[Hiring] Associate Supply Chain Planning Specialist @Northrop Grumman

Role Description

Northrop Grumman is seeking an Associate Supply Chain Planning Specialist. This role is being offered as a remote position. The qualified candidate will become part of Northrop Grumman’s Advanced Capabilities Business Unit.

The successful candidate will:

• Manage a portfolio of planning items.
• Provide administrative support within the department.
• Be responsible for developing solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity under very general supervision.
• Collaborate with program managers and other multi-functional teams to ensure delivery of compliant products and services within the technical parameters, cost, and schedules required.
• Make decisions in a timely manner and multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Exhibit strong interpersonal skills.

Job Duties:

• 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-Material (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.

Qualifications

• Be completing or has completed their Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• Be majoring in or having majored in Supply Chain Management, Logistics & Transportation, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, Economics / Applied Economics, Data Analytics / Business Intelligence, or similar from an accredited university.
• Be able to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite).
• The ability to obtain Special Access Program within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated leadership, critical thinking and innovative behaviors in past projects, roles or experiences.
• Proficiency in MS Office suite.

Requirements

• Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.00/4.0 or higher.
• Active Secret Clearance.
• Demonstrated strong leadership skills as well as the ability to multi-task in a challenging environment.
• Professional experience in a regulated industry; to include Aerospace & Defense.
• SAP experience.

Salary Range

$57,300 to $85,900.00

Application Information

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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 Northrop Grumman EEO .

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