Supplier Quality Director 1

Northrop Grumman•Clearfield, CA

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. Northrop Grumman’s Aeronautics sector is hiring a Supplier Quality Director 1 to join our team within the Mission Assurance (MA) Organization. This position will report to the Quality Engineering Functional Homeroom Director but the responsibility of this role will span all Supplier Quality responsibility across the NGAS. This leadership opportunity will be located at a major NGAS sites: Palmdale, CA, San Diego, CA, El Segundo, CA, Melbourne, FL, St Augustine, FL, and Clearfield, UT. What You Will Get To Do: As a key leader of the Supplier Quality team, you collaborate closely with multiple sites’ Mission Assurance and Global Supply Chain (GSC) leaders to provide strategic thought leadership and preventive solutions to ensure the quality of procured material and services. Qualified candidates will have demonstrated success leading broad organizations within cost and schedule while achieving customer expectations and focusing on organizational and team success. The position requires a solution-based data-driven orientation, unwavering ethics and values, and the demonstrated ability to be a trusted partner. The ideal candidate will have experience in at least two of the following: Program, Mission Assurance, Manufacturing, Global Supply Chain, Operations, Business Management, or Engineering. The selected candidate will be responsible for the following: Oversee supplier quality management collaborating closely with multiple sites’ Quality & Mission Assurance and Global Supply Chain (GSC) leaders to provide strategic thought leadership and preventive solutions to ensure the quality of procured material and services. Drives CONOPS of all supplier quality related meetings and actions relative to supplier flown requirements and overall Supplier Quality Compliance Support and oversight of NGAS Global Supply chain efforts focused on Supplier Flow down Requirements Drive standardization of Supplier Quality tools and process across all NGAS sites Identify gaps and inefficiency and develop a execution plan to correct Work with program supplier quality team to ensure adequate funding is identified for Supplier Quality risk mitigation and product validation activities; monitor Supplier Quality team activities to ensure consistency with spend plan. Promote the professional development of the Supplier Quality team and foster a collaborative culture that sustains the momentum around employee engagement and inclusion, affordability, innovation, value growth and continuous improvement. Provide clear assignments, help employees connect their efforts to the bigger picture, create an inclusive work environment characterized by mutual respect and the valuing of differences, and build a culture that motivates employees to their highest levels of performance This position will have a standard work schedule of 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of related experience, OR a Master’s degree and 8 years of related experience
A minimum of 5 years of management experience as a leader
5 years of experience with Supplier Quality Processes.
5 years of experience building relationships with suppliers and internal teams.
Strong project/program management skills, with a proven ability to manage quickly shifting priorities, requirements and overlapping deadlines
Exceptional communication and presentation skills that demonstrate an ability to comprehend and explain objectives, initiatives and complex program management competencies to a broad range of audiences
Experience working with engineering, manufacturing, and program management
Rigorous knowledge of metrics, performance tracking, and data integrity
Experience with Quality Management Systems and identifying critical quality metrics.
Experience in leading independent assessments, Supplier quality assessments/audits, and program gate reviews as it pertains to Supplier related activities.
Other applicable experiences in disciplines such as mission assurance, quality, program management, engineering, and/or manufacturing.
Active DoD Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain Special Program Access

Nice To Haves

Ability to develop strategic plans and transition to strategy deployment
Experience with specifications / standards including AS9100, AS5553, DFARs 252.246-7007, and related Material Authenticity requirements.
SAP and SAMS related experience.
Experience with GIDEP/Sentinel monitoring.
Demonstrated understanding of program/product lifecycles at various stages (capture, proposal, design, program of record, and supply chain management).

Responsibilities

Oversee supplier quality management collaborating closely with multiple sites’ Quality & Mission Assurance and Global Supply Chain (GSC) leaders to provide strategic thought leadership and preventive solutions to ensure the quality of procured material and services.
Drives CONOPS of all supplier quality related meetings and actions relative to supplier flown requirements and overall Supplier Quality Compliance
Support and oversight of NGAS Global Supply chain efforts focused on Supplier Flow down Requirements
Drive standardization of Supplier Quality tools and process across all NGAS sites
Identify gaps and inefficiency and develop a execution plan to correct
Work with program supplier quality team to ensure adequate funding is identified for Supplier Quality risk mitigation and product validation activities; monitor Supplier Quality team activities to ensure consistency with spend plan.
Promote the professional development of the Supplier Quality team and foster a collaborative culture that sustains the momentum around employee engagement and inclusion, affordability, innovation, value growth and continuous improvement.
Provide clear assignments, help employees connect their efforts to the bigger picture, create an inclusive work environment characterized by mutual respect and the valuing of differences, and build a culture that motivates employees to their highest levels of performance