Supply Chain Planning Specialist

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Salt Lake City, UT +1 · Global Supply Chain Mult-Func

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Supply Chain Planning Specialist with experience in supply chain management and related fields like business and financial planning, contracts administration, project management, logistics, and manufacturing. The role involves supporting program teams, financial responsibilities (EACs, forecasting, cost account management), presenting to stakeholders, planning program requirements, monitoring inventory, developing supply and demand strategies, problem-solving, risk management, supplier evaluation, prioritizing efforts, managing budgets, and acting as a prime contact on program contracts. Requires a Bachelor's degree and 2+ years of experience, or equivalent experience, and the ability to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Providing support to the program team to evaluate material and equipment requirements throughout the life of the program.
  2. Financial responsibilities including EAC’s, material sales, material sales forecasting, and cost account management (CAM) support.
  3. Ability to present to internal and external decision-makers and represent Northrop Grumman Global Supply Chain in Program Management Reviews, organization leadership briefings, customer briefings, and supplier engagement.
  4. Planning and coordinating program requirements.
  5. Monitoring and establishing material inventory.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s Degree and 2+ years of supply chain, program management and/or business management experience (or 6 years relevant experience)
  • US citizen with ability to obtain DoD Secret Clearance
  • Experienced with Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams

Nice to have

  • Bachelors in supply chain or business management
  • Experience with Earned Value Management and Forecasting
  • General understanding of Government procurement processes and regulations; FAR/DFAR
  • Project/Program Management or Supply Chain Planning experience working on Aerospace and Defense programs
  • Current DoD Secret or higher security clearance
  • Experience supporting moderately complex proposal efforts
  • Expert MS Excel capability including pivot tables, macros, and VBA scripting

What the JD emphasized

  • US citizen with ability to obtain DoD Secret Clearance
  • Current DoD Secret or higher security clearance