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, you rsquo;ll 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 is currently hiring for Supply Chain Planning Specialist to join our Tactical Space Division rsquo;s Global Supply Chain team. This position is located in Dulles, VA.

Job Duties:

bull; Define and develop material strategy.
bull; 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.
bull; Participate 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.
bull; Analyze and aggregate supply / demand requirements.
bull; Analyze purchase material supply/demand position using Material Requirements Planning (MRP) tools.
bull; Plan inventory levels based on dependent and independent Bill-of-Materials (BOM) requirements.
bull; Assesse rough-cut capacity for current and short-term manufacturing requirements.
bull; Create/reduce supply requirements based on inventory adjustments.
bull; Participate 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.
bull; Interface with Source process area regarding inventory levels, working capital and other areas as needed.
bull; Receive and review requirements for non-standard parts. Analyzes lead times and identifies critical path procurements.

This position may be filled at a level 2 or 3 depending on the qualificaitons listed below.

Qualification

Basic Qualifications for a Level 2:
bull; A bachelor 39;s degree from an accredited university and 3 or more years of supply chain, planning, or closely related experience; OR a master 39;s degree and 1 or more years of supply chain, planning, or closely related experience; 4 additional years of supply chain experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
bull; Experience with Costpoint or similar ERP system
bull; MS Office including Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint

Basic Qualifications for a Level 3:
bull; A bachelor 39;s degree from an accredited university and 6 or more years of supply chain, planning, or closely related experience; OR a master 39;s degree and 4 or more years of supply chain, planning, or closely related experience; 4 additional years of supply chain experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
bull; Experience with Costpoint or similar ERP system
bull; MS Office including Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint

Preferred Qualifications:
bull; Supply chain experience for an aerospace and/or defense company.