RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Marine Systems is seeking a Senior Supply Chain Planning Specialist (Level 4) to join our team. This position is located in Sunnyvale, CA.

In summary, this role is essentially a material/supplier focused role with responsibilities ranging from budgets to supplier management. A person working this role will be expected to manage supply chain activities from development to production while also tracking and forecasting material and labor budgets. This includes regular forecasting on program material expenditure, labor and overall schedule performance using Earned Value Management. As a Supply Chain Planner you are in charge of working/managing cross-functional teams to ensure suppliers execute in alignment with program schedule, engineering requirements and your material budget. This role is for the Virginia Turbine Generator Program

Roles And Responsibilities
 

Ensuring consistent Material Finance reporting on program material

Responsible for working with other planners, engineers, and program representatives to forecast material costs.

Responsible for creating a material baseline and working with Business Management to meet monthly Earned Value requirements, variance reporting, and Rout cause and corrective actions.

Responsible for providing Monthly Current Material Estimates at completions (CME's)

Monthly Material receipts forecasts

Analyzes and aggregates supply/demand requirements

Responsible for the assessment of supply resources; aggregates and prioritizes demand requirements; plans inventory, distribution requirements, production, material and rough-cut capacity for all products

Participates in make/buy process, long-term capacity and resource planning; product phase-in/phase-out, manufacturing ramp-up, end-of-life management and product-line management

Analyzes and aggregates supply / demand requirements

Analyzes purchase material supply/demand position using Material Requirements Planning (MRP) tools

Plans inventory levels based on dependent and independent Bill-of-Materials (BOM) requirements

Creates/reduces supply requirements based on inventory adjustments

Participates in long-term capacity and resource planning to ensure proper scheduling of new product line phase-ins as well as existing product line phase-outs

Interfaces with Source process area regarding inventory levels, working capital and other areas as needed

Communicate with suppliers for lead times, and delivery times. Actively resolves and communicates and works to resolve issues

Receives/reviews requirements for non-standard parts

Analyzes lead times and identifies critical path procurements

Responsible for forecasting material receipt

Basic qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of supply chain and/or business management or a Master’s Degree and 8+ years of supply chain and/or business management

- Proficient with Microsoft Suite with an emphasis on Excel and Power Point.

- Proficient in the use of SAP

- Demonstrate success in managing complex problems related to program execution

 - U.S. Citizenship is required

Preferred Qualifications:

- Financial background

- Program Management Team

- Earned Value Management, Return To Greens, Forecasting and Variance Analysis

- The ability to obtain a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Clearance is preferred

Salary Range: $109,900.00 - $164,900.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.