Manager Supply Chain Programs 2
Northrop Grumman

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Climb to new heights on your journey when you start Defining Possible with Northrop Grumman. Enjoy a purposeful career in aeronautics that is crucial to the way we connect and protect our world across land, sea, and air. Bring your experience and take advantage of this opportunity to discover how you can start to push past possible and achieve your goals today. Enjoy a diverse, collaborative environment with professionals across the nation ready to help launch your career.
As a leader, you always act with integrity, and the highest ethical standards characterize everything you do. You enable your team to achieve predictable and balanced results, while satisfying the needs of internal and external partners. You treat all people with respect, and you model personal growth and continuous development. You know how to build an inclusive environment that attracts, retains, and inspires a diverse and engaged team. You develop trusted and valued customer relationships and communicate effectively, so that people throughout the organization feel engaged and connected to their work. You deliver excellence, strive for continuous improvement and respond vigorously to change.
You ensure that your team has the information and tools needed to perform at their best. You demonstrate our committed pursuit of applying innovation to meet the requirements of our customer. You craft and execute strategies that result in sustainable value creation that delivers measurable results.
If this is YOU...keep reading!
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Manager Supply Chain Programs 2 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Palmdale, CA. The Manager of Supply Chain Programs will lead a program or a function within the larger organizational unit, setting and operating to objectives and providing guidance to subordinates based on goals, objectives and company policy. This role will require minimal to no travel, with a home office located at our Palmdale Center of Excellence.
The Manager will help drive GSC integration across multiple tiers of the Strike Supply Chain. They will focus on supply chain execution and drive process improvements to ensure alignment with program priorities.
This leader will have the ability to collaborate closely with executive leadership and all partners. They will have a track record as an effective communicator and problem solver who is able to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal & external stakeholders. The Manager of GSC Programs 2 will have proven abilities to build diverse and inclusive teams with high levels of engagement, including mentoring and coaching.
This candidate will demonstrate a dedication to ethics and integrity, with the capability to innovate while challenging traditional ways of doing business.
Program Managers are responsible for leading all phases of the program life cycle from proposal development through execution and contract closeout. Primary responsibilities require oversight of all functions across GSC for a particular work scope, including but not limited to: Requirements and Planning, Supplier Management, Business Management, Supplier Manufacturing Engineering Logistics.
Responsibilities include: Responsible and accountable for the strategy, planning, and execution of the various supply chain functions for the defined Statement of Work
Acts as the main focal point for the Program effort for the supply chain and coordinates cross-functionally to ensure that all supply chain commitments are met, and that appropriate mitigation plans are developed and executed to address any programmatic risks related to suppliers. Ties together the assigned program(s) and GSC function including buyers, planners, subcontract administrators, customers, suppliers, etc.
Develops the material strategy and leads the activities for GSC in through stages of the Business Acquisition Process (BAP)
Ensures that prior to program execution, all elements of the proposed program(s) plans have complete and accurate schedules, budgets, make/buy plans, and procurement and subcontracts strategies
Briefs the executive management on the status and issues affecting Program cost and schedule performance against plan
To learn more about our hiring process for manager positions, please view our "Selecting the Best Qualified Managers" video! www.northropgrumman.com/SQMVideo.
The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, collaborative/team settings across all levels.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

• Master's degree with 3 years' experience or a Bachelor's Degree with 5 years of experience or a High School Diploma/equivalent with 9 years experience in Supply Chain Management, Project Management, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering and/or similarly related industries
• 4 years' of demonstrated ability leading a team, process and/or project
• This position requires an Active DOD Secret Clearance, with investigation completed within the last 5 years, as well as ability to obtain a Program Special access within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree or Bachelor's degree
• Proficient in MS Office suite including Excel with pivot tables, PowerPoint, and MS Project for scheduling.
• SAP experience
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
• Goods Movement, Supplier Quality, Subcontracts and/or Procurement experience

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 www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.

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