Procurement Analyst

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · San Diego, CA +4 · Source

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Procurement Analyst Level 2 to manage pre-award and post-award subcontract activities, including supplier evaluations, onboarding, RFP/RFQ analysis, negotiations, and contract management. The role requires coordination with internal stakeholders, ensuring compliance with public laws and regulations, and optimizing processes for efficiency and cost savings. Experience in government procurement and MRP systems is required.

What you'd actually do

  1. Manage all pre-award and post-award subcontract activities, including but not limited to onboarding suppliers, drafting RFPs and RFQs, analyzing bids and conducting negotiations, completing compliant purchase order/subcontract packages meeting FAR/DFAR requirements, managing subcontract performance and closing out subcontracts.
  2. Coordinate and collaborate with key internal stakeholders such as contracts, engineering, quality, planning, operations, programs, end-users, and others to finalize Statements of Work (SOWs), manage supplier performance, and draft various agreements like Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) and Long-Term Purchasing Agreements (LTPAs).
  3. Ensure strict compliance with public laws, company policies, import/export regulations, flow-down clauses while upholding high standards of procurement integrity and ethical business practices.
  4. Continuously refine processes to improve efficiency, reduce costs, mitigate risks, and drive program success, while implementing strategies to optimize cost savings and reduce supplier-related risks.
  5. Conduct supplier evaluations and performance monitoring to ensure quality and reliability.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Finance, or related field and 2+ years of relevant experience in Purchasing, Subcontracts or Contracts. Or in lieu of a degree, 6 years of relevant experience in Purchasing, Subcontracts, or Contracts.
  • government procurement/purchasing experience
  • Experience in an MRP system, SAP, CostPoint, or Oracle

Nice to have

  • Master’s Degree in Business or Supply Chain.
  • Experience procuring in a NPI/concurrent engineering environment.
  • Experience in forgings, extrusions, electrical or raw material commodities.
  • Experience writing price analysis and/or cost analysis.

What the JD emphasized

  • FAR/DFAR requirements
  • government procurement/purchasing experience