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Northrop Grumman

Builds stealth bombers, missiles, and satellites

Manager Supplier Quality 2

Quality EngineeringPosted on Nov 12
Full-timeLinthicum Heights, MD, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor's degree and at least 8 years of relevant work experience in quality, program management, supply chain, engineering, or manufacturing, or a Master's degree and at least 6 years of relevant work experience in those disciplines.
  • At least 3 years of experience leading teams and/or projects.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.
  • U.S. citizenship is required.
  • Experience with ISO 9001 / AS9100 Quality Management System certification process is preferred.
  • Previous operations and quality background is preferred.
  • Previous earned value management experience is preferred.
  • Certified Six Sigma Green Belt, Black Belt, or Master Black Belt is preferred.
  • ASQ Certified Manager of Quality / Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE), Quality Engineer (CQE), and/or Quality Auditor (CQA) is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with the supply chain organization to develop and maintain strategic quality initiatives for the supply base to improve quality outcomes.
  • Coordinate and collaborate with programs to ensure the supplier quality team is engaged with each program.
  • Solve problems and investigate failures to drive process control and first-time quality.
  • Communicate decisions and recommendations clearly and in a timely manner to stakeholders.
  • Manage supplier quality risk by implementing a proactive supplier performance management strategy.
  • Establish working relationships with stakeholders across programs and functional organizations.
  • Keep management, including executive leadership, informed about supplier performance, quality status, and risks.
  • Engage in supplier evaluation, qualification, and selection as part of the Business Acquisition Process (BAP) and for new procurements on existing programs.
  • Manage supplier quality processes, including supplier approval activities, source selection evaluations, supplier classification designations, supplier quality risk assessments and mitigation plans, and development and flow-down of supplier quality requirements.
  • Mentor, train, and coach supplier quality engineers; maintain active training plans that support development and succession planning.
  • Provide manpower forecast plans for the team and conduct basis of estimate (BoE) for Supplier Performance Management (SPM) activities in support of new program proposals.
  • Monitor budget and spending to drive affordability.
  • Foster a collaborative culture focused on engagement, problem solving, and continuous improvement.
  • Provide clear assignments and help team members understand how their work contributes to broader objectives.
  • Serve as a strong advocate for quality and role model Northrop Grumman values.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with ISO 9001 / AS9100 Quality Management System certification process.
  • Previous operations and quality background.
  • Previous earned value management experience.
  • Certified Six Sigma Green Belt, Black Belt, or Master Black Belt.
  • ASQ Certified Manager of Quality / Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE), Quality Engineer (CQE), and/or Quality Auditor (CQA).

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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