Supply Chain Planning Specialist

Northrop Grumman•Iuka, MS

105d•$51,500 - $93,100•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking an Associate Supply Chain Planning Specialist and Supply Chain Planning Specialist to provide support to our team in our Iuka, Mississippi location. This role is for our B Shift (Weekday Nights: Mon-Thurs) AND our C Shift (Weekend Days: Fri-Sun). The position may be filled as a Level 1 or Level 2 based on qualifications. The role involves defining and developing material strategy, assessing supply resources, aggregating and prioritizing demand requirements, and planning inventory, distribution requirements, production, material, and rough-cut capacity for all products. It also includes participation in make/buy processes, long-term capacity and resource planning, product phase-in/phase-out, manufacturing ramp-up, end-of-life management, and product-line management. The specialist will analyze and aggregate supply/demand requirements, analyze purchase material supply/demand position using Material Requirements Planning (MRP) tools, plan inventory levels based on BOM requirements, and assess rough-cut capacity for current and short-term manufacturing needs. Responsibilities also include creating/reducing supply requirements based on inventory adjustments, participating in long-term capacity and resource planning, interfacing with the Source process area regarding inventory levels and working capital, creating/releasing requisitions, receiving/reviewing requirements for non-standard parts, and analyzing lead times to identify critical path procurements.

Requirements

A bachelor's degree from an accredited university
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S Government Secret Clearance
Ability to obtain special program access
Planning/Scheduling Experience
Production Control Experience
ERP/MRP experience
2 years of supply chain, material planning, or closely related experience (for Level 2)
Master's degree (for Level 2)

Nice To Haves

An Active U.S Government Secret Clearance
Special Program Access
Material planning experience
Experience working in an Aerospace manufacturing environment
Experience with SAP and MES
Power Bi or Tableau experience

Responsibilities

Defines and develops material strategy.
Responsible for the assessment of supply resources; aggregates and prioritizes demand requirements; plans inventory, distribution requirements, production, material and rough-cut capacity for all products.
Participates in make/buy process, long-term capacity and resource planning; product phase-in/phase-out, manufacturing ramp-up, end-of-life management and product-line management.
Analyzes and aggregates supply / demand requirements.
Analyzes purchase material supply/demand position using Material Requirements Planning (MRP) tools.
Plans inventory levels based on dependent and independent Bill-of-Materials (BOM) requirements.
Assesses rough-cut capacity for current and short-term manufacturing requirements.
Creates/reduces supply requirements based on inventory adjustments.
Participates in long-term capacity and resource planning to ensure proper scheduling of new product line phase-ins as well as existing product line phase-outs.
Interfaces with Source process area regarding inventory levels, working capital and other areas as needed.
Creates/releases requisitions.
Receives/reviews requirements for non-standard parts.
Analyzes lead times and identifies critical path procurements.