Description: You will be the Program Affordability & Cost Competitiveness Manager, responsible for identifying, analyzing and driving program affordability, cost competitiveness, and other strategic business initiatives to increase MFC’s enterprise-value.
What You Will Be Doing
As the Program Affordability & Cost Competitiveness Manager, you will be responsible for partnering with all levels of the organization to identify and develop strategies to enhance MFC’s competitiveness and margins.
The Program Affordability & Cost Competitiveness Manager will interface heavily with a broad section of Executive Leadership. The selected candidate will coordinate efforts across multiple programs and functional areas to diagnose complex strategic and financial issues, identify appropriate financial and operational goals, and drive and influence others to achieve favorable business outcomes. The role will manage multiple projects and enterprise-level deliverables from concept phase to delivery.
The Program Affordability & Cost Competitiveness Manager will manage the development of annual Cost Competitiveness targets in coordination with the LOBs and FP&A, and report actuals against those targets for monthly MFC reporting and Quarterly Performance Reporting (QPR) to Corporate.
Your responsibilities will include:
• Manage QPR process and coordinate all inputs across MFC business area.
• Partner with LOBs and key functions to establish processes to identify, measure and track all MFC cost competitiveness initiatives in accordance with Corporate guidelines.
• Manage the MFC Additive Manufacturing Business case and implementation plan.
• MFC F&BO lead for establishing goal setting and tracking mechanisms as a part of LM’s Accelerating Performance Excellence (APEX) initiative.
This role requires an executive presence, a large degree of self-direction and the ability to drive projects to closure with multiple stakeholders, ranging from peers to executive leadership.
Why Join Us
We're looking for a highly motivated and experienced Program Affordability & Cost Competitiveness Manager. If you're looking for a challenging and rewarding role that will allow you to make a meaningful impact, we encourage you to apply.
We are committed to supporting your work-life balance and overall well-being, offering flexible scheduling options Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here.
MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN - The selected candidate must be able to obtain a secret clearance.
Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business discipline (e.g. Accounting, Finance, Engineering, Economics, or similar)
• Solid understanding of financial policies, procedures and processes
• Deep financial and business acumen
• Demonstrated experience in strategic and financial analysis
• Strong familiarity with MFC financial systems and the ability to query data to conduct numerous ad-hoc analyses
• Exceptional technical financial modeling skills
• Demonstrated experience with Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), IRR/NPV, scenario, decision matrix, What-ifs, and sensitivity analysis
• Experience leading cross-functional teams through the development of long-term business cases or other strategic projects
• Very organized, proactive/strategic project management skills to ensure timely completion of projects, follow through and adherence to deadlines, detail oriented
• Entrepreneurial drive and a desire to generate incremental shareholder value
• Team-Player with a self-starter attitude
Desired Skills:
• A Masters’ degree in a related discipline
• Professional financial designation (e.g. CFA/CPA, Etc.)
• Demonstrated experience in the identification, qualification, and execution of cost reduction or other strategic initiatives
• Strong technical, systems engineering, and production acumen
• Strong analytical skills to dissect and understand cost proposals
• Price to Win; Design to Cost acumen
• Demonstrated experience and comfort in presenting to executive management
• Ability to create compelling executive-level presentations to support decision making
• Prior experience with driving enterprise-wide culture change and process improvement initiatives impacting multiple functional stakeholders
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Secret
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities 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.
Ability to Work Remotely: Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work.
With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.
If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you’re invited to apply for this role. Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on Lockheed Martin Jobs, and apply for roles that align with your qualifications.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: MISSILES AND FIRE CONTROL
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Finance
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First
