Principal Supply Chain Planning Specialist

Expand your horizons, advance your career, and contribute to a secure future for generations. Northrop Grumman's Space Sector invites you to bring your pioneering spirit to our inclusive team. As a Principal Supply Chain Planning Specialist Level 3, located in Linthicum, MD, you'll be a linchpin in missions of paramount importance, defining the art of the possible from day one. 

In this job, you will: 

• Ensure consistent Material Finance reporting on program material

• Responsible for working with Program Management, Manufacturing and Engineering to load requirements into MRP to meet manufacturing and testing schedules per the integrated Master Schedule

• Responsible for working with other planners, engineers and program representatives to forecast material costs

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

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

• Forecast monthly material receipts to be input into COGNOS for financial planning

• Analyzes and aggregates supply/demand requirements to meet program needs

• 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

• Analyzes and aggregates supply/demand requirements across programs in the Operating Unit

• 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 and anticipated attrition levels

• Communicate with suppliers for lead times, current status and delivery times. Actively communicates and works to resolve issues and maintain program awareness of current status

• Analyzes lead times and identifies critical path procurements 

If this job description reads like it was written specifically for you, consider joining our team! 

Basic Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 3+ years of professional experience 

• Will consider an additional 4+ years of experience in lieu of degree 

• Procurement or planning experience

• Ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance

• Microsoft Skills 

 Preferred Qualifications: 

• Proficient in using MRP systems for material and finance data analysis

• Experience with forecasting material receipts and sales dollars into COGNOS

• Experience with Government Programs and FAR/DFAR flow downs

• Experience managing suppliers through the following: cost/schedule/quality

• Experience managing programs with earned Value (EV)

• Experience with cost accounting management (CAM)

• Currently have an active DoD security clearance

https://www.northropgrumman.com/space 

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