Supply Chain Planning Specialist – Senior Principal – Level 4

Supply Chain Planning Specialist – Senior Principal – Level 4

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 8 years (master’s with 6 years) of relevant supply chain, contracts, and/or supplier performance experience. Or in lieu of a degree, 12 years of relevant supply chain, contracts, and/or supplier performance experience.
• Ability to travel at least 25% of time

Responsibilities

• Supplier Performance Management to ensure the supplier provides a quality product, delivers on time to the contractual need date, and tracks delivery of hardware from award through green tag. This position does not have a Delegation of Procurement Authority. All contractual directions must be handled by the designated Subcontract Administrator.
• Supplier Meetings: Will coordinate, attend, and lead all Supplier Meetings as it relates to non-contractual direction.
• Facilitate the MRB/FRB activities with Suppliers. If a supplier is late on delivery, will work with supplier to develop a recovery plan.
• Program Status: Responsible for providing weekly program status based on supplier’s components, including attending internal program status meetings. Subcontract Data Requirement List (SDRL) Management includes tracking of due SDRLs from suppliers, receipt, disposition and communication of disposition with supplier.
• Reviews Supplier’s Statement of Work (SOW) Development and Identification of alternative sources. SPS will have a knowledge of the market space for a given product line, including supplier fact finding trips and supplier capabilities assessment.
• Supplier Scorecards: Responsible for providing quarterly supplier scorecards to suppliers, including discussions/mitigation plan for any late deliveries.
• Coordinates with internal technical team to resolve supplier issues. Coordinates with Subcontract Administrator for any negotiations and/or contractual modifications. Key Performance Indicators: Responsible for Supplier On Time Delivery (OTD) metric.
• Conducting onsite visits to Northrop Grumman supplier sites based on business needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Aerospace experience
• Experience with Key Performance Indicators
• Experience with Supplier Scorecards