Sr Principal Supply Chain Planning Analyst

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Salt Lake City, UT +1 · Plan

Senior Principal Supply Chain Planning Analyst role at Northrop Grumman, focusing on defining and executing material strategy, leading demand/supply planning with MRP tools, optimizing inventory, and conducting make-vs-buy analysis. Requires a bachelor's or master's degree with significant experience in supply chain or related fields, and proficiency in ERP systems and MS Office. Experience in aerospace/defense and a DoD Secret clearance are preferred.

What you'd actually do

  1. Define and execute the material strategy, aligning supply resources with corporate objectives and productline priorities.
  2. Lead demandsupply planning with MRP tools; aggregate forecasts, assess purchasematerial positions, and produce roughcut capacity and production schedules.
  3. Optimize inventory across dependent and independent BOMs, adjusting supply requirements to balance service levels, working capital, and stockout risk.
  4. Conduct makevsbuy analysis and manage product phasein, phaseout, manufacturing rampup, and endoflife transitions.
  5. Partner with sourcing, operations, and finance to synchronize inventory targets, resolve nonstandard part requirements, and mitigate criticalpath procurements.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree and 8+ years or Master's degree and 6+ years of supply chain, contracts, subcontracts, procurement, logistics or other relevant experience, or 12 years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree
  • Experience with SAP or similar ERP system
  • Advanced skills in MS Office including Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint

Nice to have

  • Supply chain experience for an aerospace and/or defense company
  • Active DoD Secret clearance
  • Experience in material cost management
  • Experience with EVM

What the JD emphasized

  • The ability to obtain and maintain DoD Secret Clearance