MRP Production Planner and Scheduler

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 Marine Systems specializes in the development, manufacture, assembly, and testing of missile launching and handling systems, propulsion, and power generation systems for naval surface ships and submarines.

About the role

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) is looking for you to join our Marine Systems team as a Principal MRP Planner based out of Sunnyvale, CA.

Responsibilities

• Plan and analyze strategic manufacturing schedules, enterprise resource planning, and material procurement schedules based on needs of assembly demands, component replenishments, substitute parts or materials, production setups, engineering changes, and enterprise supplies to support program goals and contract deliverables.
• Support programs from their inception with requests for pricing information to their end with reconciliation efforts.
• Review make/buy product structures and machine capacity to determine if Outside Vendor (OV) sourcing is needed.
• Set up, develop, and maintain material masters, purchase requisitions, production routings, delivery documentation, and OV requirements in SAP.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with GSC, Quality, Production, and Program teams if OV issues/delays arise.
• Ensure quality conformance by reviewing parts lists, drawings, and Bill of Materials to meet configuration requirements at the end product.
• Resolve schedule, material requirement, or business system problems with cross-functional representatives, approve part or material requisitions, and initiate production and purchase change orders.
• Resolve master schedules, production problems, and negotiate lead times.
• Develop and maintain a sound manufacturing schedule of assigned programs and processes by reviewing MBOM structure, raw material requirements, semi-finished goods, assembly lead times, bottleneck resources, inventory reservations, pegging, and other relevant data elements to ensure the end product meets the program's internal schedule.
• Participate in scheduling reviews with Operations management and provide support to manufacturing program management, global supply chain, and operations scheduling teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience; Master's Degree with 3 years of relevant experience.
• Experience using advanced Microsoft Office Applications (Excel Pivot Tables, V-Lookups, and analyzing large data sets).
• Experience with capacity planning in a bottleneck-constrained environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, or a closely related area.
• APICS Certification or APICS training.
• Production planning experience in a heavy fabrication and machining environment.
• Experience in low-volume, high-mix manufacturing.
• Experience with value stream mapping and lean principles.
• Experience with data mining, Oracle, and SharePoint.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company-paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
• Annual bonuses designed to reward individual contributions and allow employees to share in company results.
• Eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay (depending on the position).
• Long-term incentives for Vice President or Director positions.

Pay

Primary Level Salary Range: $85,600.00 - $128,400.00. 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.

Relocation assistance may be available.