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Start your future with a new mission: Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS). On the Mission Systems Sector team, you’ll contribute to our bottom line: providing innovative systems, products, and solutions to keep our world safe. Our employees strive to positively impact people’s lives around the world today, and for generations to come. There are opportunities to contribute to a wealth of programs including, but not limited to, advanced technologies in air, on land, undersea, in outer space, and in cyberspace. It’s unique work. It’s challenging and rewarding. But most of all, it is work that makes a difference. Join our team and launch your career. We’ll support you with training, employee resource groups, and our shared vision of global security.

Northrop Grumman Mission System (NGMS) is seeking qualified and motivated professionals for the role of Manager Supply Chain Programs 1 within the Airborne Battle Management Operating Unit (ABM) in Linthicum, MD with a hybrid opti. The identified individual will provide management support for various ABM Programs, reporting to the Supply Chain Manager for the Airborne Battle Management Operating Unit, which are part of the Airborne Multifunction Sensors (AMS) Division. The position will require the individual to lead a team responsible for the cost, schedule, and performance of suppliers for the operating unit and be responsible for all phases of the program effort from the initiation of the supplier strategy and proposal phase through negotiation/negotiation strategy, award, execution, and management of supplier activities to meet program objectives. This individual will be responsible for mission success of their supply chain responsibilities and ensure their suppliers perform to the committed schedules, terms, conditions, and contractual requirements/specifications and drawings. As the manager, the position will have employees reporting directly and indirectly to them, which entails day to day direction and oversight of the employee’s work product and individual career development needs and interaction/collaboration with Subcontracts Management, and various Program Managers. The successful candidate will hold strong leadership characteristics, excellent oral and written skills, solid negotiation skills, knowledge of terms and conditions, and an aptitude for DoD contracting and its related requirements and the ability to lead a diverse team with varying requirements and priorities in support of the business.

Responsible for activities and knowledge within multiple disciplines across the Supply Chain process. Participates in various aspects of supply chain process areas: Supply Chain-Plan, Supply Chain-Source, Supply Chain-Make, Supply Chain-Deliver as well as Supply Chain-Operations. Exhibits end-to-end supply chain competency and manages one or more Supply Chain functions (Planning, Sourcing, Small Business/Disadvantaged Programs, Supplier Quality, Warehouse & Transportation, Analytics, Compliance, Systems, etc.).

Additional responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Management of a direct staff of up to 3 professionals
• Provide guidance and training to ensure professionals are performing to or exceeding the expectation of their position.
• Demonstrate success/problem solving skills in supply chain, business management, operations, logistics, engineering or program management.
• Experience with complex agreements such as long-term agreements, teaming agreements, strategic alliances, memorandums of agreements (MOA)s, overriding Terms and Conditions, claims and settlements.
• Working knowledge of Federal and Defense contracting requirements including ITAR and FAR/DFARS
• Proficient in Earned Value Management Systems, supplier financial reporting/forecasting, contracting/subcontracting, or supplier/program/product scheduling.
• Ability to successfully manage complex supplier specifications, drawings, Statement of Work (SOW)s and supplier issue resolution.
• Strong business acumen and ability to operate in a face paced development environment that consists of leading-edge technology suppliers and non-traditional supply base.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience in supply chain, business management or other related field; 3+ years of experience in supply chain, business management or other related field with a Master’s.
• 1+ years of experience as a team lead or managing of people.
• Experience working in Global Supply Chain.
• Working knowledge of SAP and Material Requirements Planning (MRP) systems.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance. This requires US citizenship.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Currently holds an active Secret Security clearance.
• Experience working with multiple complex contracting types and agreements, including Firm Fixed Price and Cost Reimbursable, and possess knowledge relating to special payment provisions (progress of performance base payments).
• In-depth experience with proposal process, pricing instructions, terms and conditions and evaluating the adequacy of subcontractor proposals received.
• Expertise in Word and Excel
• Knowledge of SAP

Salary Range: $107,000 USD - $160,400 USD

Employees may be eligible for 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 health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.