Sr Principal Project Management

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

## Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Senior Principal Project Management to ​join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will support work located 100% onsite in Palmdale, California.

The Aeronautics Systems Global Supply Chain (GSC) organization is committed to being a trusted, innovative, world-class supply chain that delivers value to our customers. We empower our GSC team members to be agile while maintaining a competitive posture, ensuring customer confidence and continued award placement.

• Responsibilities include:

• Define and develop material strategies to support program and production needs.

• Support the program to accomplish a variety of precise, time-sensitive monthly deliverables, metrics, and presentations

• Liaison for assigned program(s) and supply chain management function including buyers, planners, subcontract administrators, scheduling, customers and suppliers, etc.

• Assess supply chain resources; aggregate and prioritize demand requirements.

• Develop, coordinate, and execute material forecasts and delivery schedules.

• Participate in, long‑term capacity and resource planning, product phase‑in/phase‑out, manufacturing ramp‑up, end‑of‑life and product-line management.

• Lead affordability, cost‑savings, and/or process improvement initiatives.

• Prioritize and communicate impacts of current and potential material shortages.

• Collaborate with Program Management, Manufacturing, Procurement, Engineering, and Quality to resolve issues and meet manufacturing and test schedules.

• Apply technical standards, principles, theories, concepts and techniques related to Logistics disciplines to include Product Support, Maintenance/Engineering Processes and Technical Documentation use and development

• Ability to formulate strategic recommendations for interim, short-term, and long-term solutions to address immediate and anticipated supply chain challenges.

• Identify risks, issues, and opportunities promptly to maintain project momentum

• Organize action items and ensure their closure plans in a timely fashion by meeting the estimated completion date (ECD).

Basic Qualifications (Level 4):

• Must have Bachelors with 8 years of experience, Masters with 6 years of experience or PhD with 4 years of experience

• Experience must be in one or more of the following: Project Management, Program Management or Logistics

• Must have active U.S. Government Secret Clearance and ability to obtain/maintain Special Program Access within a reasonable amount of time deemed by business needs

• Experience with SAP, MRP, ERP or related software system

• Experience in Microsoft Office Suite

Preferred Qualifications (Level 4):

• Special Program Access

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills

• Experience with supplier management

• Demonstrated communication skills with the ability to present information in an organized and effective manner

• Advanced knowledge of SAP or similar ERP/MRP systems and complex data analysis

• Experience interpreting engineering drawings

• Experience supporting proposal activities (roles and responsibilities)

• Experience with SAP MES or similar manufacturing execution systems

• Material management experience

• People leadership experience and familiarity with DoD operations

Primary Level Salary Range: $117,500.00 - $176,300.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.