Sr Principal Supply Chain Planning Specialist

Northrop Grumman Marine Systems is seeking a Senior Principal Supply Chain Planning Specialist to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals to support of the portfolio of Conventional Prompt Strike, Launch System programs. This position can be working in the Sunnyvale, CA facility or 100% remote.

Job functions may include but are not limited to:

• Ensuring consistent Material Finance reporting

• Responsible for forecasting and driving monthly Material Receipt

• Responsible for working with Global Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations, Integrated Program Teams, and Program Office to forecast material costs.

• Responsible for creating a material baseline and working with Business Management to meet monthly Earned Value requirements, variance reporting, and Rout cause and corrective actions.

• Responsible for providing Monthly Current Material Estimates at completions (CME's)

• Analyzes and aggregates supply/demand requirements

• 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

• 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

• Communicate with suppliers for lead times, and delivery times. Actively resolves and communicates and works to resolve issues

• Receives/reviews requirements for non-standard parts

• Analyzes lead times and identify critical path procurements

Basic qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of supply chain and/or business management or a Master’s Degree and 8+ years of supply chain and/or business management

- U.S. Citizenship is required

- The ability to obtain a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Clearance is preferred

- Proficient in the use of MS Office Suite with expertise in MS Excel

- Demonstrate success in managing complex issues/problems related to program execution

Preferred Qualifications:

- Proficient in the use of SAP

- Program Management

- Earned Value Management

- Forecasting and Variance Analysis

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

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 most positions.