Northrop Grumman Mission Systems has an opening for a Procurement Specialist to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals in Sunnyvale, California. This exciting role supports the Maritime/Land Systems & Sensors division, which supports the Submarine Industrial Base and performing on Northrop Grumman’s existing programs and platforms while also exploring exciting and new opportunities to shape Northrop Grumman’s portfolio of the future. The position reports to the Procurement Manager for the Marine Systems Business Unit with sites in Sunnyvale, CA and Philadelphia, PA. This position is fast-paced, with high expectations and significantly diverse assignments. This role is full-time onsite at our Sunnyvale.
Responsibilities include:
- Develop subcontract specifications, work statements, and terms and conditions for the procurement of services, specialized materials, and/or equipment
- Prepares bid packages, conducts bidders conferences, analyzes and evaluates proposals, performs price/cost, negotiates subcontract provisions, selects or recommends subcontractors, writes awards, and administers resulting subcontracts
- Ensures that appropriate documentation is provided to logistics/transportation & warehouse organization so that proper receipt is recorded
- Negotiates and coordinates additions, deletions, or modifications to subcontracts
- Participates with program functional areas to coordinate subcontract funding, invoice processing and program reviews.
- Coordinates and collaborates with key stakeholders such as contracts, engineering, quality, supplier development, planning, operations, program and end-users
- In conjunction with quality organization, evaluates and monitors supplier quality and reliability, as well as supplier ability to support required delivery schedules
- Utilizes process tools such as Lean Six Sigma with suppliers to drive quality, efficiency and continuous improvement
- Assist with the management and development with strategic/key suppliers. Reviews and approves supplier payments
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Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years of supply chain experience or a Master's degree and a minimum of 0 years of supply chain experience; or 6 years of supply chain experience maybe considered in lieu of a Bachelors degree
- United States Citizen
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with procurement policies, procedures, and regulations
- Experience with FAR/DFARS and associated Federal Contracting regulation
- Experience with Service Purchase Orders
- Experience with SAP procurement systems
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 2 years of supply chain experience (or Master's degree with 0 years, or 6 years experience in lieu of Bachelor's)
- United States Citizen
- Experience with procurement policies, procedures, and regulations
- Experience with FAR/DFARS and federal contracting regulations
- Experience with Service Purchase Orders
- Experience with SAP procurement systems
- Experience with supplier quality evaluation, reliability, and Lean Six Sigma continuous improvement
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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