Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal Supply Chain Planning Specialist who is experienced in export operations and is a motivated self-starter to support the Advanced & Strategic Global Supply Chain Team. This position is full-time remote.
Here are some of the duties and responsibilities:
- Conduct individual, in-depth export transaction reviews of company export shipping orders to ensure that all U.S. government compliance and company requirements and processes are followed.
- Become a subject matter expert in export shipment request workflow requirements within the enterprise Web-based trade compliance management system.
- Provide guidance and support to programs and other internal stakeholder organizations on logistics fulfillment requirements for multiple transaction types, including production sales, returns-for-repair, material-to-vendor, tangible software/data/publications, hand-carries, trade show exhibitions, etc. to a wide variety of international destinations.
- Assist internal shipping operations personnel in export shipping order planning and booking via all transport modes with NG and customer-appointed external logistics service providers, including freight forwarders, customs brokers, and express couriers, with trade compliance and fiscal responsibility in support of on-time performance of company international business requirements.
- Maintain knowledge of ITAR-22CFR, EAR-15CFR, and FTR-15CFR export compliance controls for application to company export transactions.
- Monitor complete and accurate transmission to the AES/ACE reporting tool of all internally generated Electronic Export Information (EEI) data sets for company export transactions.
- Assist internal shipping personnel and logistics service providers in generating all necessary export transaction transit documentation, including customs invoices, packing lists, origin declarations, waybills, and bills-of-lading for company export transactions while in compliance to government and company requirements.
- Support company transportation expense budgets via transportation service provider and service-level selections to meet company delivery schedule requirements with trade compliance at the lowest cost.
- Monitor and track export shipments to delivery completion in accordance with the associated U.S. government export authorization and the company’s contractual delivery requirements.
- Monitor accurate reporting of decrements to State and Commerce Department export licenses via internal tools.
- Maintain complete and accurate export shipment records in accordance with all internal recordkeeping requirements, terms & conditions, and government regulations governing trade compliance.
- Assist internal trade compliance assessments and audits, as needed, with management and complete all assigned actions.
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Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree and minimum of 5 years of experience in supply chain transportation and/or commercial freight forwarding operations and/or related field OR Master's degree and minimum of 3 years of experience in supply chain transportation and/or commercial freight forwarding operations.
- Experience in U.S. export operations requirements, including international air, sea, and surface transport and logistics
- US Citizenship
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience of ITAR, EAR and FTR regulations, and management of use of DOS and DOC licenses and license exemptions/exceptions to support exports.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree and minimum of 5 years experience in supply chain transportation and/or commercial freight forwarding operations
- Master's degree and minimum of 3 years experience in supply chain transportation and/or commercial freight forwarding operations
- Experience in U.S. export operations requirements, including international air, sea, and surface transport and logistics
- U.S. Citizenship
- Experience with ITAR, EAR, and FTR regulations and management of DOS and DOC licenses and exemptions/exceptions to support exports
Northrop Grumman Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Northrop Grumman and has not been reviewed or approved by Northrop Grumman.
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Retirement Support — 401(k) matching is considered strong, with additional defined-benefit coverage for certain cohorts and options like catch-up contributions. Retirement programs are repeatedly highlighted as a core strength of the total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO, company-paid holidays, and compressed work schedules (such as 9/80) provide meaningful time away and flexibility. These scheduling options are cited as a major quality-of-life benefit across many locations.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave alongside caregiver leave, adoption assistance, and back-up care supports a range of family needs. These programs have been expanded recently, signaling continued investment in family support.
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