Materials Program Manager

Position Overview

Hanwha Defense USA develops and supplies advanced ground and sea combat systems, including manned and unmanned platforms, artillery, and ammunition, to enhance the capabilities and survivability of U.S. and allied forces. HDUSA is seeking a Materials Program Manager to lead strategy and supply chain execution planning for new business pursuits within our Land Systems portfolio. The Materials Program Manager is responsible for developing and implementing supply chain strategies to support new business captures.  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Lead supply chain strategy for new business captures across the Land Systems portfolio.
• Own the customer-facing industrial base evidence package, including capacity/rate readiness, surge strategy, supplier commitments, second-source plans, long-lead mitigation, quality readiness, and key risks/mitigations.
• Direct supply chain activities across the capture lifecycle, from RFI/RFP response and proposal development through transition to execution, ensuring alignment to cost, schedule, performance, and risk posture.
• Develop and maintain capacity models and executable ramp plans, including supplier readiness assessments and constraints/mitigation actions.
• Lead efforts to expand industrial capacity, including strategy, assessments, investment plans/budgets, and implementation actions required to achieve target rates.
• Drive cross-functional alignment with Engineering, Operations, Program Management, Contracts, Finance, and Business Development to minimize supply risk and improve program performance.
• Anticipate risks (single-source, long-lead, quality, capacity, geopolitics) and develop alternate sourcing and mitigation plans.
• Establish an operating rhythm for stakeholder communications: status, action plans, issue escalation, and risk closure.
• Maintain an integrated industrial expansion plan and schedule; update as capture priorities and program opportunities evolve.
• Lead preparation and delivery of industrial base presentations and responses to customer RFIs and due diligence requests.
• Build, lead, and develop the Land Systems industrial supply chain team
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications/ Experience                                         

• 10 years of relevant industry experience, including 3 years in supply chain management.
• Demonstrated experience developing supply strategies and readiness plans for complex programs (capacity, long-lead, risk, supplier readiness).
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and executive communication skills; able to translate data into customer-ready narratives.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint) and related tools.
• Understanding of US defense landscape

Education 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field.
• MBA preferred.

Special Knowledge / Skills: 

• Experience supporting DoD / defense programs and proposals; familiarity with defense industrial base considerations.
• Working knowledge of FAR/DFARS, supplier flow-downs, and export/ITAR considerations (as applicable).
• Experience with supplier development, quality readiness, and second-source strategy execution.
• Prior people leadership and/or strong matrix leadership across functions. 

Physical Demands / Work Environment:                         

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear and use hands to finger, handle, and feel.   The employee is required to reach with hands and arms and have adequate mobility to stand, walk, sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus. Ability to travel.