Staff ERP Material Requirements Planning (MRP) BPL

Northrop Grumman•Roy, UT

1d•$139,000 - $208,600•Hybrid

About The Position

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. The Defense Systems (DS) Chief Information and Digital Office (CIDO) is seeking a qualified Staff ERP Material Requirements Planning (MRP) BPL to perform Global Supply Chain (GSC) ERP support. The successful candidate will support the function across the Defense Sector, and will deliver Level 2/BPL support for Defense Sector programs and sites using or migrating to SAP S/4 Hana.

Requirements

Minimum education and experience: 12 years of relevant experience with BS, or 10 years of relevant experience with Masters; or 8 years of relevant experience with PhD; 18 total years of relevant work experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree, where appropriate.
Must have experience in Material Requirements Planning processes.
Understanding of SAP modules and functionalities, including BOMs, Routings, shop floor routing functionalities, production models and change management processes.
General knowledge in troubleshooting tools and techniques for diagnosing hardware, software, and configuration and integration issues.
Knowledge of systems architecture, integration, and SAP support methodologies and how S/4 integrates with other modules and external systems.
Ability to conduct thorough testing of ERP functionalities and create documentation for configurations, processes, and user manuals.
Experience with system updates, configurations, and basic system troubleshooting.
Eligibility for a Secret level clearance and ability to obtain that clearance within a reasonable amount of time following hire.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience in SAP support and operations
Direct experience with SAP support tools and methodologies
Direct experience with change management methodologies
A background in manufacturing, supply chain, or operations for understanding the Defense Systems business context issues

Responsibilities

100% full-time assignment to the on-going care and feeding, adoption and continuation of process standardization for the assigned functional and business areas.
Transform the business and enable organic and inorganic growth through process simplification and ERP rollouts, across P&L and business view.
Serve as subject matter expert for designing and driving common processes globally; design a global template for business processes and maintain its integrity as the gatekeeper.
Effectively engage subject matter experts from the business function and translate their needs into high impact solutions for the business and its customers.
Train and assist site leads on processes, SAP transactions, and key implementation activities (site CRP, standard process adoption, cutover strategies, training, and other go live activities).
Continually partner with site functional leaders to identify change management processes based on the impact of a global process; influence and guide sites to adopt the new process while preserving the template.
Assist sites with UAT; own test scripts, ensure readiness quality, and coach sites during UAT execution.
Lead end user training in collaboration with site functional leads.
Provide direction to site teams on master data cleansing and cutover based on common processes and own the mapping of operational end user roles and responsibilities driven by the global process.
Manage SOX deliverables for the function and work with the global STAT leader to ensure compliant solutions.
Proactively manage issues and resolve project risks.
Analyze, develop strategies, and manage ERP changes resulting from acquisitions, legal entity restructuring, and rooftop consolidations.
Incident management, change management, system monitoring & health checks, new request support, patch & regression testing, user training and documentation in the defined process area.