Principal Supply Chain Planning Specialist

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
No

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 Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. We have a wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies. Our differentiated battle management and Cyber solutions deliver timely, mission-enabling information and provide superior situational awareness and understanding to protect the U.S. and its global allies.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems has an opening for a Principal Supply Chain Planning Specialist to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals in our San Diego, CA location supporting the Advanced Communications and Networks (ACN) Operating Unit under the Connectivity and Networked Solutions (CNS) Business Unit. This position is Onsite located in San Diego, CA. We are unable to accommodate a full-time remote arrangement.

We are looking for a data-driven Planning Specialist supporting the Global Supply Chain (GSC) organization to coordinate and execute assigned tasks within established constraints, while also being flexible to ever evolving program requirements.

This is an incredible opportunity for an individual to work hand-in-hand with Program Managers, Contracts/Subcontracts, Operations, Business Management, Quality and Engineering! The selected individual should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, collaborative team settings across all levels and perform with limited management oversight.

• Develop supply chain strategy and leads activities for GSC in all phases of the Northrop Grumman Business Acquisition Process (BAP), working with program team members from requirements establishment through final material deliveries
• 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
• Contribute to the management of GSC scope for multifaceted program(s), proposal through close‑out; coordinates interdepartmental activity, facilitates internal/external team communication, coordinates with Suppliers, and integrates efforts across all GSC functions
• Support supply chain execution and is accountable for horizontal and vertical integration, resource planning, material cost, forecasting, schedule performance, risk/opportunity and issue management, supplier performance, and issue resolution
• Analyze and aggregate supply / demand requirements
• Analyze purchase material supply/demand position using Material Requirements Planning (MRP) tools.
• Plan inventory levels based on dependent and independent Bill‑of‑Materials (BOM) requirements
• Create/reduce supply requirements based on inventory adjustments
• Participate 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.
• Create/release requisitions
• Receive/review requirements for non‑standard parts
• Analyze lead times and identify critical path procurements
• Regularly brief the GSC Program Management team and program leadership on GSC activity status and issues affecting program performance:
  Cost, risks and opportunities, and…