Continuous Improvement Manager 3
Posted on: 12 Jan 2021
Huntsville, AL
Job Description
Description
Embark on a career putting innovative, reliable, and agile products and ideas into orbit, and beyond. Northrop Grumman has opportunities waiting for you that play a vital role in human space exploration, national defense, and scientific discovery, supporting multiple programs across the universe. With us, youll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you Defining Possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today.
Northrop Grumman Space Systems, Missile Defense Solutions Business Unit has an opening for a Continuous Improvement Manager 3 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position may be located in either Huntsville, Alabama or Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The Continuous Improvement Manager will:
Provide Process and Program Excellence capabilities across the business unit and in coordination with efforts across the Launch and Missile Defense Systems Division and Northrop Grumman Space Sector.
Commit to promotion and expertise in the core areas of process development, continuous improvement, and predictive analytics.
Manage a healthy pipeline of integrated, multi-disciplined continuous improvement projects, tools and solutions. Identify and prioritize process improvement projects to support the sectors strategic direction
Provide necessary training, coaching and consultation to team subject matter experts, spreading the base of Six Sigma problem solving tools and Lean Principles and their application in project implementations
Assist in the creation of metrics, reporting and improvement targets for projects
'Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree and 10 years of experience in one of the following areas: Quality, Mission Assurance, Program Management, or Systems Engineering.
Experience across multiple programs, contract types and/or customer sets
Hands on demonstrated experience with forward thinking, continuous improvement programs including employment of lean and / or Six Sigma methodologies
Experience leading and influencing junior team members, peers and senior leaders on CI projects.
Excellent communication skills including experience developing and delivering presentations to various levels within an organization to create buy-in
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance. US Citizenship required.
Preferred Qualifications:
Excellent business acumen and experience developing business cases, demonstrated successful Project Management experience
Six Sigma Master Black-Belt
Current Secret Clearance
Northrop Grumman
Falls Church, VA
Northrop Grumman Corporation, a security company, provides products in the areas of autonomous systems, cyber, space, strikes, and logistics and modernizations in the United States, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Aerospace Systems, Innovation Systems, Mission Systems, and Technology Services. The Aerospace Systems segment designs, develops, integrates, and produces manned aircrafts, autonomous systems, spacecraft systems, high-energy laser systems, microelectronics, and other systems and sub-systems for use in the areas of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, strike operations, communications, earth observations, and space science.
The Innovation Systems segment designs, develops, integrates, and produces flights, armaments, and space systems. It offers launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; missile products and defense electronics; precision weapons, armament systems, and ammunitions; satellites and associated space components and services; and advanced aerospace structures. The Mission Systems segment offers products and services that include C4ISR systems; radar, electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR), and acoustic sensors; electronic warfare systems; cyber solutions; space systems; intelligence processing systems; air and missile defense integration systems; navigation systems; and shipboard missiles and encapsulated payload launch systems.
The Technology Services segment provides logistic solutions that supports the full life cycle of platforms and systems. Its products and services include software and system sustainment; modernization of platform and associated subsystems; advanced training solutions; and integrated logistics support. Northrop Grumman Corporation was founded in 1939 and is based in Falls Church, Virginia.
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IndustryAerospace and Defense
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No. of Employees85,000
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Jobs Posted6018
