Requisition ID: R10178430

• Category: Mission and Quality Assurance
• Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
• Clearance Type: Secret
• Telecommute: Yes-May consider hybrid teleworking for this position
• Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
• Travel Required: Yes, 25% of the Time
• Positions Available: 3

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 Mission Systems Sector is seeking Supplier Performance Management (SPM) Business Unit (BU) Managers to join the Baltimore Global Supply Chain (GSC) Leadership Team. This position may be staffed as a hybrid role from our Baltimore, MD site. Onsite presence will be required as needed to support program efforts.
As a key member of the Baltimore GSC leadership team, the selected candidates will establish the strategic leadership and proactive solutions to ensure the quality of procured material and services. Qualified candidates will have demonstrated success leading broad organizational changes to drive performance, while ensuring cost, schedule, and customer expectations are met. This position requires a solution-based orientation, unwavering ethics and values, and the demonstrated ability to be a trusted partner. 
*What You’ll Get To Do: *

• Sets the strategy to drive supplier performance, ensures first time quality, and builds a culture that motivates employees to achieve their highest levels of performance.

• Frequently interface with Division and BU executives and customer representatives concerning supplier quality risks, mitigation plans, and issue resolution.

• Engage in Program Capture and Kickoff activities to identify supplier quality risk in program sourcing plans, influence sourcing strategy to include capable suppliers and to identify risk mitigation strategies to minimize impact of poor supplier quality.

• Collaborate with Program Quality to ensure appropriate quality requirements for programs are identified and flowed down to suppliers via purchasing documents.

• Work with program personnel 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.

• Coordinate with SPM Field Quality Engineering team to ensure program risk mitigation strategies are executed in conjunction with key program schedule milestones.

• Establish and monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to identify and pursue systemic improvement opportunities.

• Use data-driven processes to measure supplier quality performance, mitigation of risk, develop audit plans, Control Plan audits, and to lead continuous improvement processes.

• Develop and implement proactive supplier quality initiatives/plans to reduce quality issues at critical suppliers and ensure products are at an appropriate level of producibility to meet cost and schedule targets.

• Implement/utilize quality tools and processes, such as: Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA), Eight Disciplines (8D), Design for Excellence (DFX), Three Element (3E), Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) and Supplier Corrective Actions (SCAR), cause-and-effect diagrams (Fishbone), etc…

• Ensure critical suppliers are identified and the appropriate quality performance feedback is measured, accurate and communicated.

• Promotes the professional development of the SPM team and fosters a collaborative culture that sustains the momentum around employee engagement and inclusion, affordability, innovation, value growth and continuous improvement.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field with 8+ years in Program or Project Management, Quality, Mission Assurance, Manufacturing, Global Supply Chain, Operations, or Engineering OR a Master’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field with 6+ years in Program or Project Management, Quality, Mission Assurance, Manufacturing, Global Supply Chain, Operations, or Engineering.

• An interim DoD secret clearance is required to start.

• US Citizenship required

• Experience managing and/or leading teams, projects and/or programs across diverse technical and non-technical teams.

• Understanding of the program / product lifecycle with experience ranging from development to full-rate production. Areas of expertise should include source selection, supply chain management, production control, product test & evaluation, root cause analysis, product sell off, shipping and product support.

• Managing Direct/Indirect budgets, with prior experience as a Cost Account Manager (CAM).

• Experience ISO 9001 / AS9100 Quality Management System lead auditor with experience and a Quality System Certifications and Management.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or related field.

• 5+ years of experience managing and/or leading teams, projects and/or programs across diverse technical and non-technical teams.

• Defense Industry experience as a Program or Project Manager, Quality Manager, Supplier Quality Manager, Supply Chain Manager, Engineering Manager or Manufacturing Management.

• Lean / Six Sigma Green or Black Belt certification to drive continuous improvement.

• Experience resolving complex program issues and driving program performance.

• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

Salary Range: $162,300 - $243,500

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate’s experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.