Production Controller - Level 1

Northrop Grumman • Oxnard, CA

2d • $36,500 - $60,800

About The Position

Northrop Grumman's Mission Enabling Products organization is seeking a Production Controller to support operations in Oxnard, California. Mission Enabling Products designs, produces, and supplies spacecraft components, including spacecraft panels, bus structures, precision optical structures, deployable structural systems and mechanisms, solar arrays, and antenna reflectors.

The Production Controller maintains material requirements and availability schedules to support manufacturing and production control, optimizes inventory storage systems, and coordinates with production, quality control, purchasing, and related departments to resolve material receipt and distribution issues. The role also supports inventory accuracy, kit integration, material flow, quality compliance, continuous improvement, project tracking, and production metrics.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience with inventory operations within an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, specifically Deltek Costpoint.
• Experience with Microsoft applications.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Experience with kitting.
• Experience liaising between manufacturing and inventorying.
• Excellent verbal and written communication ability.

Responsibilities

• Maintain schedules for material requirements and availability for manufacturing, supporting production control and inventory optimization.
• Optimize inventory storage systems.
• Coordinate with Production, Quality Control, Purchasing, Production Control, and related departments to resolve material receipt and distribution problems.
• Make decisions about part categorization, default bin size, and location.
• Research kit shortages, expedite missing kits, and carefully integrate kits.
• Research and reconcile traceability.
• Ensure inventory processes comply with quality standards and procedures.
• Participate in 5S and other continuous improvement practices.
• Manage projects using relevant software tools and track them to completion dates.
• Support organizational metric goals and objectives.
• Analyze material flow to reduce the time from request to delivery.
• Receive and transact all incoming material in the MRP system.
• Conduct cycle counts to validate quantities, revision levels, stock locations, and transfers.
• Expedite the flow of materials, parts, and assemblies within or between departments according to production and shipping schedules.
• Assist in determining potential and actual shortages and initiating corrective action; use knowledge of production, procurement, and engineering to alert appropriate authorities about potential problems and remedies.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company-paid holidays.
• Paid time off for vacation and/or personal business.
• Depending on the position, eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED