Principal Material Planning Control Analyst

About the role

Northrop Grumman is seeking a dynamic, energetic individual for the position of Material Planning Control Analyst Level 3 to join our growing team of diverse professionals in the IBCS International Business Area.

Responsibilities

• Analyze material requirements, shortages, excess, and supply risks, and take appropriate action to support on-time execution.
• Cook up with procurement, warehouse, receiving, quality, engineering, manufacturing, and program teams to resolve material and schedule issues.
• Maintain accurate system data to support planning, auditability, and reporting requirements.
• Support material status reviews, shortage meetings, production readiness reviews, and program execution meetings.
• Develop reports, metrics, and analysis related to shortages, aging requirements, inventory, and schedule performance.
• Represent the organization as a key point of contact on material planning matters requiring coordination across multiple functions.
• Provide material management and analysis support of complex programs.
• Cook up with development of material requirements among multiple Control Account Managers (CAMs) and programs.
• Review program integrated Bills of Materials, support definition and validation of program material requirements, and support material/production planning to enable the efficient approval of purchase requisitions.
• Interact with Program Engineering, Manufacturing Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing MRP Analysts, Program Management, and other departments to provide accurate material requirements status.
• Use MRP analysis tools to perform material resource planning based on demand generated resource requirements, current stock, production need dates, vendor lead and material processing time to ensure timely material or service availability to support production operations.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of Bills of Materials, structures, and dependencies within a manufacturing environment.
• Skills and ability to prepare and present data, charts, and status necessary to highlight potential constraints to meeting schedule including material, supplier, or work center concerns.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of related experience in material planning, production control, supply chain, manufacturing operations, or a related field; or a Master’s degree with 3 years of related experience; or an additional 4 years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• Working experience with Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) and Cost Account Management monthly reporting.
• Experience in material requirements planning, production planning, inventory control, or supply chain operations in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience using MRP/ERP systems to manage material demand, supply, and planning actions.
• Proficiency with SAP or Similar Material Resource Planning tool.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite; Excel, Word, PowerPoint (i.e. working with pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and conditional formatting).

Benefits

Basic Qualifications:

• US Citizen Ability to obtain and maintain a government clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional Certifications in Earned Value Management or Project Management a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply chain management, Business, Engineering, Operations Management, or a related discipline.
• Experience in finance, procurement, logistics, purchasing, subcontracting, supply chain management and production.
• Experience in the following disciplines include and are not limited to Finance, Procurement, Logistics, Purchasing, Subcontracting, Supply Chain Management and Production.
• Active government Secret Security clearance.
• Experience with SAP, SAP S/4HANA, or similar enterprise planning systems.

Pay

Primary Level Salary Range: $81,800.00 - $122,600.00

Schedule

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time