Jim Kirlin - National Contract Management Association

Jim Kirlin
Senior Subcontracts Manager &
Material Program Manager
Raytheon
Jim is a Senior Subcontracts Manager and Material Program Manager with Raytheon Company
in Fort Wayne, IN. Jim has 30 years of contracts and supply chain experience in the government
and industry. Prior to joining Raytheon in 1999 as a contracts manager, Jim served in the U.S.
Air Force as an acquisition officer.
Jim has a BSBA from the University of Florida and an MBA from the University of Montana.
Jim is a member of seven contracting/supply chain/compliance professional associations:
NCMA, IACCM, ISM, CIPS, APICS, PMAC, and SCCE. Jim holds seventeen professional
certifications in subcontract management, compliance, contracting, supply chain, and supplier
diversity, from the U.S., U.K. and Canada. Jim holds NCMA’s Lifetime CPCM and Lifetime
CFCM. He is a NCMA Fellow and has been honored with the NCMA Charles A. Dana
Distinguished Service Award, the NCMA National Achievement Award and the NCMA
Education Award. Jim served on the NCMA Board of Directors and served as Chair of the
Policy Committee. He has presented at five NCMA World Congresses and at numerous
National Education Seminars and Chapter meetings.
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