Supply Chain Planning Specialist - R10184538

Northrop Grumman; Clearfield (UT); On-site; USD 78,000 - 119,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering company as a Supply Chain Planning Specialist, where your expertise in supply chain management will play a pivotal role in supporting innovative systems that impact lives globally. This dynamic position involves defining material strategies, planning inventory levels, and collaborating with suppliers in a fast-paced environment. You'll leverage your analytical skills to assess supply and demand requirements, ensuring efficient operations. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this organization offers a collaborative culture that values bold ideas and intellectual curiosity. If you're ready to make a difference and thrive in a challenging role, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Life and Disability Insurance

Paid Time Off

Company Paid Holidays

Discretionary Bonus

Qualifications

• 5 years of supply chain experience in manufacturing or aerospace.
• Experience with inventory data collection and organization.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute material forecasting and delivery schedules.
• Interface with supply base to track orders and resolve issues.
• Perform physical counts and maintain documentation.

Skills

Supply Chain Management

Inventory Management

Material Requirements Planning (MRP)

Data Analysis

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

SAP/SAR Program

Job description

• Location: Clearfield, Utah, United States of America
• Clearance Type: Secret
• Telecommute: No - Teleworking not available for this position
• Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
• Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
• Positions Available: 1

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. 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.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Supply Chain Planning Specialist to provide support to our team in our Clearfield, UT location.

Defines and develops material strategy. 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. Participates in make/buy process, long-term capacity and resource planning; product phase-in/phase-out, manufacturing ramp-up, end-of-life management, and product-line management. Analyzes and aggregates supply/demand requirements. Analyzes purchase material supply/demand position using Material Requirements Planning (MRP) tools. Plans inventory levels based on dependent and independent Bill-of-Materials (BOM) requirements. Assesses rough-cut capacity for current and short-term manufacturing requirements. Creates/reduces supply requirements based on inventory adjustments. Participates 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. Interfaces with Source process area regarding inventory levels, working capital, and other areas as needed. Creates/releases requisitions. Receives/reviews requirements for non-standard parts. Analyzes lead times and identifies critical path procurements.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Maintain a strong business acumen and ability to operate in a fast-paced development environment that consists of leading-edge technology suppliers and non-traditional supply base.
• Interface with the supply base to track orders and resolve issues.
• Support Statement of Work (SOW) creation for subcontract activities.
• Develop, coordinate, and execute material forecasting and delivery schedule.
• Generates and sends out count reports on all cycle counters.
• Plans inventory levels based on dependent and independent Bill-of-Materials (BOM) requirements.
• Assesses rough-cut capacity for current and short-term manufacturing requirements.
• Creates/reduces supply requirements based on inventory adjustments.
• Performs Physical Counts in all Clearfield Warehouse locations for direct and indirect materials.
• Updates count data for all locations.
• Creates adjustment forms for variances (all locations).
• Completes adjustments/transactions in the system to correct variance, if needed.
• Researches root causes for count discrepancies, obtains signatures as required for Clearfield Counts.
• Collects and files completed adjustment forms for all locations.
• Creates monthly metrics for all locations.
• Maintains all documentation.

Basic Qualifications:

Supply Chain Planning Specialist (Level 3):

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited university and 5 years of supply chain and/or material inventory in a manufacturing or aerospace environment; OR 9 years of supply chain and/or material planning in a manufacturing or aerospace environment; OR a master's degree and 3 years of supply chain and/or material planning in a manufacturing or aerospace environment.
• Experience collecting and organizing inventory data.
• Ability to obtain PAR.

Preferred Qualifications:

• CAM Certification / Earned Value Management Reporting experience.
• Ability to be agile and work in a fast-paced engineering environment.
• Experience with SAP/SAR Program.

Salary Range: $78,700 - $118,100

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.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

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 http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.