Principal Manufacturing Analyst​/Sr. Principal Manufacturing Analyst

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 Corporation is looking to hire a Principal Manufacturing Analyst/ Sr. Principal Manufacturing Analyst to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals in Palmdale, CA where technology and teamwork come together.

The ideal candidate for this role will have excellent verbal and written communication skills and be comfortable communicating with multiple levels of leadership. They will work in a team environment, be comfortable with presenting data, be able to perform complex professional tasks, have excellent problem-solving abilities to develop solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity, and be comfortable working with minimal supervision and guidance.

The selected candidate must understand the importance of using discretion, latitude, and must have high integrity.

• Work with Tooling Management and various stakeholders to identify communication, usability, and design goals for the internal SharePoint site.
• Develop, analyze and maintain estimates to completion and perform monthly budget, EAC, actuals and Variance Analysis for Leadership briefings.
• Tracking of weekly actuals against monthly/yearly targets and month maintenance of Earned Value Performance, EAC workbooks, QBD/QSST updates and Variance Analysis reports.
• Coordination with cross functional teams across multiple organization including Global Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering and Business Management to ensure effective communication and coordination.
• Assist with technical administrative tasks, including but not limited to hiring initiatives (such as forecasting, requisition tracking, attrition management, and onboarding), staff meetings, and employee engagement support, as well as any additional responsibilities as needed
• Supports production, business, and other processes in a team-based manufacturing environment.
• Performs activities in a variety of cross-functional areas including production planning and control, total quality management, systems, manufacturing, tooling, and maintenance
• The incumbent may facilitate self-directed work teams, provide training in core skill areas to teams and peers, and interact with internal and external customers with respect to product planning, problem resolution, and process improvement.
• Incumbents are generally experienced in one or more areas of manufacturing operations.
• Proactive forecasting and management of risks, issues, or opportunities relating to cost and schedule performance

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years ’ related experience in financial planning and/or budget development and/or analysis and/or plant controller and/or cost analysis.
  Master’s degree with 3 years of experience in financial planning and/or budget development and/or analysis and/or plant controller and/or cost analysis.
• Experience in a manufacturing or Tooling environment.
• Experience working with Management to establish baselines for cost, schedule, and scope, and track actual performance against those measures
• Ability to work within MS applications i.e., MS Word, (report writing) Excel (with the ability to create, edit, log and track data in spreadsheets), MS PowerPoint (ability to create, edit…