Logistics Manager
Applied Research Associates, Inc.
**Description**
ARA‘s ISR division is looking to hire a Logistics Manager. As the Logistics Manager, you will be responsible for all logistics planning and execution in support of DTRA training events and exercises.
**Logistics Manager Responsibilities:**
+ Tracks the location and status of all equipment to ensure required equipment is ready and available to support events as needed.
+ Ensures that all government property is properly maintained and serviced as needed. Conducts a 20% monthly inventory and semiannually provides Property Accountability Report. Identifies maintenance requirements for all government-furnished and contractor-acquired property and coordinates repair or disposition with the PM/COR.
+ Assists leadership with maintaining property accountability using the Defense Property Accountability System (DPAS). Coordinates equipment transfers through the department’s logistics section.
+ Oversee the movement, distribution and storage of materials and equipment in support of DoD CBRN and CWMD training events and exercises.
+ Manage warehouse operations and personnel to ensure warehouse efficiency and safety standards are met.
+ Accountable for the completion of warehouse objectives in a timely manner.
+ Ensures compliance with all inventory policies and procedures in support of warehouse operations and safety.
+ Manage supply chain transactions to ensure equipment is on hand to meet training requirements.
+ Monitors and maintains positive control of inventory to include analyses of requirements to assist in the development of strategies and accomplish desired delivery times and order fill rates.
+ Manage a computer-based property management system to track inventory, shipping, receiving, maintenance, and accountability.
+ Present monthly reports to leadership on logistics activity to include retrieving historical data from previous events, the next month action step, objectives, and risk identification.
+ Provide a semiannual property accountability report to government Program Manager and COR.
+ Coordinate supply chain initiatives and actions in order to manage program costs.
+ Plan, direct, and coordinate logistical operations for both CONUS and OCONUS event support.
+ Coordinate (de-conflict) within DoD on entire Agency support while maintaining training / exercise integrity.
+ Attend select exercise JELC events (planning meeting, site surveys, etc.) and assist with scenario development.
+ Collect and compile data into comprehensive yet concise reports for review by USSOCOM, GCC, TSOC, interagency, and partner nation clients.
**Offer is contingent upon contract award.**
**Logistics Manager Required Qualifications:**
+ **US citizen with a minimum of a Secret Clearance to start. Must be able to obtain a Top-Secret clearance.**
+ Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience **OR** 16+ years of relevant military experience will be considered in lieu of a degree. Emphasis in project management, logistics management, or warehouse management or similar disciplines will be given higher consideration.
+ Must be able to obtain a US Passport
+ HAZMAT shipping qualified (AMMO-62 Technical Transportation of HAZMAT course) or capable of qualifying within 6 months is highly desired.
+ Experience with US Air Force and US Transportation Command movement and transportation requirements.
+ Work in an office and field environment
+ Possess effective oral and written communication skills, and proficient in using the Microsoft Office Suite of tools. Emphasis placed on PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Visio.
+ Shall be able to travel worldwide on short notice and work non-standard hours. This includes obtaining the required immunizations.
+ Shall be able to perform duties in all weather and climate conditions and be capable of carrying loads of up to 60 pounds over uneven terrain.
+ Shall be capable of flying in utility helicopters for extended periods of time and be available for expeditious foreign travel for extended periods of time.
**Logistics Manager Preferred Qualifications:**
+ Current Top-Secret Clearance
+ Prior Department of Defense environment experience preferred in resource allocation, supply chain principles, and budget management and development is highly desired.
**Who is ARA?**
Do you want to work for a purpose? Applied Research Associates, Inc. (aka ARA) is an employee-owned international research and engineering company. We have been providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences since 1979. ARA has over 2,271 employee-owners and continues to grow rapidly. Together, our offices throughout the U.S. and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense, civil, and health technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement.
ARA also prides itself, on having a challenging culture where innovation & experimentation are the norm. The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. Employee ownership ensures you have a voice with what happens in the company. We are also very proud of our Women’s Initiative Network (WIN), whose purpose is to motivate, support, and encourage professional career development for women to maximize career and professional accomplishments.
To find out more about what the Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Division has to offer, visit our website at: https://www.ara.com/benefits/
**Qualifications**
**Education**
**Preferred**
+ Bachelors or better
**Experience**
**Required**
+ 8 years: Relevant Work Experience
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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