Senior Principal Proposal Analyst – Cost & Pricing (Secret)

Northrop Grumman; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 94,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Level 3 Principal Proposal Analyst or Level 4 Senior Principal Proposal Analyst for a hybrid role in San Diego, CA. The function focuses on proposal development, cost estimating, and supplier negotiations within the Global Supply Chain team.

Responsibilities include cost models, should-cost pricing, BOM maintenance, and collaboration with Contracts and Pricing/Estimating. Requires bachelor’s (5 years) or master’s (3 years) in a related field and ability to obtain a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics or related discipline with 5 years of proposal or material estimating experience OR a Master’s degree with 3 years of experience
• Ability to perform and apply cost accounting, pricing and estimating concepts and principles
• Proficient with MS Office Suite, specifically Excel and Word
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret Security Clearance

Responsibilities

• Prepares Procurement Review Board (PRB) briefings showing supplier proposed vs. negotiation objective positions by major element of cost to attain formal Supply Chain Management approval for supplier negotiations
• Prepares materiel estimates and provides a consolidated bill of material to include in cost volumes as a support function to NGAS Pricing/Estimating
• Prepares and supports presentation and approval of materiel estimates at the required value level as part of the proposal team
• Supports supplier negotiations and represents the supplier price/cost analysis position to customers as required to support NGAS Contracts and NGAS Pricing/Estimating organizations
• Responds to miscellaneous and external Global Supply Chain Business Management request for information regarding assigned suppliers
• Estimating, accounting, and billing system review and compliance
• Maintain and update program bill of material, actual cost records, and supporting data
• Supports DCAA and DCMA audits as required
• Participates in should-cost and pricing reviews with management and customer representatives
• Make/Buy Analysis Support
• Support Global Supply Chain with assigned suppliers from Change Board, RFP process, proposal evaluation, negotiation, affordability, and close out
• Work as an integral member of the Subcontract/Procurement team to achieve Global Supply Chain, Program, and/or NGAS objectives, while maintaining compliance during all stages of the proposal/acquisition process
• Meet deadlines in a challenging, multi-tasking environment
• Participates as a member of the contract negotiating team
• Metric Building (MVA, Qty Curve Adj, Escalation Evaluation, Financial Supplier Metrics, Allocated Material)
• Labor estimating support (actuals analysis) by portfolio
• Labor and POH Library build-up & maintenance for proposal support
• Support cross training among the staff (how to analyze data, pull from SAP for accurate analysis, buildup of BOMs, best practices)

Skills

Cost accounting

Pricing concepts

Estimating concepts

MS Office Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/finance/economics or related discipline

Master's degree in business/finance/economics or related discipline

Tools

MS Office Suite

MS Word

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Level 3 Principal Proposal Analyst or Level 4 Senior Principal Proposal Analyst for a hybrid role in San Diego, CA. The function focuses on proposal development, cost estimating, and supplier negotiations within the Global Supply Chain team.

Responsibilities include cost models, should-cost pricing, BOM maintenance, and collaboration with Contracts and Pricing/Estimating. Requires bachelor’s (5 years) or master’s (3 years) in a related field and ability to obtain a