Supply Chain Subcontract Specialist

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Linthicum Heights, MD +1 · Global Supply Chain Mult-Func

This role is a Supply Chain Subcontract Specialist responsible for managing subcontracts, sourcing, evaluating supplier proposals, and ensuring compliance within a defense contractor environment. It involves data analysis, supplier relationship management, and adherence to regulated industry protocols.

What you'd actually do

  1. Approaching competitive and non-competitive sourcing in request for quotations
  2. Optimizing volume pricing through bid package strategies
  3. Evaluating supplier proposals and potentially placing compliant purchase orders
  4. Extracting, monitoring, analyzing, and validating data information from multiple sources
  5. Developing engaging and collaborative relationships with suppliers and internal partners/customers to drive problem resolution

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree
  • minimum of 2 years'of experience in supply chain management, logistics, project management, and/or business management
  • Experience in MS Office suite, including Microsoft Teams
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance
  • U.S. citizenship

Nice to have

  • Experience with FAR/DFAR, including cyber security requirements (such as FAR 52.204-7012, DFARS 252.204-7012, etc.)
  • Experience with SAP
  • Experience using the Ariba SLP Portal for onboarding new NGC suppliers
  • Experience with negotiations with suppliers

What the JD emphasized

  • agile perspective of compliance protocol mandated by regulated industry
  • FAR/DFAR
  • cyber security requirements