Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is currently hiring a Associate Supply Chain Planning Specialist/Supply Chain Planning Specialist to join our team of qualified, diverse, individuals in the GSC Demand Planning organization. This position will be located onsite in Dayton, OH.
As an employee of Northrop Grumman, you always act with integrity, and the highest ethical standards characterize everything you do. You enable your team to achieve predictable and balanced results, while satisfying the needs of internal and external partners. You treat all people with respect. You know how to support an inclusive environment. You develop trusted and valued customer relationships and communicate effectively, so that people throughout the organization feel engaged and connected to their work. You deliver excellence, strive for continuous improvement and respond vigorously to change.
We offer flexible work arrangements, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do.
The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative/team settings across all levels.
Job Responsibilities:
- Long term capacity and resource planning.
- Aggregates and prioritizes demand requirements.
- Analyzes purchase material supply/demand position using Material Requirements Planning (MRP) tools.
- Creates/reduces supply requirements based on inventory adjustments.
- Participates in long-term capacity and resource planning to ensure proper scheduling.
- Plans inventory levels based on dependent and independent Bill-of-Materials (BOM) requirements.
- Ensure vertical and horizontal integration of Global Supply Chain Schedules through strategic planning and execution.
- Provide early visibility into purchase requisition requirements release constraints and material excess review.
- Integrate metrics requirements for the Demand Planning Team.
- Communicate program schedule deviations and ensure all impacts are coordinated with internal/external customers prior to implementation and execution.
- Work on a team of individuals in a dynamic, fast-paced Program environment with responsibilities including rapid requirements execution, scrap/spare/replacement planning and serve as a GSC liaison to the Program Operations and GSC Execution IPTs.
This position may be filled as a Level 1 or Level 2 based on the qualifications outlined below.
Basic Qualifications Associate Supply Chain Planning Specialist:
- A Bachelor’s degree; OR in lieu of degree a High School Diploma with 4 years experience in supply chain and/or material planning in a manufacturing or aerospace environment .
- MS Office tools (Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint)
- Must have previous experience in Supply Chain
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret level clearance is required to apply and to start the role, with the ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the Company to meet its business needs
Basic Qualifications Supply Chain Planning Specialist:
- A Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of experience in supply chain and/or material planning in a manufacturing or aerospace environment; A Master’s degree with 0 years of experience supply chain and/or material planning in a manufacturing or aerospace environment; OR in lieu of degree a High School Diploma with 6 years experience in supply chain and/or material planning in a manufacturing or aerospace environment .
- MS Office tools (Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint)
- Must have previous experience in Supply Chain
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S Government Secret level clearance is required to apply and to start the role, with the ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the Company to meet its business needs
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Bills of Materials
- Experience in SAP
- Experience with Advanced Planning and Material Requirements Planning
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree, or a high school diploma with 4 years of supply chain or material planning experience in a manufacturing or aerospace environment, for the Associate level
- Bachelor's degree with 2 years of supply chain or material planning experience, or a master's degree with 0 years of relevant experience, or a high school diploma with 6 years of relevant experience, for the Specialist level
- Previous experience in supply chain
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret clearance and Special Program Access
- Experience with Bills of Materials
- Experience with SAP
- Experience with Advanced Planning and Material Requirements Planning
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