Role Summary The Category Director for Facilities, Utilities, and Production Support is responsible for the strategic procurement and lifecycle management of the infrastructure and technical services that enable manufacturing operations. This critical role oversees the sourcing of utility services (power, water, gas), facility maintenance, and specialized production support, including the procurement and calibration of high-precision test equipment. The goal is to ensure maximum uptime of production facilities while optimizing cost and ensuring all equipment meets stringent defense and quality certification standards. Key Responsibilities 1. Strategic Infrastructure Management • Category Strategy: Develop and lead the strategic roadmap for Facilities, Real Estate, Security, Construction, and Utilities, ensuring that site infrastructure can scale with production demands. • CapEx Leadership: Lead the sourcing and procurement of large-scale capital equipment and facility upgrades. • Utility Optimization: Manage relationships with 3rd party energy management partners and explore energy-efficiency initiatives to reduce operational overhead. 2. Production Support & Technical Sourcing • Calibration & Metrology: Oversee the creation and on-going management of master agreements supporting the procurement of calibration services and test equipment, ensuring all tools are compliant with industry-specific quality standards. • Specialized Equipment Sourcing: Manage agreements that support end-to-end acquisition of complex production support equipment, from technical specification alignment to final installation and commissioning. • Service Level Management: Define and monitor critical SLAs for Suppliers supporting facility uptime and equipment maintenance to prevent production bottlenecks. 3. Risk, Compliance & Quality • Certification Oversight: Ensure all outsourced calibration and test services maintain the required certifications to avoid audit failures or production delays. • Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all facilities and equipment procurement adheres to BAE Systems' safety standards, environmental regulations, and defense-specific mandates (ITAR/EAR). • Business Continuity: Develop risk mitigation strategies for critical utility failures or the obsolescence of specialized test equipment. 4. Financial & Contractual Management • TCO Modeling: Implement Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) models for capital equipment, accounting for maintenance, energy consumption, and disposal. • Complex Negotiations: Lead high-value negotiations for long-term service agreements (LTSAs). • Budgetary Alignment: Coordinate closely with Finance and Site Managers to align procurement activities with the annual Capital Expenditure (CapEx) budget.