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Northrop Grumman

Builds stealth bombers, missiles, and satellites

Supplier Management Team Lead - Supplier Management Team

Program ManagementPosted on Nov 10
Full-timeRoy, UT, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree with at least 8 years of related experience, a master's degree with 6 years of experience, or an additional 4 years of related experience in lieu of a degree.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen with an active Department of Defense Secret clearance.
  • At least 1 year of experience supporting U.S. Government contracts and/or large supplier management portfolios in other industries.
  • Experience with Microsoft Project or an equivalent tool.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
  • Experience with program execution for cost and compliance.
  • Experience managing functional teams and leading projects, budgets, schedules, quality, and technical performance.

Responsibilities

  • Direct all phases of assigned supplier-management program scope from inception through completion.
  • Maintain accountability for cost, schedule, and technical performance across assigned control accounts and supplier scope.
  • Establish milestones and direct execution against program baselines, master plans, integrated schedules, and contractual commitments.
  • Identify program-level problems and implement solutions through resource allocation, recovery planning, supplier action, process improvement, or recommended contractual changes.
  • Direct and integrate the work of employees assigned to the program across technical, manufacturing, supply chain, business management, and administrative functions.
  • Lead Supplier Management Team priorities, task execution, performance reviews, and issue resolution.
  • Serve as a primary interface for assigned supplier-management program activities and lead reviews addressing cost, schedule, technical performance, risks, and corrective actions.
  • Participate in supplier and customer negotiations involving contracts, contract changes, scope, schedule, and financial terms and conditions.
  • Coordinate preparation of proposals, business plans, statements of work, specifications, operating budgets, estimates, and contractual terms.
  • Lead Request for Proposal development, proposal evaluations, negotiations, and contract definitization activities.
  • Manage program forecasting, Estimate at Completion development, baseline control, Earned Value Management, and financial and performance reporting.
  • Lead risk and opportunity identification, assessment, mitigation, and review-board activities.
  • Evaluate proposed technical and contractual changes and determine impacts to program cost, schedule, performance, quality, and risk.
  • Coordinate supplier execution with program design, development, integration, test, and production requirements.
  • Manage performance against applicable award-fee and incentive-fee objectives.
  • Review supplier performance and invoices for alignment with contractual requirements, authorized scope, and reported progress.
  • Lead audit readiness, compliance reviews, surveillance activities, and corrective actions.
  • Direct and develop assigned Program Cost and Schedule Analysts.
  • Support new-business development and product-line growth through proposal strategy, supplier planning, and customer-focused solutions.
  • Provide program assessments, recommendations, and decision-quality information to program, division, and sector leadership.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience developing Integrated Master Schedules.
  • Extensive knowledge of Earned Value Management Systems and compliance.
  • Working knowledge of Earned Value Management Systems software such as MPM or Cobra, Microsoft Office Suite, accounting principles, and SSI tools.
  • Experience interfacing with customers or government audit agencies such as the Defense Contract Management Agency and the Defense Contract Audit Agency, as well as Internal Audit.
  • Customer focus, proven leadership skills, and excellent communication skills.

About the Company

Northrop Grumman

Builds stealth bombers, missiles, and satellites

Northrop Grumman builds military aircraft, missiles, rocket motors, satellites, and electronic systems, mostly for the American military and allied governments. It designed the B-2 stealth bomber and built NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the largest telescope ever sent to space. The company works through four businesses: aircraft, missiles and ammunition, radar and communications systems, and space hardware such as satellites and solid rocket boosters. Most revenue comes from long-term government contracts, many of them classified. Its roots go back to Northrop Aircraft, founded in 1939, and it took its name after buying Grumman in 1994 and is based in Falls Church, Virginia.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Falls Church, VA
Founded
1939

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