Senior Principal for Logistics and Supply Chain Analysis

Key Skills

Analytical and Problem solving, Cyber Security, Effective communication skills, Leadership Skill, Logistic Regression, Machine learning techniques, Mathematical modeling, Operations, Optimization, Statistics, Supply Chain Management

Job Description

In short, we apply our problem-solving skills to complex interdisciplinary problems that occur within or at the intersection of organizations, operations, and technology. We support sponsor projects across the defense and public sectors including military logistics, radio-spectrum frequency management, health care delivery, cybersecurity analytics, fraud detection, satellite planning, homeland security and civilian aviation. We apply advanced analytic techniques such as longitudinal analysis, large-scale integer programming, metaheuristics, agent-based modeling, reinforcement learning, predictive modeling, mathematical modeling, forecasting, machine learning, optimization, statistics, probability modeling, Bayesian analysis, and different types of simulation to solve the nation’s toughest problems. And our research pushes the boundaries on topics such as complex scheduling, medical image analysis, and identifying changes in data streams.

If you are passionate about project-based OR work in the public interest, you have found the right place.

Roles and Responsibilities:

The L140 division is in search of a highly experienced principal engineer to spearhead our division's supply chain modeling and analysis initiatives. The ideal candidate will be a recognized technical leader in the field, with a proven track record of real-world impact and research in supply chain analysis. They will also act as L140's representative within the wider MITRE supply chain community.

• Act as the primary expert in supply chain modeling and analysis for L140.
• Oversee the integration of L140's models, simulations, and analyses in the supply chain domain across MITRE.
• Drive initiatives in the realm of supply chain analysis.
• Represent L140 in guiding the development of supply chain at MITRE.
• Assist in prioritizing and allocating resources for L140's investments in supply chain.
• Educate and develop L140’s staff on applying their skills in the supply chain and logistics domain.
• Engage actively with industry and academia.

Basic Qualifications:

• Proven expertise in supply chain and operations research.
• Demonstrated experience in shaping work at the intersection of supply chain and operations research.
• In-depth knowledge of MITRE's sponsors’ supply chain and logistics challenges.
• Top Secret (TS) clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Research experience in supply chain and Operations Research.
• Professional recognition in the field.
• Experience in teaching and developing courses related to the field.
• Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS//SCI) clearance

Our culture is a tangible asset that endures through our people and leaders. At MITRE, our leaders must also demonstrate and continually develop a consistent set of shared Leadership Competencies:

• Lead with a Strategic Mindset: Drives alignment across MITRE to achieve our mission by engaging across and beyond the enterprise, making and executing decisions, and activating the Good Growth Strategy.

• Create Value: Takes a broad approach to solving complex problems using a national and global lens. Unleashes the full capabilities of our people in a relentless pursuit of innovative solutions that are scalable, equitable, transferable, and sustainable.

• Cultivate Inclusion: Creates an environment and opportunities, built on trust, where people can be their whole authentic self, feeling welcomed, supported, engaged, and respected for who they are and what they contribute to the organization. Embraces and engages all dimensions of diversity to exponentially expand MITRE’s impact in solving problems for a safer world.

• Communicate for Impact: Conveys powerful messages tailored to the unique needs of stakeholders—and desired outcomes—in a style that engages and inspires action. Exemplifies active listening to foster collaboration, understanding, and alignment.

• Commit to Action and Outcomes: Holds self and others accountable for acting on and achieving established objectives. Exemplifies cultural attributes while executing and delivering impactful outcomes.

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

Top Secret

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

Top Secret/SCI

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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