Sr Principal Supply Chain Planning Specialist

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In summary, this role is a material/supplier focused Program Manager with responsibilities ranging from material budgets to supplier management. A person working this role will be expected to manage supply chain activities from development to production while also tracking and forecasting material and labor budgets. This includes regular forecasting on program material expenditure, labor and overall schedule performance using Earned Value Management. As a Supply Chain Planner, you are in charge of working/managing cross-functional teams to ensure suppliers execute in alignment with program schedule, engineering requirements and your material budget.
Northrop Grumman Marine Systems is seeking a Supply Chain Program Planner to join our team in support of our Columbia Propulsion programs.
This is a Band 4 position, and will be located in Sunnyvale, CA (opportunity for hybrid schedule).
Roles And Responsibilities
Ensuring consistent Material Finance reporting on program material.

Responsible for working with other planners, engineers, and program representatives to forecast material costs.

Responsible for creating a material baseline and working with Business Management to meet monthly Earned Value requirements, variance reporting, and root cause and corrective actions.

Responsible for providing Monthly Current Material Estimates at completions (CME's).

Analyzes and aggregates supply/demand requirements.

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.

Participates 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.

Analyzes purchase material supply/demand position using Material Requirements Planning (MRP) tools.

Plans inventory levels based on dependent and independent Bill-of-Materials (BOM) requirements.

Creates/reduces supply requirements based on inventory adjustments.

Participates 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.

Communicate with suppliers for lead times, and delivery times. Actively resolves and communicates and works to resolve issues.

Receives/reviews requirements for non-standard parts.

Analyzes lead times and identifies critical path procurements.

Responsible for forecasting material receipt.

Basic qualifications:
Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of supply chain and/or business management or closely related OR a master's degree and 8+ years of supply chain and/or business management or closely related.

U.S. Citizenship is required.

Proficient in the use of MS Office Suite with expertise in MS Excel. Proficient in the use of SAP.

Demonstrate success in managing complex problems related to program execution.

Preferred Qualifications:
The ability to obtain a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Clearance is preferred.

Financial background.

Program Management Team experience.

Experience with Earned Value Management, Return To Greens, Forecasting and Variance Analysis.

Salary Range: $109,900 - $164,900
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit ***/EEO . U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.
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