Associate Supply Chain Procurement Specialist
Posted on: 7 Mar 2021
Huntsville, AL
Job Description
Description
Discover careers that change the world and further advancements in defense, technology, and engineering today at Northrop Grumman. Use your experience to grow your career and support our global customers with the technology, systems, and solutions they need to enable their missions on the front lines and secure our world every day. With Northrop Grumman, you will discover a culture built on diversity, respect, and above all teamwork. Together with our group of experts across the technical spectrum, you will discover opportunities to make a difference in our world and start solving some of the worlds most critical problems in the most innovative ways.
Northrop Grumman is currently seeking an Associate Supply Chain Procurement Specialist to join our team of diverse professionals in Huntsville, Alabama. The selected candidate will become a part of our Northrop Grumman SEMA team.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Sources and procures goods and services of a commodity nature from many suppliers
Initiates Requests for Quotations and Proposals and receives same, analyzing proposed pricing from potential suppliers
Executes and Manages performance of purchase orders, ensures compliance with all public law requirements as well as company policies and procedures including import/export regulations
In conjunction with quality organization, evaluates and monitors supplier quality and reliability, as well as supplier ability to support required delivery schedules
Works with internal customers to ensure specifications are appropriate for the services or products required. Identifies opportunities to reduce cost, improve efficiency and manage risk through targeted negotiations.
Employs sound business practices and assesses supplier performance as part of follow-up activities
Ensures that appropriate documentation is provided to logistics/transportation amp; warehouse organization so that proper receipt is recorded
Reviews and approves supplier payment as needed.
Utilizes process tools such as Lean Six Sigma with suppliers to drive quality, efficiency and continuous improvement
Qualification
Basic Qualifications:
To be considered for this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below:
Bachelors and at least 1 year experience in procurement experience. In lieu of formal degree, High School Diploma or
equivalent (GED) and at least 4 years of procurement experience
Microsoft Office proficiency
Must be able to obtain a Secret Clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
Candidates with these desired skills will be given preferential consideration:
Active Secret Clearance or higher
Bachelors and at least 1 year experience in procurement experience
Experience with SAP
Knowledge of FAR amp; DFAR supplements
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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