Director, Supply Chain Programs — Sentinel (Secret Clearance)

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

401k

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Li

Paid Time Off

Health & Wellness Resources

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems seeks a Director of Supply Chain Programs to lead end-to-end material planning and procurement for the Sentinel program from Roy, UT. The role drives efficient material flow, partners with operations, QA, engineering, and contracts, and reports to the senior director.

The candidate will oversee cross-functional teams, manage performance metrics, and coordinate with IWO partners while ensuring compliance with USG standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 10+ years' experience in defense or aerospace systems and/or management in development or production projects.
• Experience managing people.
• Experience in a production operations environment.
• Advanced knowledge of supply chain management techniques, practices or theories gained through wide seasoning and/or special development.
• Experience in leading managers and/or professionals to achieve projects cost, performance, and schedule requirements.
• Experience creating and maintaining trusted relationships with internal and external customers.
• Ability to travel up to 25%.
• Active US Government Secret clearance with the ability to obtain Secret/SAR level clearance.

Responsibilities

• Defines and implements end-to-end Material and Equipment planning, procurement, issuing and consumption strategy to ensure efficient flow of material to manufacturing sites and test labs.
• Identify inefficiencies in current material flow processes and implement process changes to avoid material delays - Measurement of Key performance Indicators to assess progress required.
• Works closely with Production Operations, Quality Assurance, Engineering, other GSC functions, Program Stakeholders and Configuration Management to streamline material flow.
• Identify contractual requirements which are over-burdensome in the development phase of the contract and work with NG Contracts organization to propose tailored or removed requirements that can impact EMD and shape transition Production contracts.
• Briefs GSC Leadership, the Program Management Office (PMO) and executive management on the status and issues preventing efficient material flow and status against improvement action plans.

Skills

People management

Production operations

Supply chain management

Leadership

Travel readiness

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in defense or aerospace systems

Master's degree preferred

Tools

SAP

MES

CPLM

MMAS

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space Systems seeks a Director of Supply Chain Programs to lead end-to-end material planning and procurement for the Sentinel program from Roy, UT. The role drives efficient material flow, partners with operations, QA, engineering, and contracts, and reports to the senior director.

The candidate will oversee cross-functional teams, manage performance metrics, and coordinate with IWO partners while ensuring compliance with USG standards.