Logistics Career Opportunities at a Life Cycle Management Command

1. Logistics Career Opportunities at a Life Cycle Management Command Mr. Mark Moe Supportability & Sustainment Dir AMCOM Logistics Center

2. What is a Life-Cycle Management Command? Buy it Give it to Soldiers Keep it Working Get Rid of it Dispose Sustain Acquire Field Life-cycle Management of Systems Helicopters Missile Systems Test Equipment

3. What is Logistics? “Having the right stuff in the right quantity at the right time at the right place in the right condition [and do it efficiently!]” • Distribution & Transportation • Military • Commercial • New Procurement • Contract • Maintenance Industry Suppliers Wholesale AMCOM DLA Other Services Retail ACC AMRDEC DLA Hsv Customers Organic Suppliers Depot Prog DLA Storage Depots • Depot • Maintenance • NMP Retrograde Plan Source Make Deliver Return … for us, it’s also: Influence Designs Supply Support Maintenance Planning PHS&T Technical Data Equipment Training Manpower & Personnel Facilities and Infrastructure Computer Resources

4. AMCOM Logistics – Big Business What We Do Maintenance Management Supply Chain Management • Develop/Review/Implement support strategies for new weapon systems • Provide Sustainment Support for Fielded Systems: • Supply Chain Management • Maintenance Management • Technical Advice and Assistance >27,000 Items Managed 5500 Parts Repair Programs $7.65B in Inventory 890 Pieces of Training Equipment Maintained $3B in Annual Sales 1600 Missiles RESET Technical Advice and Assistance >100 Aircraft RESET 250 Tech Reps Worldwide Tech Library of 800,000 page equivalents 15 Person Air Worthiness Sustainment “Hotline” FY16 Stats

5. ALC Career Opportunities Logistics is an integral part of the Army’s Mission ALC’s Worldwide Logistics Mission, Requires a Dynamic Workforce *Approximately 25% of the ALC workforce will be retirement eligible by 2018*

6. Entry LevelIntake – RecentGraduates *Approximately 25% of the ALC workforce will be retirement eligible by 2018*

7. Targeted College Degrees • Logistics Management • All Business Degrees • Supply Chain Management • Operations Research • Accounting • Computer Science • Math • English (Technical Writing) • Human Factors • Non-Engineering Technical Degrees • Management of Technology • Aviation Maintenance Science

8. DA Intern Program YEAR 1 YEAR 2 GS-7 GS-9 GS-11 Pay Duties Future $41,660 $50,958 $61,654 On the Job Training (OJT) (6 mos) Logistics Training, Leadership Training and Developmental Assignments (18 mos) • Specialized Logistics Training • OJT with senior specialists • Meetings with career advisors • Classroom Logistics Training at ALU (Army Logistics University) (15 Weeks) • Basic Officer Leadership Course (16 Weeks) • 3 Developmental Assignments around the US (22 Weeks) Fully Performing Specialists GS-12 Team Leaders and ‘Super Experts’ GS-13 $73-$96K $87-$114K 600+ 500+ Supervisors & Organizational Leaders Senior Leaders GS-14 GS-15 $103-$135K $122-$158K 40+ 80+ “Civilians Supporting Soldiers Around the World”

9. Department of the ArmyLogistics Intern Programlink: http://www.cascom.army.mil/S_Staff/clcmo/da_intern.htmemail: usarmy.lee.tradoc.mbx.dalrgp@mail.mil

10. Questions and Open Discussion

11. Benefits Health Insurance: We use a nationally recognized model that offers you choice and flexibility along with a substantial employer contribution to premiums. Time Off: Our leave policy provides ample time off to take care of your personal, recreational and health care needs. In addition to 10 paid holidays every year, you will accumulate 13 days of sick leave each year along with from 13 to 26 vacation days, depending on your years of employment. Work Environment: Flexible work schedules; modern facilities; free access to fitness centers; flexible spending accounts; and other employee focused programs. Retirement: 3-part retirement program includes a social security benefit, a 401(k) type plan (up to 5% salary matching), and a defined benefit component based on years of employment and salary history. Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHB)http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/index.asp Leave and Holidayshttp://www.opm.gov/oca/index.htm Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS): https://www.opm.gov/retirement-services/fers-information/ Thrift Savings Plan (TSP):http://www.tsp.gov/ Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI):http://www.opm.gov/insure/life/index.htm Incentive Awards: http://www.opm.gov/perform/honorawd.htm Monetary; Time off; Honorary; Non-monetary

12. Types of Logistics Management Jobs Life-Cycle Phase • Develop logistics support concepts for new/emerging weapon systems • Influence systems design to ensure low life cycle costs and reliable/maintainable systems • Develop contract language and/or review contractor proposals • Research and identify the User's supportability requirements and constraints • Supportability modeling and evaluation • Develop/Review/Justify funds required to support logistics operations • Write or Review Technical Instructions for operations and maintenance • Develop or review initial spares for new items (provisioning) • Support user testing and support concept evaluation • Develop Plans for giving new equipment to soldiers • Develop/Review New Equipment Training curriculum • Acquire and set up equipment maintenance capabilities • Develop/Review demand patterns by customers – forecast future needs • Ensure purchase or maintenance of items to support customer demands • Monitor, support or evaluate reports from the software systems used to execute Logistics • Plan and/or monitor repair programs (financial, technical, schedule) • Develop/Review/Justify funds required to support logistics operations • Provide technical or supply support assistance to soldiers/units • Create, manage or support logistics transformation initiatives • Manage daily maintenance in support of a forward maintenance activity • Ensure transportation of assets to correct locations in a timely fashion • Evaluate engineering changes and the impacts to the logistics support of a system • Upgrade systems and equipments through modification programs Early Design Testing Production Sustainment and Modernization

13. Types of Logistics Management Jobs Supply Systems Analyst (Systems)- Initiates and conducts special studies of automated management and data systems, assuring that systems are responsive and fully meet mission requirements. Analysts provide justification and analysis for areas of concern such as: excess inventory, procurements, dormant stock, budget stratification, etc. Provide metrics, policy, and direction to item managers regarding sales and distribution, asset management, and requirements determination. Provide input, interpretation, and enforcement of policy and guidance. Actively seek out areas of concern through analysis of reports, creation of new reports, & assignments from higher headquarters. Provide briefings to senior leadership on metrics and implement procedures for correction. Supply Systems Analyst (Sales Orders Systems/Inventory Systems) - Management of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) supply systems activities. Ensure the system is functioning as designed utilizing analysis techniques to manage the supply systems processes. Analyze new system changes and develop new concepts to enhance data collection and processing requirements. Review, evaluate and update information/data based upon examination of current systemic processing. Design and develop scans to retrieve information which assists in identifying, researching, tracking, determining and validating errors, inconsistencies, and processing of data. The goal is to correct and minimize future systemic errors and inconsistencies. Interact and support on a daily basis with customers who have concerns, issues or problems as identified above. Recognize, research, and provide guidance/feedback to the customer thus assisting them in how and why the problem occurred should it happen again. Item Manager- Responsible for demand and supply planning for consumable and reparable items. Demand Planning (DP) consists of analyzing and interpreting demands and returns for an entire system or components of a system and providing an accurate forecast for the Materiel Resource Planning (MRP) process. The item manager is also responsible for supply planning for buy/repair, schedule in and schedule out recommendations and for initiation of purchases and/or repair programs. The item manager is accountable for database forecast and accuracy of all elements involved in the supply process. Actions include processing and release of sales orders, purchase requisitions, disposals, stock transport orders, etc. Packaging Specialist- Develop, review and/or justify necessary packaging guidance and technical services to Army elements. Review procurement work directives to provide levels of protection and adequacy of packaging requirements. Travel within and outside the U.S on packaging initiatives providing the appropriate responsibility/authority. Provide packaging cost analysis when requested by Foreign Military Sales offices, contracting offices and project offices.

14. Types of Logistics Management Jobs AWCF Supply Systems Analyst (Financial)- Develop and utilize available Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) reports to consolidate the total aviation and/or missile spare parts requirement in support of AMCOM customers (i.e. soldiers). Present those requirements in budgets and recurring reports through the use of various web based and Microsoft Office products. Justify through narrative description the importance of receiving adequate funding and impacts to weapon systems if funding is not received. Monitor funding provided to repair and production facilities from commitment, obligation and disbursement, to close out of contract. Stay abreast of current policies and regulations to ensure that funding is used properly. Determine prices for all aviation and missile parts by reviewing detailed data associated with costs of production and repair. Set prices so that revenue will match outlays on an annual basis. Act as advisor to any organization that uses AMCOM funding in order to ensure that the correct policies and procedures are followed. General Supply Specialist - Work within the Supply Chain Execution business area of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. Process Sales Orders for movement of materiel in order to satisfy customer requirements; move materiel from one site to another through a stock transport order or disposal of materiel. Process orders for shipments to contractors for repair of materiel. Maintain the Management Control Activity to ensure sales orders for Government Furnished Materiel are contractually authorized prior to delivery to a contractor. Process requests for credit for customers who receive discrepant materiel. Research and resolve Supply Discrepancy Reports from customers for orders in question. Correct and/or process transactions to maintain asset balances in the ERP. Perform annual record reconciliation to maintain inventory accuracy/accountability between storage sites of AMCOM owned materiel and AMCOM asset balances in the ERP. Technical Writer - Writes, Reviews, and Validates Technical Publications (i.e., Operations and Maintenance Manuals); responds to requests/suggestions for changes to technical publications. Logistics Influence on System Design - Work as part of the systems engineering process to design systems for ease of maintenance and use. Analyze system design and subsequently the development of maintenance plans and supply support concepts. Put the maintenance plans in place and refine them based on actual performance. Maintenance Manager/Equipment Specialist - Interprets engineering data to provide the supply system with relevant information on purchasing, maintenance and disposal for new and existing equipment. Provides technical support for publications and responds to publication inquiries from soldiers/customers. Provides logistics focused input to the development of the maintenance concept and sustainment plan of weapon systems.