[Hiring] Advanced Weapons Business Process Leader @Northrop Grumman

Role Description

The Defense Systems (DS) Chief Information and Digital Office (CIDO) is seeking a qualified Staff Business Process Leader (BPL) to perform Global Supply Chain (GSC) and Quality, Manufacturing and Infrastructure (QM&I) S/4 ERP support. The successful candidate will support the Defense System's Sector Costpoint to S/4HANA transformation, and will deliver Level 2/BPL support for Defense Sector program's ERP requirements.

• 100% full-time assignment to the ongoing care and feeding, adoption, and continuation of process standardization for the assigned functional and business areas.
• Transform the business and enable organic and inorganic growth through process simplification and ERP rollouts, across P&L and business view.
• Serve as subject matter expert for designing and driving common processes globally; design a global template for business processes and maintain its integrity as the gatekeeper.
• Effectively engage subject matter experts from the business function and translate their needs into high impact solutions for the business and its customers.
• Train and assist site leads on processes, SAP transactions, and key implementation activities (site CRP, standard process adoption, cutover strategies, training, and other go live activities).
• Continually partner with site functional leaders to identify change management processes based on the impact of a global process; influence and guide sites to adopt the new process while preserving the template.
• Assist sites with UAT; own test scripts, ensure readiness quality, and coach sites during UAT execution.
• Lead end user training in collaboration with site functional leads.
• Provide direction to site teams on master data cleansing and cutover based on common processes and own the mapping of operational end user roles and responsibilities driven by the global process.
• Manage SOX deliverables for the function and work with the global STAT leader to ensure compliant solutions.
• Proactively manage issues and resolve project risks.
• Analyze, develop strategies, and manage ERP changes resulting from acquisitions, legal entity restructuring, and rooftop consolidations.
• Incident management, change management, system monitoring & health checks, new request support, patch & regression testing, user training, and documentation in the defined process area.
• Remote work is available; expected to travel up to 25% of the time for colocations and onsite support/training.

Qualifications

• Minimum education and experience:
  • P05: 12 Years of relevant experience with Bachelors in Science
  • 10 Years of relevant experience with Masters
  • 8 Years relevant experience with PhD
  • 18 Total years of relevant work experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree, where appropriate.
• Experience in Manufacturing Engineering processes
• Understanding of SAP modules and functionalities, including BOMs, Routings, shop floor routing functionalities, production models, and change management processes
• General knowledge in troubleshooting tools and techniques for diagnosing hardware, software, and configuration and integration issues
• Knowledge of systems architecture, integration, and SAP support methodologies and how S/4 integrates with other modules and external systems
• Ability to conduct thorough testing of ERP functionalities and create documentation for configurations, processes, and user manuals
• Experience with system updates, configurations, and basic system troubleshooting
• Experience providing remote support

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience in SAP support and operations
• Direct experience with SAP support tools and methodologies
• Direct experience with change management methodologies
• A background in manufacturing, supply chain, or operations for understanding the Defense Systems business context issues

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

Company Description

Northrop Grumman Corporation is a leading global security company whose 85,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce regardless of age. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.