{"id":3529639,"url":"https://alion.io/job/textron-subcontracts-specialist","title":"Subcontracts Specialist","company":{"id":1813325,"name":"Textron","domain":"textron.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/textron-com","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Oracle","truth_index":null},"role":"Legal","role_family":"Legal","seniority":"middle","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["New Orleans, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":62000,"max_usd":151000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":1102},"experience_years_min":3,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Microsoft Office","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-30T15:38:50Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-30","last_verified_at":"2026-11-03T05:18:57Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":4,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":4},"description":"Who We Are\nTextron Systems is part of Textron, a $14 billion, multi-industry company employing 35,000 talented makers, thinkers, creators and doers worldwide. We make things that fly, hover, zoom and launch. Things that move people. Protect soldiers. Power industries. We serve customers in industries spanning aerospace and defense, specialized vehicles, turf care and fuel systems.\nThis role is in Textron System’s Sea Systems business area. Visit TextronSystems.com & Lycoming.com to read more about who we are and the products we make!\nAbout This Role\nThe Sea Systems business is seeking a Subcontracts Specialist for the Slidell, LA location. The Subcontracts Specialist will own a subset of acquisitions for a major defense program, under the supervisor of a Sr. Supply Chain Manager, and work within a highly collaborative and dynamic Sea Systems SCM & Program Office.\nThis role requires excellent organization, teamwork, and communication skills to ensure supplier program execution that meets mission objectives. A successful candidate in this role will be action-oriented, have strong written and verbal communication, and exhibit a team mentality.\nResponsibilities\n·Partnering with Program Mgt to consolidate subcontractor contractual requirements and specifications into accurate comprehensive requests for proposal (RFP) prior to the issuance of RFPs to prospective subcontractors.\n·Examining bid responses and initiating cost and pricing analysis using results thereof combined with program objectives to develop negotiation strategy and negotiate price, terms and work scope.\n·Negotiating, placing, and managing of complex, high dollar subcontracts within a government acquisition environment, including both cost and fixed price material and service type subcontracts.\n·Originating formal subcontract documents and coordinating inputs and approvals from both functional and programmatic leadership stakeholders including all pertinent government Federal Acquisition Regulation requirements when applicable.\n·Understanding the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and critical path for the supplier subset of the program and executing any mitigation efforts to ensure on-time / early completion of tasking.\n·Managing the financial, technical, and schedule requirements of subcontractor program components to deliver products that are technically acceptable on-time and in a cost-effective manner to Contract requirements.\n·Monitoring subcontractor performance, identifying issues early on to implement corrective actions with the Supplier Development team\n·Participating in program meetings, obtaining data and requirements which must be transmitted to or obtained from subcontractors via correspondence or telephone.\n·Working creatively to solve supplier and external customer problems and communicating program progress both internally and externally.\n·Facilitating, maintaining and controlling all correspondence between Textron Systems and subcontractor.\nWho We Are\nTextron Systems is part of Textron, a $14 billion, multi-industry company employing 35,000 talented makers, thinkers, creators and doers worldwide. We make things that fly, hover, zoom and launch. Things that move people. Protect soldiers. Power industries. We serve customers in industries spanning aerospace and defense, specialized vehicles, turf care and fuel systems.\nThis role is in Textron System’s Sea Systems business area. Visit TextronSystems.com & Lycoming.com to read more about who we are and the products we make!\nAbout This Role\nThe Sea Systems business is seeking a Subcontracts Specialist for the Slidell, LA location. The Subcontracts Specialist will own a subset of acquisitions for a major defense program, under the supervisor of a Sr. Supply Chain Manager, and work within a highly collaborative and dynamic Sea Systems SCM & Program Office.\nThis role requires excellent organization, teamwork, and communication skills to ensure supplier program execution that meets mission objectives. A successful candidate in this role will be action-oriented, have strong written and verbal communication, and exhibit a team mentality.\nResponsibilities\n·Partnering with Program Mgt to consolidate subcontractor contractual requirements and specifications into accurate comprehensive requests for proposal (RFP) prior to the issuance of RFPs to prospective subcontractors.\n·Examining bid responses and initiating cost and pricing analysis using results thereof combined with program objectives to develop negotiation strategy and negotiate price, terms and work scope.\n·Negotiating, placing, and managing of complex, high dollar subcontracts within a government acquisition environment, including both cost and fixed price material and service type subcontracts.\n·Originating formal subcontract documents and coordinating inputs and approvals from both functional and programmatic leadership stakeholders including all pertinent government Federal Acquisition Regulation requirements when applicable.\n·Understanding the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and critical path for the supplier subset of the program and executing any mitigation efforts to ensure on-time / early completion of tasking.\n·Managing the financial, technical, and schedule requirements of subcontractor program components to deliver products that are technically acceptable on-time and in a cost-effective manner to Contract requirements.\n·Monitoring subcontractor performance, identifying issues early on to implement corrective actions with the Supplier Development team\n·Participating in program meetings, obtaining data and requirements which must be transmitted to or obtained from subcontractors via correspondence or telephone.\n·Working creatively to solve supplier and external customer problems and communicating program progress both internally and externally.\n·Facilitating, maintaining and controlling all correspondence between Textron Systems and subcontractor.\nBachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, or similar discipline required.\n3+ years of experience working with or in a Procurement Organization desired.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills.\nExperience evaluating program Risks and Opportunities.\nDemonstrated experience in a team-based environment - team player.\nDemonstrated ability to works across organizational boundaries.\nStrong interpersonal skills.\nProficiency in MS office.\nThis position requires an individual to be a U.S citizen with the ability to obtain a security clearance\nPreferred Qualifications:\n·Broad based business experience with emphasis on negotiating and administering contractual agreement, in industrial manufacturing field preferred.\nHow We Care\nAt Textron Systems, our talented people make us successful. Our Company is committed to offering employees opportunities to grow and develop. Our benefits and compensation packages are designed to help our talented employees excel and achieve their goals, so they can make a difference every day in and outside of the workplace. Below are just a few examples!\n- Flexible Work Schedules\n- Education Assistance\n- Career Development & Training Opportunities\n- Wellness Program (including Fitness Reimbursement)\n- Medical, Dental, Vision & 401(K) with Company Funding\n- Paid Parental Leave\nAre you a Military Veteran?\nTextron's products and services are trusted everyday by those who protect our country.We are dedicated to hiring these Veterans and aim to translate their skills to make an impact on our Company.\nBachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, or similar discipline required.\n3+ years of experience working with or in a Procurement Organization desired.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills.\nExperience evaluating program Risks and Opportunities.\nDemonstrated experience in a team-based environment - team player.\nDemonstrated ability to works across organizational boundaries.\nStrong interpersonal skills.\nProficiency in MS office.\nThis position requires an individual to be a U.S citizen with the ability to obtain a security clearance\nPreferred Qualifications:\n·Broad based business experience with emphasis on negotiating and administering contractual agreement, in industrial manufacturing field preferred.\nHow We Care\nAt Textron Systems, our talented people make us successful. Our Company is committed to offering employees opportunities to grow and develop. Our benefits and compensation packages are designed to help our talented employees excel and achieve their goals, so they can make a difference every day in and outside of the workplace. Below are just a few examples!\n- Flexible Work Schedules\n- Education Assistance\n- Career Development & Training Opportunities\n- Wellness Program (including Fitness Reimbursement)\n- Medical, Dental, Vision & 401(K) with Company Funding\n- Paid Parental Leave\nAre you a Military Veteran?\nTextron's products and services are trusted everyday by those who protect our country.We are dedicated to hiring these Veterans and aim to translate their skills to make an impact on our Company.","description_format":"text","description_chars":9055,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Education assistance","Flexible schedule","Parental leave"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Financial Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-30T15:38:50Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":77,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.859,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":3,"expected_fill_days":6,"reasons":["conf:0","velocity","win:mid","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-03T05:54:40Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/textron-subcontracts-specialist","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/textron-subcontracts-specialist.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-04T00:29:01Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":671,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-05T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1813325},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1813325"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Ftextron-subcontracts-specialist"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Ftextron-subcontracts-specialist"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Ftextron-subcontracts-specialist"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/textron-subcontracts-specialist\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Ftextron-subcontracts-specialist"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3529639}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"textron.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3529639},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}