Director Supply Chain Programs

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 100% 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.

Northrop Grumman’s Mission Systems sector is seeking for a Director, Supply Chain Programs 1 to lead a critical supplier Subcontract Management Team (SMT).

As Director, Supply Chain Programs 1, you will partner with the program executives, Global Supply Chain, Engineering and other stakeholders, to focus on key suppliers critical to successful program execution that may be experiencing and/or at risk of experiencing performance challenges. This Director will be responsible for providing on-site presence at these critical suppliers to assist in resolution of significant issues impacting a portfolio of Programs across the Mission Systems sector.

This position is expected to lead cross-functional teams that may include Engineering, Program Management, Quality Mission Assurance, Manufacturing and Global Supply Chain.

This position will report directly to the Sr. Director, Global Supply Chain for the Baltimore site and focus on execution excellence, ensuring that our critical suppliers not only meet, but exceed cost, schedule, and performance metrics. Additionally, as a functional director, you will have the ability to drive operational excellence and process maturation in collaboration with these critical suppliers for both short term and long term recovery.

Candidates should have strong program management and/or supplier management experience.

This position requires ability for 100% travel to supplier sites in the New England area with home base in Baltimore, MD.

Primary responsibilities are the management of cost, schedule, and technical performance of critical suppliers and include, but are not limited to:

• Cultivating strong supplier business relationships at all levels of leadership and professionals within the supplier’s organization

• Reporting progress against the baseline to NG management and takes appropriate actions to keep the program on track, including proactively driving corrective actions when necessary to maintain commitments to internal and external customer(s).

• Leading and directing cross-functional SMTs to meet program cost, schedule and technical performance objectives

• Delivering presentations to suppliers, executive management and other program stakeholders

• Identification, distribution, tracking, and completion of program requirements

• Establishment and management of the program and subordinate baselines

• Ensuring SMTs understand and adhere to subcontract scope, and manage change through control board activities

• Development and adherence to complex Integrated Master Schedules

• Conducting thorough risk & opportunity management practices including identification, mitigation and realization

• Coordinating cross-functional as it pertains to supplier management, specifically with Engineering, Quality Mission Assurance, Global Supply Chain, and Program Management Office

• Briefing Program and Executive management and Customer on the status and issues affecting Supplier performance and cost

• Collaborating with supplier on process improvement and maturation

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and 9+ years' of relevant experience with 5+ of those years spent managing programs in global supply chain, quality, project management, engineering, program management, operations management, manufacturing or a…