Sentinel Strategic Sourcing & Dcma Integration Manager 3 - 15927-1

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Roy, UT +1 · Systems/Architecture/Test

Manager for Strategic Sourcing & Compliance team supporting the Sentinel Program, focusing on supplier synchronization with Prime Sentinel contract requirements, specialty compliance, and technical content management. Requires strong systems engineering principles and experience with EVMS and supplier management.

What you'd actually do

  1. Oversight, direction, and mentorship of SS&C team
  2. Ensure the timely and complete flow down of all Statement of Work (SOW) requirements to a complex and geographically dispersed supply base
  3. Navigate the large set of specialty compliance requirements on contract to make sure applicable requirements and standards flow to our suppliers
  4. Engage with our Global Supply Chain (GSC) team to align the Subcontract Management Teams (SMTs) with the supplier compliance vision
  5. Own the technical content creation with responsibility to meet cost, schedule and technical requirements

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s of Science in a STEM field and at least 8 years of related systems engineering experience or Master's degree and 6 years of related experience
  • US Citizen with an active DoD Top Secret Clearance with an investigation date within the last 6 years
  • Able to be successfully screened for Enhanced Security Clearances
  • 3 year experience performing Earned Value Management System (EVMS)
  • Supplier management experience to include contract, cost, and schedule management
  • Experience managing and developing technical requirements for suppliers

Nice to have

  • Experience in effective communication to clearly present technical approaches and findings to the ELT and Sentinel customer
  • Risk and Opportunity Management experience (identification and development of risks) and driving risk mitigations to closure
  • Communicate complex technical issues and solutions to SSC team members and management
  • Experience communicating with the Functional Homeroom (FHR) to establish standardized Sentinel processes
  • Self-starter compelled to take action in the workplace without requiring prompting from supervisors
  • Supplier negotiation experience (requirement applicability, cost, schedule)

What the JD emphasized

  • complex technical issues
  • Systems Engineering principles
  • specialty engineering
  • Nuclear Surety
  • Cyber
  • Safety
  • Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3)
  • Nuclear Hardness & Survivability
  • program planning
  • technical content creation
  • cost, schedule and technical requirements
  • technical tasking
  • technical activities
  • Executive Leadership Team (ELT)
  • customers
  • technical approaches
  • Systems Engineering Team (SET)
  • government partners
  • technical skills
  • time management skills
  • organizational skills
  • team leader
  • communicate clearly
  • technical approaches and findings
  • Risk and Opportunity Management
  • risk mitigations
  • complex technical issues and solutions
  • Functional Homeroom (FHR)
  • standardized Sentinel processes
  • Supplier negotiation experience