Principal Supply Chain Planning Specialist

Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU); Maryland; On-site; USD 78,000 - 137,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Principal Supply Chain Planning Specialist to join their dynamic team. This role involves defining material strategies, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring accurate material finance reporting. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to forecast costs and resolve issues, while also participating in long-term capacity planning. This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to significant projects within a diverse and inclusive environment. If you are passionate about supply chain management and eager to make an impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in supply chain or business management with a Bachelor's degree.
• Experience in SAP and supplier management is essential.

Responsibilities

• Define and develop material strategy and ensure consistent reporting.
• Interface with suppliers and analyze lead times for critical path procurements.

Skills

Supply Chain Management

Business Management

Supplier Management

Forecasting

Variance Analysis

Earned Value Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s Degree

Tools

SAP

Job description

Requisition ID: R10184063

• Category: Global Supply Chain

• Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States of America | Redondo Beach, California, United States of America | San Diego, California, United States of America | Apopka, Florida, United States of America | Rolling Meadows, Illinois, United States of America | Annapolis, Maryland, United States of America | Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America | Linthicum, Maryland, United States of America | Sykesville, Maryland, United States of America | Buffalo, New York, United States of America | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

• Clearance Type: None

• Telecommute: No - Teleworking not available for this position

• Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)

• Travel Required: Yes, 25% of the Time

• Positions Available: 1

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal Supply Chain Planning Specialist (Level 3) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position has a preferred work location in the Sunnyvale, CA facility but would also consider a NGMS facility to include: Rolling Meadows, IL; Baltimore/Linthicum, MD; Annapolis/Sykesville, MD; Apopka, FL; Salt Lake City, UT; San Diego, CA; Redondo Beach, CA; Buffalo, NY; Charlottesville, VA.

Job functions may include but are not limited to:

1. Defines and develops material strategy
2. Ensures consistent Material Finance reporting on program material
3. Responsible for working with other planners, buyers, quality, engineers, and program representatives to forecast material costs
4. Interfaces with suppliers regarding inventory levels, working capital and other contractual requirements as needed
5. Communicates with suppliers for lead times, and delivery times. Actively resolves and communicates and works to resolve issues
6. Analyzes lead times and identifies critical path procurements and alignment to the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)
7. Plans inventory levels based on dependent and independent Bill-of-Materials (BOM) requirements
8. Responsible for creating a material baseline and working with Business Management to meet monthly Earned Value requirements, variance reporting, and root cause and corrective actions
9. Responsible for providing monthly Current Material Estimates at completions (CME's)
10. Produces and publishes monthly material receipts forecasts
11. Analyzes and aggregates supply/demand requirements and position
12. Responsible for the assessment of supply resources; prioritizes demand requirements; plans inventory, distribution requirements, production, material and rough-cut capacity for all products
13. Participates in long-term capacity and resource planning; product phase-in/phase-out, manufacturing ramp-up, end-of-life management and product-line management

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of supply chain and/or business management or a Master’s Degree and 3+ years of supply chain and/or business management
• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Experience in SAP
• Experience with supplier management

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Earned Value Management
• Experience with Return to Green Plans - leading and supporting
• The ability to obtain a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Clearance
• Experience with Forecasting and Variance Analysis

Salary Range: $78,700 - $136,800

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit our website.