Production Controller - Level 2

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 43,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Savings plan

Holidays & PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking an Inventory/Materials Associate to manage material requirements and optimize storage for production lines. The role involves coordinating with production, quality, and purchasing to resolve stock issues, conducting cycle counts, and expediting shipments.

The candidate should have a high school diploma with additional education, experience in ERP (Deltek Costpoint), and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent and 2 years additional education/experience.

Responsibilities

• Maintain schedules for material requirements and availability to support production control.
• Optimize inventory storage systems.
• Interface with Production, Quality Control, Purchasing, and other departments to resolve receipt/distribution issues.
• Decide part categorization, default bin size and location.
• Research kit shortages, expedite missing kits, and ensure proper kit integration.
• Understand, research, and reconcile traceability.
• Ensure inventory processes comply with quality standards and procedures.
• Participate in 5S and other continuous improvement practices.
• Manage projects using relevant software tools and track to meet deadlines.
• Support organizational metrics and objectives.
• Analyze flow of material to reduce request-to-delivery time.
• Receive and transact all incoming material in MRP system.
• Conduct cycle counts to validate quantity, revision levels, stock location, and transfers.
• Expedite flow of materials between departments per schedules.
• Identify shortages and initiate corrective actions.
• Liaise with production, procurement, and engineering to alert for potential problems.

Skills

Teamwork

Verbal communication

Written communication

Kitting liaison

Education

High School diploma + 2 years education

Tools

Deltek Costpoint

Microsoft Office

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: None TRAVEL: No Description 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. An organization within Northrop Grumman, Mission Enabling Products (MEP) is a leading designer, producer, and supplier of spacecraft components that power and enable satellites of all classes. Products include spacecraft panels, bus structures, precision optical structures, deployable structural systems and mechanisms, solar arrays, and antenna reflectors. Our products are on virtually every U.S. satellite built in the last 20 years. Learn more about Mission Enabling Products at our website: https://www.northropgrumman.com/space/spacecraft-components/

Primary Responsibilities

• Maintains schedules for material requirements and availability for the manufacture of industrial and commercial products to support production control by optimizing inventory storage systems.
• Optimize inventory storage systems.
• Interface with Production, Quality Control, Purchasing, Production Control and other related departments to resolve problems relative to receipt and distribution of material.
• Make decisions on part categorization, default bin size and location
• Research kit shortages, expedite missing kits, and be meticulous in kit integration.
• Understand, research, and reconcile traceability.
• Ensure inventory processes comply with quality standards and procedures.
• Participate in 5S and other continuous improvement practices.
• Manage projects using relevant software tools and track to meet completion dates.
• Support the organization’s metric goals and objectives.
• Analyze flow of material to reduce time of request to delivery.
• Receive and transact all incoming material in MRP system.
• Conduct cycle counts to validate quantity, revision levels, stock location, and transfers.
• Expedites flow of materials, parts, and assemblies within or between departments in accordance with production and shipping schedules.
• Assists in determining possible and actual shortages may initiate action to correct these deficiencies.
• Uses knowledge of production, procurement, and engineering departments to alert proper authorities regarding potential problems and appropriate remedial action.

Basic Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent and 2 years additional education and/or related experience.
• Experience with inventory operations within an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) (Deltek Costpoint) system and Microsoft applications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Prefer experience with Kitting Liaising between manufacturing & Inventorying
• Excellent verbal and written communication ability

Primary Level Salary Range

Primary Level Salary Range: $43,400.00 - $72,300.00

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. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO.

U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

We are a pioneering company. With careers across all areas: air, cyber, land, sea and space – our 90,000 employees work as one to defend and define the future. Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will give you every opportunity to do your best work. Working together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines, we share a drive to push the boundaries of science, technology and engineering to meet the ever evolving needs of our customers worldwide.