety‑related deficiencies.
- Partner with QA, Safety, Operations, and Planning to align supplier‑performance tracking, reporting, and corrective‑action expectations across all yards.
- Ensure supplier performance expectations and escalation mechanisms are applied consistently across shipyards, including alignment with Partner to Win and Supplier Performance Procedures.
- Lead supply chain activities that directly support ship repair and modernization programs, ensuring materials, subcontracted services, and production support align with repair schedule milestones, work package changes, and emergent work requirements.
- Partner with Program Management, Ship Superintendents, Planning, and Production to ensure supply chain responsiveness to rapid reprioritization and emergent material needs inherent to ship repair operations.
- Provide senior‑level oversight of Contract Terms & Conditions (T&Cs) interpretation, ensuring procurement, subcontracting, and supplier agreements align with prime‑contract requirements for U.S. Navy and other defense customers.
- Ensure supply chain compliance with FAR, DFARS, and agency‑specific clauses, including flow‑down requirements for subcontractors, notifications, sourcing constraints, and mandatory reporting.
- Collaborate with Contracts, Legal, and Program Management to mitigate contractual risk, negotiate supplier terms, and ensure clear alignment between supply chain commitments and contract obligations.
- Oversee implementation of internal controls to ensure procurement and subcontracting practices withstand DCMA, DCAA, and customer compliance audits related to purchasing systems, material management and accounting systems (MMAS), and supplier oversight.
- Oversee Warehousing operations as a critical element of the integrated supply chain.
- Lead improvements in warehouse operations, ensuring optimized layout, inventory flow, accountability, and material‑handling processes that support production and minimize downtime.
- Oversee material tracking and traceability, ensuring accurate receipt, storage, kitting, staging, and delivery to support production schedules.
- Lead enterprise efforts to reduce material loss, including improving controls, root‑cause analysis of material discrepancies, enforcing material‑handling standards, and driving corrective/preventive actions across yards.
- Strengthen integration between warehousing, procurement, production control, and planning to eliminate shortages, prevent repeat loss events, and improve material reliability.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
- MBA or Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, Engineering, or a related field or equivalent experience.
- Relevant experience in Supply Chain with a proven track record of transformation driving cost savings.
- Proficiency with ERP/MRP systems, analytics platforms, and performance‑management tools commonly used in supply‑chain environments.
- Proven leadership ability to build, develop, and inspire high‑performing, cross‑functional teams; capable of influencing at all levels of the organization.
- Familiarity with the defense landscape through experience at BAE Systems or elsewhere in the industry
- Exceptional communication and executive‑presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex supply‑chain data into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership.
- Strong critical‑thinking capability and a data‑driven approach to decision‑making, problem solving, and risk management.
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
- Professional supply‑chain or operational certifications such as CPSM, CSCP, CPIM, Six Sigma (Green/Black Belt), or PMP.
- Category‑management expertise, including understanding of supplier markets, cost drivers, and commodity‑strategy development.
- Experience in defense, government contracting, or highly regulated industrial sectors.
- Strong supplier‑relationship and supplier‑performance‑management capabilities, including development, qualification, and corrective‑action oversight.
- Advanced quantitative skills, including should‑cost analysis, supplier economics, demand forecasting, and cost modeling.

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $157911 - $268449

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.
About BAE Systems, Inc. BAE Systems, Inc. is a defense, aerospace, and security company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, with more than 40,000 employees worldwide. We serve, supply, and protect those who protect us. As one of the most geographically diverse international defense companies, we deliver a full range of products and services spanning air, land, maritime, space, and cyber, including advanced electronics, intelligence solutions, and dedicated customer support.

Our culture is performance-driven and values-led, built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration. Purpose isn't a tagline here. It's what drives us. We're developing breakthrough technologies that defend national security and make a lasting impact on our communities and our planet. When you join BAE Systems, you're not just building a career. You're contributing to a mission that truly matters.

This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.