**Job Description**
Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Sites (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), a semi-autonomous agency within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The NNSS is an enterprise of special-purpose, multi-mission, high-hazard experimentation facilities delivering technical and service solutions in partnership with the National Laboratories. Our collaborative work supports the government's most important national security missions. (See NNSS.gov for our unique capabilities.) Our 3,000+ professional, craft, and support employees are called upon to innovate, collaborate, and deliver on some of the more difficult nuclear security challenges facing the world today.
+ MSTS offers our full-time employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision; both a pension and a 401k; paid time off and 96 hours of paid holidays; relocation (if located more than 75 miles from work location); tuition assistance and reimbursement; and more.
+ MSTS is a limited liability company consisting of Honeywell Aerospace, Amentum, and HII Nuclear Inc.
**Responsiblities**
The Director of Contracts and Procurement (C&P), reports to the Director of Strategic Enterprise Systems. MSTS manages and operates the National Nuclear Security Sites (NNSS) for the Department of Energy (DOE). NNSS has offices across the country, including Southern Nevada; Santa Barbara and Livermore, California; Washington, D.C.; and Albuquerque and Los Alamos, New Mexico.
The Contracts and Procurement directorate is comprised of Prime Contracts, Procurement, Contracts and Procurement Business Operations, and Contracts and Procurement Support & Compliance. It is committed to provide a globally Integrated solution that leverages standard business processes and tools, optimizes organizational capability, minimizes waste, improves predictability, and delivers comprehensive value to MSTS.
Working full-time out of our North Las Vegas location, the Director provides leadership and operational management of Contracts and Procurement operations. The Director will serve as a key business partner to internal peer organizations, the Nevada Field Office (NFO), NNSA's program organization, National Weapons Laboratories, governmental and military agencies, regulators, and other stakeholders. Performance of this directorate has significant impact on MSTS' impact and reputation.
**Key Responsibilities**
Executive Leadership & Budgetary Control:
+ Leads and mentors a dynamic team of 80 to 100 employees, managing & executing an annual operating budget between $10 million and $15 million, with a focus on metrics-driven performance and high-impact organizational health.
+ Executes annual expense budget planning and implementation. Develops coordinated long-range programs, plans, and budgets in accordance with Company policies and objectives.
+ Integrates with key functional organizations to plan and execute mission programs and objectives.
+ Coordinates multiple programs/projects or a major function with a significant responsibility for staff, material, budgets, and/or capital resources that may have an impact on mission or financial success of the Company.
+ Exhibits a customer-driven focus for both internal and external customers.
+ Uses a sense of urgency when necessary to take informed risks, requiring sound business judgement and the courage to act where outcomes are uncertain but potential rewards are great.
+ Assists the Director of Strategic Enterprise Systems with other duties and responsibilities commensurate with their education and experience.
Business Acumen:
+ Positions the Company for new business opportunities.
+ Has leadership responsibility to implement and coordinate efforts to find improvements, efficiencies, control and reduce the cost of operations at the site.
Organizational Strategy:
+ Manages the directorate's staffing levels to plan and execute project controls function.
+ Manages risk and opportunities to drive directorate and enterprise strategy.
+ Coordinates and aligns functional capabilities through long-range strategic planning to accomplish immediate and future mission objectives.
+ Leads a coordinated and integrated approach to meet NNSA/NFO and NNSA strategic initiatives for the programs, projects, and activities in the directorate.
Operational Excellence & Lean Integration:
+ Establishes and lead effective and efficient directorate objectives, policies, and procedures.
+ Champions a continuous improvement mentality and actively champion the use of lean principles within areas of responsibility.
Acquisition & Spend Management:
+ Oversees the timely procurement of supplies, materials, equipment, design/construction services, work-for-others, staff augmentation, training, and consulting services, with an annual contracting spend between $300 million and $500 million.
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