Supplier Quality Manager

Overview

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

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 Aeronautics Systems (NGAS) sector has an opening for a Supplier Quality Manager 3. This position can be based in either Palmdale, CA or Melbourne, FL
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The Supplier Quality Manager is responsible for ensuring supplier process and product quality, including contractual, regulatory, and technical compliance. This position shall serve as a communication conduit between the supplier(s) organization and the NG program office(s) and other relevant stakeholders.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Report 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).
• Assist key suppliers in the resolution of significant issues that are and/or are likely to have a business-wide impact by working cross functionally with engineering, quality, procurement, program team members and operations leadership.
• Obtain, implement, track supplier(s) performance improvement plan(s), in order to ensure cost, quality, and on time delivery performance is in line with internal and external customer expectations.
• Coordinate rate readiness activities (risk analysis, baselines, run rates, maturity and capacity assessments/audits) to secure ability to meet the needs of the NGAS sector and programs/customers.
• Ability to effectively engage, communicate and develop strong business relationships with all levels of leadership and professionals within the supplier(s) organization, internal customers and stakeholders to coordinate and partner on improvement programs/actions to achieve and sustain high levels of performance.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and 9+ years  of relevant experience OR a Master’s Degree and 7+ years of relevant experience
• 7+ years of experience as team lead and/or manager of people including working in a cross-functional environment
• Demonstrated performance leading and managing supplier relationships to ensure timely delivery of high-quality products and services
• Strong project/program management skills, with a proven ability to manage quickly shifting priorities, requirements and overlapping deadlines
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills that demonstrate an ability to comprehend and explain objectives, initiatives and complex program management competencies to a broad range of audiences
• Experience working with engineering, manufacturing, and program management
• Rigorous knowledge of metrics, performance tracking, and data integrity
• Address risks and opportunities across multiple programs and update stakeholders
• High level of proficiency in MS Office suite, SharePoint, SAP and program management/supply chain tools
• Active DoD Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain Special Program Access

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in managing a broad range of suppliers including providers of complex components/assemblies/systems, services, and commodities
• Experience with source selection evaluations, supplier classification designation
• Ability to assess a supplier’s factory operational model and walk a manufacturing line/process
• Experience in conducting Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis and related evaluation tools/processes
• Ability to…