Manager, Global Supply Chain

Behind every “can’t fail” mission is a supplier who delivered. You’re the one who makes sure they do.

A radar program is racing toward a milestone. A critical RF component is running behind. A subcontract worth millions sits at the center of it all, with compliance clauses to honor, a supplier to negotiate with, and a program manager waiting on answers. Your team is already working the problem.

You step in, align the stakeholders, and turn a risk into a plan. The mission stays on schedule because the supply chain behind it held. That’s a day in the life of a Manager, Global Supply Chain at Leidos.

Your greatest work is ahead

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people, who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

The Role

Leidos’ Defense Sector is seeking a Manager, Global Supply Chain, to join our team. Occasional travel may be required for in-person engagements with internal customers and suppliers across multiple Leidos sites. This high-impact role reports directly to the Director, Global Supply Chain, and serves as an integrated member of the Defense Contracts and Supply Chain organization.

You’ll manage a team of Subcontracts professionals, provide strategic leadership, and act as a key interface between Leidos management and senior Contracts and Global Supply Chain management. You’ll serve as the primary liaison between subcontractors and multiple programs, contractually managing agreements of various types, typically of high dollar value, risk, and complexity. This role is ideal for a strategic supply chain leader who thrives in complex, government-regulated environments and understands how supplier ecosystems support mission-critical defense objectives.

You’ll collaborate closely with Contracts, Program Management, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Manufacturing, Growth, and Business Development, among others, to ensure the successful execution of your assigned portfolio. In addition to leading the team, you may have the opportunity to directly manage subcontracts on select programs when needed or help with special projects and corporate initiatives. You’ll align subcontract outcomes with program, business area, and sector objectives, communicate effectively, manage your time efficiently, prioritize tasks, meet deadlines with minimal supervision, and bring acute attention to detail. The ideal candidate is adaptable, capable of working independently, and willing to go beyond to ensure the success of both their team and their individual contributions.

If this sounds like the kind of environment where you can thrive, keep reading.

Why it Matters

Leidos’ Defense Sector provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission command and control, and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and operations support. Our team is solving the world’s toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t fail” missions. Explore more here.

What You’ll Do (primary responsibilities)

• The position requires great business acumen and the demonstration of sound judgment with a high level of ethics.
• Manage the team’s workload, make assignments and set clear expectations, hold staff accountable to commitments and goals, oversee the quality of work under your responsibility, conduct performance reviews, and develop and encourage your team to perform at a high level.
• Apply thorough knowledge of federal subcontracting and experience providing creative solutions to business and program requirements, while ensuring compliance with all prime customer requirements and commitments.
• Lead negotiations and execution of strategic long-term agreements with key suppliers to support supply continuity, affordability, innovation, and long-term procurement savings.
• Collaborate with Contracts, Supply Chain, Business Development, Program Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance, and other stakeholders to integrate supplier strategies early in capture, proposal, and program lifecycles.
• Identify and mitigate complex issues or risks for the managed subcontract portfolio.
• Translate supplier data into executive-ready insights, recommendations, and action plans that enable measurable savings, stronger supplier performance, improved compliance, and reduced Sector risk.

What You Bring (basic qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and 5+ years of prior relevant experience, or a Master’s degree with 3+ years of prior relevant experience. Generally has 2+ years of experience supervising or leading teams or projects. Equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Experience awarding and managing subcontracts in a government-approved purchasing system (CPSR), including an advanced knowledge of the requirements of the FAR/DFARS, other Federal agency requirements, and small business participation.
• Successful background of using negotiating skills to maximize organizational return, minimize risk, and improve price and terms and conditions position.
• Successful track record of managing a variety of subcontract types and interfacing with internal customers, other functional support staff, and suppliers.
• Experience independently leading the subcontracts portion of proposal efforts.
• Organizational skills to manage concurrent projects, and the business acumen to appropriately prioritize actions and deal effectively with subcontract management issues of varying degrees of complexity.
• Ability to communicate clearly, including presenting status updates and issues to senior management, internal partners, and suppliers.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US DoW security clearance.
• US citizenship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Department of Defense and Federal programs, programs of record, capture pursuits, and proposal development for large government acquisitions in the Defense/Aerospace industry.
• Working knowledge of CPSR compliance, NIST SP 800-171, and cyber/supplier readiness requirements.
• Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, or similar process improvement methodologies.
• CPSM, CPC, CFCM, ISM, APICS, PMI PMP, or other relevant professional certification.
• Experience working with RF, electronic warfare, missile, radar, SATCOM, aviation, space, manufacturing, or advanced defense technology supply chains.
• Experience building strong supplier relationships that can be leveraged to assist in future issue resolution.
• Experience supervising or leading a team(s).
• Working experience with ERP systems, ideally Deltek Costpoint and other procurement systems (e.g., Ivalua).

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

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