Job Description:

The Senior Subcontracts Specialist is responsible for the end-to-end management of subcontracts, ensuring alignment with cost, schedule, and performance requirements. This role implements strategic sourcing plans, assesses and mitigates supplier risks, including financial considerations, and defines subcontract specifications, work statements, and terms and conditions for procuring specialized materials, equipment, and services.

Key responsibilities include preparing bid packages, conducting bidders' conferences, evaluating proposals, negotiating subcontract terms, recommending suppliers, issuing awards, and overseeing subcontract administration. This role also entails negotiating and coordinating any necessary modifications to subcontracts.

The Senior Subcontracts Specialist collaborates closely with contract administration and purchasing teams to develop and refine subcontract policies and procedures. They employ a range of methods and evaluation criteria to meet goals and objectives effectively and may sign supplier agreements and purchase orders within their authority.

Our Values are an integral part of who we are. We seek candidates who share our values:

• Integrity

• Excellence

• Accountability

• Respect

  Essential Functions:

• Develops subcontract training and processes, supplier statements of work, tailors, and negotiates terms and conditions for the procurement of specialized materials, equipment, and services for subcontract systems in support of development, production and global sustainment for multiple contract types.

• Assists in the preparation of bid packages, conducts bidders' conferences, develops evaluation criteria, analyzes and evaluates proposals, negotiates subcontract provisions, selects or recommends subcontractors, writes subcontract packages for review, prepares awards and administers resulting subcontracts.

• Negotiates and coordinates additions, deletions, or modifications to subcontracts.

• Participates with contracts administration and purchasing to develop subcontract policies and procedures.

• May sign supplier agreements and purchase orders within established authority.

• Manages team of Subcontract Managers with day to day metric reviews, compliance checks and training.

• Ability to work closely with a diverse workforce of varying skill levels

• Ability to train

• Ability to prepare and present presentations

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance, which requires US Citizenship.

  Required Qualifications:

  This position requires extensive experience in direct subcontract administration and management, including the development of policies, directives, and work instructions related to the subcontracting process. The Senior Subcontracts Specialist reports to the Senior Manager, ISR Subcontracts, and contributes significantly to the overall strategic subcontract management process.

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.

• SAP experience

• 7+ years experience with highly complex multi-year high dollar subcontracts

• Experience in preparing, reviewing and managing Supplier Statements of Work

  Preferred Additional Skills:

• SAP or other similar operating system experience

  Experience managing a procurement team in either general procurement of subcontracts

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.